Ryan Leslie - Joan of Arc lyrics

[INTRO] God bless each hater for wishing that I would see defeat God bless each fan raising hands at the meet & greet God bless Versace who got me under this gold chain So plain when you watch me you see my soul's pain Still I rise - I carry the torch See that fever in my eyes - I'm ready to scorch And in this moment, I hope and I pray When I step on stage that God bless every note that I play Amen [VERSE 1] I wake up to detec' messages in my email This what I get for messin' wit pretty females It's a crazy life - yeah it's a mad world Where good dudes will betray you over a bad girl And bad girls'll take advantage of good dudes Smear your name in the press and call it good news Oh he hot now - oh he blowin' up? Call the cops - restraining order for showin' up If I was you, I'd be seeing if I was ok We had a problem you didn't call me the whole day Your girlfriend picked up the phone and hung up on me Who is she to do that - she don't even know me F- the "he say she say" The 'blame game' - blasting Kanye on the freeway I called my mother up for advice she said son, you should hold your heart Girls play the victim so well: 'Joan of Arc' [Hook] I took a chance on romance I loved you And now that it burns, still I yearn To touch you And the question is Who gon' love you like I love you, baby Who gon' love you like I love you, now? Who gon' love you like I love you, baby, baby [VERSE 2] Listen, I know you must be mad - look how you lost it You should work it out wit me tho, I'm the one who caused it I should've cleaned the skeletons from my closet Drivin' to my apocalypse with 400 horses Drop dead gorgeous - unfair advantage You deserve an Emmy award for all your antics Caught up in a battle of curse word semantics Tryna find our way back home from Atlantis You had your father call me - zero empathy Reading about your new first date like it's meant for me Tryna stay focused on winnin' - yeah, hold my course Meanwhile you infiltrated my heart - a trojan horse They say in love and war - all's fair But when you break up and go out - yeah, they all stare Obfuscating the real reason we've grown apart You played the victim so well, 'Joan of Arc' [Hook] [VERSE 3] Tryna figure out what the past meant And since when a birthday gift is hara**ment A rose gold bracelet nothing subliminal You called your lawyer up said my actions were criminal And now as I'm sittin with a pad in this motherf*ckin holding cell I'm thinking how could you do this to me? you cold as hell A young emperor exiled: Bonaparte Everything I fought for, lost - 'Joan of Arc' [Hook]