R&B Star Usher Trashes Estranged Wife Tameka Foster in the Lyrics of Latest Release "Papers," Ironically He Delays Signing Divorce Papers

I find it absolutely disgusting that R&B star Usher would much rather release the details of the breakup of his marriage to Tameka Foster via the lyrics of his latest release "Papers." The single was released yesterday and he was only too eager to spill all the details, but it seems that in reality, he hasn't bothered to sign the real divorce papers, according to RadarOnline.com. The singer's delay has reportedly been holding up a divorce settlement that was hammered out about a month ago and filed at Atlanta's Superior Court.

The estranged couple were married in August 2007 and have two sons, one-year-old Usher Raymond V, and Naviyd, 10 months. You will recall that their split was a messy public affair that included rumors that the singer had demanded a paternity test to determine whether he was the biological father of Naviyd.  It was also reported that Raymond accused her soon-to-be ex's camp of running a "smear campaign" against her.

In the song "Papers," from an upcoming album tentatively tilted "Raymond versus Raymond," Usher paints himself as a sympathetic figure on the wrong end of a one-sided relationship. Geez, I could have told him that this woman wasn't right for him, much like his mother's position. The bottom line is that no matter what Tameka Foster did to him, this is the mother of his children, surely she deserves a little more respect than being trashed in his songs. Why do we always have to air our dirty laundry in public. Why can't he be a class act like Patti Labelle and Armstead Edwards. When they divorced, there was no mudslinging. No-one knows the terms of their divorce settlement and Ms. Patti did not trash her husband in any of her songs.

Here are some of the lyrics from "Papers"

Verse 1:

I can't, get to work on time, can't believe the words to her I just said
But who the hell argue n fight like dogs at 6 in the morning?(in the mornin')
I know its gonna' be some more sh** tonight mm oooh
Our pastor's callin, tellin me I done went too far in
I'm seen around town and my friends can't recognize me,
'cuz I took a chance on love(love), it's like(like), I'm dyin(ooh dyin)

Chorus:

For you I gave my heart and turned my back against the world
'Cause you were my girl, girl, girl
I done damn near lost my mama, I done been through so much drama
I done turned into the man that I never thought I'd be.

Verse 2:

I'm ready to sign them papers, papers, papers
I done took all I can take but u leave me no options girl
I can't deny how much I love you, I done gave up errthing I had to
as hard as it is I'm afraid I gotta say
I'm ready to sign them papers, papers, papers
I done took all I can take but u leave me no options girl

Verse 3:

I'm losin my mind, cant figure out who's wrong or right
I know it's you I love, but then I also know it's you I don't like
You claim you hate who I was, but that's the reason you here now
You think I don't know what's up, but sweetheart that's what ruined us
I ain't afraid to say I got needs
but the only time you here for me is when the bottles poppin' and everything is sweet
But I'm tired of sleeping in the other room spending them long nights
trying to figure out what in the hell in my heart I ain't do right. (Oooh for u)