"Just a waste" is a song by PinkPantheress.
Background[]
The song was first posted on a TikTok on December 25th, 2020, when she was daily posting tiktoks with different songs she has recorded in order to get attraction, though most of them are currently deleted, this song's tiktok is one of the few that remained up, being the second track she posted. [1] Then the song was released on SoundCloud on December 27th of the same year, making this song the first known track that she has ever released. [2]
On July 2nd, the song was released on Spotify among other tracks such as Passion and Pain. However, this track specifically was deleted off music platforms on September 2021, because of copyright issues. [3]
Theme[]
PinkPantheress has said on SoundCloud that the song is about her relationship with her mom, and how she has affected her self-esteem.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Yeah
Ow!
[Verse 1]
How'd it ever get so wrong?
Crying in the stall of a washroom floor (Yeah)
You n***** don't know where I'm from
Don't know how I got here, but I'm all alone
And I've been wakin' up feeling as lonely as I was before, but
No, I cannot stick around for long
Tell my mom, 'cause I know she wants me home now (Home now)
[Chorus]
I'm just a shame
I'm just a waste (Uh-uh)
It's the way it is
'Cause my mama said
[Verse 2]
Swear you're never gonna see me fall
Take it how I get it then I ask for more
A different town is all I'm asking for
Pack up all my things and hurry out the door
I never asked to be driven away in a foreign car (Ow)
'Cause the bus will take me just as long
And now I gotta sleep with the lights still on now
[Bridge]
I know you're tired of me doing the same
I know you're tired of me running away
I don't think you'll ever really see me the same
Life ain't so bad at all
Now I need a lot of-
[Chorus]
I'm just a shame
I'm just a waste
It's the way it is
'Cause my mama said
[Outro]
I'm just a shame
I'm just a waste (Uh-uh)
It's the way it is
'Cause my mama said
I'm just a shame
How'd it ever get so wrong? (Ha!)
Crying in the stall of a washroom floor (I'm just a waste)
(It's the way it is)
You ****** don't know where I'm from ('Cause my mama said)
Don't know how I got here, but I'm all alone
I'm just a shame (How'd it ever get so wrong?)
I'm just a waste (Crying in the stall of a washroom floor)
It's the way it is
'Cause my mama said
I know you're tired of me doing the same
I know you're tired of me running away
Alternative Cover[]
Original single cover for the song, used on SoundCloud before it was deleted.
Audio[]
Trivia[]
- The song samples Off The Wall by Michael Jackson, and it also interpolates Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, also by Michael Jackson.