Mariah included the song “Thanx 4 Nothin'” on her 2008 album E=MC². “‘Thanx 4 Nothin'’ was the first ballad I wrote for this album,” she said in 2008. “This song is gonna resonate with people who are really going through a bleak moment in their relationship where it's like, ‘Yeah, it's fantastic, thanks for nothing.’ It's a sarcastic moment in the land of Mariah Carey Songs.”
Thanx 4 nothin'
You were just playin' a game
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
(Repeat)
“I can't even know what to say”
I've been hurt I've been played
And I'm so shamed
I can't even cry it's that deep
You just lie and you cheat
Like it's nothing
See you said that you loved me too
And so I trusted you
But I guess that subconsciously I knew
But I didn't wanna face the truth
That I was only being used
And you were just frontin'
Ay boy thanx 4 nothin'
I never knew enough about you babe
And I guess I only have myself to blame
Now I'm broken-hearted and shattering
But you were just playin' a game
Nothing anyone could do to convince me babe
I was living in a lie just a masquerade
Now I only know that I'll never be the same
But you were just playing a game
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
(Repeat)
Thanx 4 nothin'
You were just playin' a game
Everyday and everynight I stay by the phone
Never go no place so just in case you call I'll be home
Seems like all I do is think about our pseudo romance
While you're somewhere burnin' diesel
In the streets havin' laughs
Somebody say you know what I'm going thru
You been left with nothin'
Too much you can't count on one hand
Sing it 3,4,5,6
7 days a week you're drowning in tears
He was so insincere
Now you're laying up in bed
Every nite singing
Ay boy thanx 4 nothin'
I never knew enough about you babe
And I guess I only have myself to blame
Now I'm broken-hearted and shattering
But you were just playing a game
No, nothing anyone could do to convince me babe
I was living in a lie just a masquerade
Now I only know that I'll never be the same
But you were just playing a game
So thanx 4 nothin'
You was just frontin'
So thanx 4 nothin'
Written by M. Carey, J. Dupri, M. Seal.
Produced by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey. Co-produced by Manuel Seal.
