papers song papers song american recording artist usher song buzz single sixth studio album written usher produced identified track album lead single released urban rhythmic radio stations october subsequently available digital download october song received positive reviews critics compared track previous work embraced lyrical content song song peaked number thirty billboard hot topped giving usher tenth number song chart background composition june writer producer song revealed mtv_news worked usher song details saying wait like come people hip hop pop gospel genre music listen new usher song according interview mtv_news track originally called filing papers said reports usher marriage news thinking trying don know usher going song filling papers divorce papers beat got bounce later clarified stating song necessarily called filing papers commented let wrote record usher months ago didn idea going personally work hard creating records feel gon fit like glove artist usher close relationship tend sort assist certain artists giving direction think need felt direction needed felt question wanted know relationship good bad right happy continued maintain idea usher state marriage time song development stating record meant saying heavy believer god crazy think healthy process writing producing people maybe sign man going needed maybe needed hear wake october track released album buzz single intended release generate reception feedback march usher continued support original claims stating song recorded marriage ended usher said interview mtv_news promoting think people immediately alluded fact talking wife record wife said song recorded wasn divorced reality contrast trying work having balance career having normal life coming morning arguing reality type relationships felt way story touch certain things time didn know realistic didn know divorced know spoke contrast trying balance world married having responsibility like marriage time song spoke place unfortunately reality said song appeals saying female love male love real record mama feel record daddy feel record everybody feel record good writers appeal said effect yeah called song explosive record went definitely feel usher wanting time lot people wanted didn know rodriguez mtv_news said usher pulls curtain revealing rumored rift mother real song heard marriage lines gave heart turned world cause girl girl girl damn near lost mama drama turned man thought ready sign papers critical reception billboard compared song burn comparing papers number hit layered harmonies mellow production lyrics said time singer sounds deeply personal lyrics real life sacrifices love rodriguez mtv_news predicted papers indication upcoming album break sales records confessions time art inspired life andy_kellman allmusic said usher papers song bears closest relation experienced greg_kot chicago_tribune said kind perspective adulthood brings usher busy chasing past fully embrace entertainment weekly said song album straw slow jam song offers real revelation chart performance week ending october papers debuted billboard hot ninety second week moved spots thirty peaked song spent total sixteen weeks chart papers reached number usher tenth number song chart track listing digital download papers credits personnel songwriting usher production sean vocals production love recording miles walker vocal recording assisted mixing cross assisted charts release history
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