Use Me Lyrics
They keep trying to tell me
All you want to do is use me
But my answer, yeah to all that use me stuff
I, I, I yes I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Oh you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
My brother sit me right down and he talked to me
He told me that I ought not to let you just walk on me
And I'm sure he meant well
Yeah, but when our talk was through
I said, brother, if you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes
You just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Sometimes, it's true
You really do abuse me
You get me in a crowd of high-class people
And then you act real rude to me
But, oh baby, baby, baby, baby
When you love me, I can't get enough
I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Girl, you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Talkin' 'bout you usin' people
It all depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you're usin' me
'Cause I sure am usin' you to do the things you do'
To do the things you do
About
Use Me was included on Bill Withers‘ 1972 album Still Bill. It was his second-biggest hit in the United States, eventually reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also peaked at No. 2 on the Soul chart for two weeks.
Withers performed the song on Soul Train on November 4, 1972.
Billboard ranked it as the No. 78 song for 1972.
The song was certified Gold by the RIAA.
The song is noted for its repeated bass figure which is heard alongside a complex rhythm in the percussion.
[Source: Wikipedia]
It was also sampled in a number of songs, most notably by Kendrick Lamar in the 2012 song “Sing About Me”, and the great Nas in the Kanye-featuring song “Still Dreaming”.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
That’s fun stuff. That’s just talkin’ trash. That’s just a song about being a little playful, a little arrogant and a little cool. Unless you were one of those people that were born popular, I was a chronic stutterer until I was twenty-eight. I avoided the phone. So I wasn’t this popular guy. I remember being young and I would have girls tell me, “You’re too nice.” I didn’t understand that.
So over the course of time, you say okay, you wanna play, okay, let’s play? “Use Me” taps into that. I tried to be nice, now let’s get nasty. That song came quick. I was working in McDonald Douglas out in Long Beach and the noise of the factory, they had some women working there. I crossed that line there thinking, “You all want a nasty boy? Well here I come.” (laughs).
- Bill Withers, 2015
- 4.Use Me
- 5.Lean on Me
- 7.I Don’t Know
