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This rock star is hoping people forget the real origin of the song he “wrote” for the Material Girl.

The song was actually written about him by his girlfriend and his producer who had to sue him for the royalties when he lied to the world and claimed he and the icon wrote it alone.

No easy way to justify stealing from your friends, is there?

rock star : Lenny Kravitz

Song: Justify My Love

Material Girl: Madonna

girlfriend: Ingrid Chavez

his producer: André Betts

Controversy surrounds Madonna’s “Justify My Love” song and video

Ingrid Chavez claims she wrote most of the lyrics, but Lenny Kravitz, credited as co-writer and producer, now acknowledges her contribution.

Public Enemy alleges the song’s beat was sampled from their 1988 track, considering legal action. However, some argue Public Enemy sampled James Brown, not Madonna.

Kravitz’s manager dismisses these claims as “publicity stunts,” while Madonna’s spokeswoman denies involvement in the beat’s creation.

The dispute continues, with Chavez content with songwriting royalties and Public Enemy contemplating legal action.

Lyrics:

I want to kiss you in Paris
I want to hold your hand in Rome
I want to run naked in a rainstormMake love in a train cross-country
You put this in me
So now what, so now what?

Wanting, needing, waiting
For you to justify my love (my love)
Hoping, praying
For you to justify my love

I want to know you
Not like that
I don’t want to be your mother
I don’t want to be your sister either
I just want to be your lover
I want to be your baby
Kiss me, that’s right, kiss me

Wanting, needing, waiting
For you to justify my love
Yearning, burning
For you to justify my love

What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
Talk to me, tell me your dreams
Am I in them?
Tell me your fears
Are you scared?
Tell me your stories
I’m not afraid of who you are
We can fly

Poor is the man
Whose pleasures depend
On the permission of another
Love me, that’s right, love me
I want to be your baby
Wanting, needing, waiting
For you to justify my love
I’m open and ready
For you to justify my love
To justify my love

Wanting, to justify
Waiting, to justify my love
Praying, to justify
To justify my love
To justify my love
I’m open, to justify my love
My love


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