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Wait For It by Usher

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Usher

Wait For It

Release date: 18th November 2016

3:29
Spotify Apple Music

About This Track

Usher's 'Wait For It' draws its narrative from the American founding era, adopting the voice of Aaron Burr as he reflects on love, mortality, and the weight of patience. The song moves between intimate confession and philosophical meditation: a man keeping vigil for a woman whilst her husband fights in Georgia, anchored by the refrain that love, like death itself, makes no distinction between the righteous and the fallen. The track builds its emotional architecture through repetition and escalation. Usher traces a lineage of ambition and legacy, invoking his grandfather's preaching and his parents' achievements, before arriving at the central paradox: that he alone controls his own fate, yet remains suspended in waiting. The song's power lies in this tension between agency and surrender, between the relentless forward motion of life and the strange stillness of choosing to hold one's ground.

"Wait For It" is a single by Usher, released 18th November 2016. The track is 3:29 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Usher.

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Lyrics

Wait For It

Wait for it, wait for it
Theodosia writes me a letter every day
I'm keeping the bed warm while her husband is away
He's on the British side in Georgia
He's trying to keep the colonies in line
Well he can keep all of Georgia
'Cause Theodosia, she's mine
Love don't discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes
And we keep lovin' anyway
We laugh and we cry and we break
And we make our mistakes
And if there's a reason I'm by her side
So many have tried
I'm willing to wait for it
Then, I'm willing to wait for it
My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher, preacher, preacher, preacher
But there are things that the homilies and hymns won't teach ya, teach ya, teach ya, teach ya
My mother was a genius, genius, my father commanded respect, respect
When they died they left no instructions, just a legacy to protect
Death don't discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes
Yeah, we keep living anyway
We rise and we fall and we break
And we make our mistakes
And if there's a reason I'm still alive
When everyone who loves me has died
I'm willing to wait for it
Then I'm willing to wait for it, wait for it, wait for it
Wait for it, wait for it
I am the one thing in life I can control
(Wait for it, wait for it
Wait for it, wait for it)
I am inimitable, I am original
Wait for it, wait for it
I am not falling behind or running late
(Wait for it, wait for it
Wait for it, wait for it)
I am not standing still, I am lying in wait
Wait for it, wait for it
Everyone faces an endless uphill climb
You got something to prove, you got nothing to lose
Everyone's pace is relentless, you waste no time, time
What is it like in his shoes?
Life don't discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
Taking me, taking
And we keep living anyway
We rise and we fall and we break
And we make our mistakes
But I know there's a reason I'm alive
So many have died
And I'm still waiting for it
I'm willing to wait for it
Life don't discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes
And we keep living anyway
We rise and we fall and we break
And we make our mistakes
And if there's a reason I'm still alive
When everyone who loves me has died
I'm willing to wait for it (Yes I am)
I'm willing to wait for it, wait for it, wait for it
I'm willing to wait for it
I'm willing to wait for it, wait for it, wait for it
I'm willing to wait for it
I'm willing to wait for it, wait for it, wait for it

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Wait For It

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