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Riff: Nicki Minaj – “I Lied”

Dec 16, 2014

Even though I said I didn’t love you I lied I lied/Even though I said I didn’t need you I lied I lied/To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh/To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh

from I Lied lyrics by Nicki Minaj

Silky synth and wispy hi hats coat it in a high sheen allowing her to pour her heart out and reveal her deep seeded anguish. It’s the classic ‘I love you so much I hate you’ scenario that’s been played out for centuries, and it’s no more interesting here than in any other boring adolescent drama.

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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