☝️ Key Points
- The singer is emotionally attracted to another person who used to be his best friend
- He is torn between his current relationship and his feelings towards this other person
- The strong attraction to the other person makes him consider ending his current relationship
- He feels guilty and unsure about how to handle the situation
- At the end of the song, he realizes that he will hurt his current girlfriend if he confesses his true feelings
Interpretation
The song 'You Make Me Wanna' by
Usher is about a complicated love relationship. The singer is in a relationship but finds himself emotionally attracted to another person who was originally his best friend. 'Before anything began between us, You were like my best friend'. He is torn between his current girlfriend and his feelings for this other person. 'What's bad is you're the one that hooked us up. Knowing it should have been you'. The chorus 'You make me wanna leave the one I'm with, Start a new relationship with you' shows his strong attraction to the other person and how it makes him consider ending his current relationship. At the same time, he feels guilty and unsure of how to handle the situation. 'Should I tell my baby bye-bye, Should I do exactly what I feel inside'. At the end of the song, he realizes that he can no longer control the situation and that he will hurt his current girlfriend if he confesses his true feelings. 'At this point the situation's out of control, I never meant to hurt her, But I gotta let her go'. The song expresses the singer's inner conflict and emotional dilemma, being trapped between his current relationship and a strong attraction to another person.