6 Meanings
Add Yours
Share
Q&A

Number One Lyrics

Now you can't say I don't love you
Just because I cheat on you
Cause you can't see all I do
To keep you from knowing the things I do
Like erase my phone and keep it out of town
And keep it stapped up when I sleep around
Now I shoulda known one day you'd find out
But you can't go and leave me now

You know that I love you
There's no one above you
I said it the last time
But this is the last time
So don't make me over
Cause I can be faithful
Baby, you're my number one
You're my number one

" Who is she? What's her name "
You don't need to know about everything
We fight about this, fight about that
You hang up the phone and call me right back
Well i'll never be something i'm not
So please don't throw away what we've got
Cause we've been together for way too long
I was playing around but i'm coming home

I keep you laced up so you don't have to borrow nothing
From them broke-ass friends who be bargain-hunting
They say they shop on e-bay, baby why is they frontin?
They be on the internet, but they never cop nothing
See I keep you in " Girl, what is those on your toes? "
And your neck staying froze off that rose-colored gold
I suppose you was told by them hoes I was cheating
I told you my heart don't have nothing to do with my penis
He got a mind of his own, and he just be seeing shit
And I don't wanna cheat, but I don't be saying shit
I try to jack off, he asked me " Who is you playing with? "
But I know he love you, he told me you was his favorite

You're making it hard for me
You're messing up everything
You tell me I gotta leave
( You say we over )

You saw that she come over
Came in a Range Rover
Left with a hangover
( You say we over )

I promise I won't cheat
I promise I won't lie
I promise to act right
( You say we over )

You can't tell me
I can't have you
I can't have that
( We ain't over, we ain't over... )
Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.

6 Meanings

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Cover art for Number One lyrics by John Legend

Can;t belive nobody ahs commented on this! good tune!

Cover art for Number One lyrics by John Legend

sorry about that bad typing! hes saying that he cheated on her, and now he realises that the truth was all going to come out in the end and shouldn;t of done it. hes begging for her not to leave him, because shes his number one.

Cover art for Number One lyrics by John Legend

This song amuses me. I think he knows she has every reason to leave him and wouldn't really blame her, but he does like her and wants her to stay in his life as a constant. I'd leave him, but I just couldn't hate the guy... he's too funny and likeable, the way he comes off in this song.

Cover art for Number One lyrics by John Legend

I'm fairly certain, after a few listens, that this song is taking the piss. The chorus "You know that I love you There's no one above you I said it the last time But this is the last time" is blatantly self aware. The overall tone of the song indicates to me that it's all a big joke, the amazing thing is, that some people actually say to their partner "Yeah I love you, I'm sorry about sleeping around."

Has to be a joke.

Cover art for Number One lyrics by John Legend

This song makes me crack up, I think it's supposed to be kind of a joke

"I told you my heart don't have nothing to do with my penis He got a mind of his own, and he just be seeing shit And I don't wanna cheat, but I don't be saying shit I try to jack off, he asked me " Who is you playing with? " But I know he love you, he told me you was his favorite"

This is just so ridiculous i laugh everytime

Cover art for Number One lyrics by John Legend

This song has to be making fun of people who cheat on their partners and then come back running to them. The lyrics are really sarcastic. Can't believe people think that he meant what he was saying in this song.