Foolish

"Foolish" is a song by American singer and songwriter Ashanti. It served as her debut single, the first from her self-titled debut album. Written by Ashanti, 7 Aurelius, Etterlene Jordan, Mark DeBarge and producer Irv Gotti, it uses a sample of DeBarge's "Stay with Me" and features elements from the remix of "One More Chance" by The Notorious B.I.G. and "M.V.P." by Big L. A promotional version of the single called "Unfoolish" features a verse from Notorious B.I.G. from his song "F--king You Tonight". The song was released as the album's lead single on January 29, 2002. It spent ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song became Ashanti's second number one and third top ten on both charts. The song was in the top ten in United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, and Japan. In 2009, it was named the 19th most successful song of the 2000s on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade

[Intro] Murder Inc Ashanti [Chorus] See, my days are cold without you But I'm hurting while I'm with you And though my heart can't take no more I keep on running back to you See, my days are cold without you But I'm hurting while I'm with you And though my heart can't take no more I keep on running back to you [Verse 1] Baby, I don't know why you're treating me so bad (Treat me so bad) You said you love me, no one above me and I was all you had (All you had) And though my heart is beating for you, I can't stop crying I don't know how I allow you to treat me this way and still I stay [Chorus] See, my days are cold without you (Without you) But I'm hurting while I'm with you (Oh, whoa) And though my heart can't take no more I keep on running back to you (Keep on running back to you) See, my days are cold without you (Without you) But I'm hurting while I'm with you And though my heart can't take no more I keep on running back to you [Verse 2] Baby, I don't know why you wanna do me wrong (Do me wrong) See when I'm home, I'm all alone and you are always gone (Always gone) And boy, you know I really love you, I can't deny I can't see how you could bring me to so many tears after all these years [Chorus] See, my days are cold without you (My days, yeah) But I'm hurting while I'm with you And though my heart can't take no more (No more, no more) I keep on running back to you See, my days are cold without you (Without you) But I'm hurting while I'm with you (Without you) And though my heart can't take no more I keep on running back to you (I keep on running back to you) [Verse 3] Ooh, I trusted you, I trusted you So sad, so sad what love will make you do All the things that we accept Be the things that we regret To all of my ladies (Ladies) Feel me, come on, sing with me [Bridge] See, when I get the strength to leave You always tell me that you need me And I'm weak 'cause I believe you And I'm mad because I love you So I stop and think that maybe You can learn to appreciate me Then it all remains the same That you ain't never gonna change (Never gonna change, never gonna change) [Chorus] See, my days are cold without you (My days are cold, baby) But I'm hurting while I'm with you And though my heart can't take no more (No more, no more) I keep on running back to you See, my days are cold without you (Without you) But I'm hurting while I'm with you And though my heart can't take no more (No more, no more) I keep on running back to you [Outro] Baby, why you hurt me, leave me and desert me? Boy, I gave you all my heart and all you did was tear it up Looking out my window, knowing that I should go Even when I pack my bags, this something always holds me back