Background and Writing
The lyrics to the song were inspired by a true story. According to Jermaine Dupri, he and Usher were in the studio trying to record some music for the album, but Usher was continually distracted by a girl he had brought into the studio. Following an argument, the girl left. A while later, they started on talking on the phone, prompting Dupri to kick Usher out of the studio telling him, “We’re going to do this later on. You got it completely too bad right now. You got it bad.” After Usher left, Dupri started writing the lyrics to the song, knowing it was going to be a big hit. Once Usher had returned to the studio, Dupri shared the story of the song with him. "I knew the record would be successful," Usher said, "but I never knew it would do what it's done for me. Me and Jermaine make hit records together. I found my niche. He was there to listen and catch that record right on time."
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