“I Deserve it” is track n.3 on Madonna’s eight album Music.
The song is a stripped-down guitar ballad about deserving the love of one another and it’s not clear to date if it’s dedicated to her then-husband Guy Ritchie or to her son Rocco Ritchie since she stated on different occasions that the son...
[Verse 1]
This guy was meant for me
And I was meant for him
This guy was dreamt for me
And I was dreamt for him
This guy has danced for me
And I have danced for him
This guy has cried for me
And I have cried for him
[Chorus]
Many miles, many roads I have traveled
Fallen down on the way
Many hearts, many years have unraveled
Leading up to today
[Verse 2]
This guy has prayed for me
And I have prayed for him
This guy was made for me
And I was made for him
[Chorus]
Many miles, many roads I have traveled
Fallen down on the way
Many hearts, many years have unraveled
Leading up to today
[Bridge]
I have no regrets, there's nothing to forget
All the pain was worth it
Not running from the past
I tried to do what's best
I know that I deserve it
[Chorus]
Many miles, many roads I have traveled
Fallen down on the way
Many hearts, many years have unraveled
Leading up to today
Many miles, many roads I have traveled
Fallen down on the way
Many hearts, many years have unraveled
Leading up to today
[Outro]
And I thank you
I Deserve It was written by Mirwais Ahmadzaï & Madonna.
I Deserve It was produced by Mirwais Ahmadzaï & Madonna.
Madonna released I Deserve It on Mon Sep 18 2000.
Madonna on the sound of the song:
It was Mirwais’ idea to take off all the effects on my vocals, so that my vocals would be dry and really present and really in-your-face. But at first I was disturbed by it, because I hadn’t done that in a long time. But then I started to see the purity of it, the...
To me, the most experimental thing I did on the album was on ‘I Deserve It’: There’s no reverb on that track. Spike did a great job recording it with an old German mic from the ‘30s. We added compression, but we didn’t need anything else. That was a new thing for Madonna. She usually likes to track...