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Robin Thicke Opens Up About HIs "Personal Hell" And We Can't Help But Feel A Tad Sorry For Him

Star admits his 'Blurred Lines' case with Pharrell wasn't important to him thanks to the collapse of his marriage...

Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 11:56

Robin Thicke has spoken about THAT trial concerning his smash hit single ‘Blurred Lines’, revealing he was going through “personal hell” at the time.

In March, the 38-year old and collaborator Pharrell Williams were ordered to pay $7.4million to Marvin Gaye’s estate for copyright infringement.

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Everybody get up
Everybody get up
Everybody get up
(Hey hey hey)
(Hey hey hey)
(Hey hey hey)

If you can't hear what I'm tryin' to say
If you can't read from the same page
Maybe I'm going deaf (hey hey hey)
Maybe I'm going blind (hey hey hey)
Maybe I'm outta my mind (hey hey hey)
(Everybody get up)

OK now he was close
Tried to domesticate ya
But you're an animal
Baby it's in your nature
Just let me liberate you (hey hey hey)
You don't need no takers (hey hey hey)
That man is not your maker (hey hey hey)
And that's why I'ma take a good girl

I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me
You're far from plastic
Talkin' about getting blasted
I hate these blurred lines
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty
Go ahead get at me

What do they make dreams for
When you got them jeans on
What do we need steam for
You the hottest b*tch in this place
I feel so lucky (hey hey hey)
You wanna hug me (hey hey hey)
What rhymes with hug me (hey hey hey, hey...)
(Everybody get up)

OK now he was close
Tried to domesticate ya
But you're an animal
Baby it's in your nature
Just let me liberate you (hey hey hey)
You don't need no takers (hey hey hey)
That man is not your maker (hey hey hey)
And that's why I'ma take a good girl

I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me
You're far from plastic
Talkin' about getting blasted
I hate these blurred lines
I know you want it (I hate them lines)
I know you want it (I hate them lines)
I know you want it
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty
Go ahead get at me

One thing I ask you
Let me be the one you bet that ass to
Yo, from Malibu, to Paribu
Yeah, had a big machine daddy
So, hit me up when you pass through
I'll give you something big enough to take your ass too
Swag on, even when you dress casual
I mean it's almost unbearable
Then, honey you're not there when I'm
With my foresight b*tch you pay me by
Nothing like your leg, I ain't too square for you
I'll smack that ass and pull your hair like that
So I jail watch, hand wave for you to salute
But you didn't pick
Not many women get repeated pimpin' (?)
I'm a nice guy, but don't get it confused with (?)

Shake around
Get down
Get up
Do it like it hurt
Like it hurt
What you don't like work (Hey...)
(Everybody get up)

Baby can you breathe
I got this from Jamaica
It always works for me
Dakota to Decatur
No more pretending (hey hey hey)
Cause now you in it (hey hey hey)
Here's our beginning (hey hey hey)
I always wanted
You're a good girl (Everybody get up)

I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me
You're far from plastic
Talkin' about getting blasted
I hate these blurred lines (Everybody get up)
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty
Go ahead get at me
(Everybody get up)
(Everybody get up)
(Hey hey hey)
(Hey hey hey)
(Hey hey hey)

Writer(s): Joseph Harris Clifford, Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

Now, during an interview with the New York Times, Thicke was keen to state that he knows the difference between being inspired and theft, stating: “I'm constantly inspired, but I would never steal. And neither would Pharrell."

He went on to admit that the trial was overshadowed by the break-down of his marriage to childhood sweetheart Paula Patton, claiming: “What I will - what I can say - is that when I did the deposition, it was two weeks after my separation from my wife.

"I was going through personal hell at the time. And I was careless in the deposition. I can't go into the details of what was said in the deposition beyond that, because of the ongoing litigation.”

He continued: "My personal issues were all that mattered to me at the time. That's why I use the word 'careless' to describe my attitude at the time.

"Obviously, I didn't give my all to the trial. It simply wasn't as important to me as what was going on in my personal life. I was lost at the time. I had lost my way."

Thicke and Pharrell continue to appeal the verdict, with a spokesperson for the ‘Happy’ singer branding the result “a horrible precedent for music and creativity".

Despite losing the case, Williams still continues to include ‘Blurred Lines’ in his set, most recently performing the track at the Glastonbury Festival last weekend.