Maxine

Album: Once Again (2006)
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  • This song is about a woman who is cheating on her man. He sees her out in public with another guy and he brings it up to his woman in this kind of way: "I saw a woman who looked just like you, she had on the shoes that I bought you in Peru and everything but it may not have been you." Although he knew in his heart that it was her. >>>
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    Nikki - Chicago, IL
  • Part of John Legend's second album, Once Again, "Maxine" was co-written and co-produced by Om'Mas Keith from the group Sa-Ra.

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  • Nikki from Chicago, IlSA-RA Creative Partners produced this song.
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