“No Half-Stepping” (Poem/Song): Written By Viola Pressley

“No Half-Stepping” (Poem/Song): Written By Viola Pressley

I’ve got a bone to pick
with you. I’ve got something
to say.

All I ask is that you close
your mouth. Listen to me.
Hear me out. I promise not
to scream, nor will I shout.
Just don’t interrupt me or
walk away.

I’ve got a bone to pick
with you. I’ve got an axe
to grind.

I’m ready to confront you,
saying just what I need to say,
getting it off my chest.

It’s hard for me to sleep at
night, keeping my emotions
locked inside. I just can’t
get any rest.

I’ll try to speak politely.
I’ll try to express my feelings
nicely. At least I promise to
try my very best.

I’m ready to speak my peace,
whether or not you are
willing to listen to me.

My silence I will no longer
keep. I’m here to speak
my mind.

The truth is what I want
to get from you. Some honest
answers I hope to find.

I have a crow to pull.
That’s because I’m sick
and tired of all the bull.

When it comes to men and
all their lies, doing nothing
but playing games and wasting
a woman’s time, baby I’m full.

Rumor has it that you’ve
got your eyes on me.

You’ve been checking me out,
asking questions about me
all around town, trying to
figure me out.

You’ve been telling lots
of folks that you like
what you see.

You’ve been telling them that
you intend to win my love
and my heart, that you’ll
make history.

Don’t even look my way,
not if you’re a half-stepper.

I’ve got no words for you.
I have nothing to say.
You see, I know better.

They’ll be no half-stepping
I’ll tolerate no half-stepping
baby.

Don’t even waste your time
and don’t waste mine. Any
thoughts you have of me,
you can just erase them
from your mind, if you’re shady.

They’ll be no half-stepping.
They’ll be no half-stepping
here.

I can’t go for that. No I
won’t stand for that my dear.
Let me make that very clear.

They’ll be no half-stepping.
They’ll be no half-stepping
here. Baby I can’t go for that.

If that’s what you’re into,
I’ll get straight to the point
and tell you right here and now
what you should do.

Wherever it is you came from,
you can turn yourself around
and start walking in that
direction and go right back.

There’s no place in my life
for a half-stepper.

Baby I know better.

Come to me with your
love. Come to me singing
a love song.

Come to me only if you
truly believe, the kind of
relationship you’re looking
for, you will find with me.
Only if you believe with me
is where you belong.

They’ll be no half-stepping,
so don’t even try it.

Don’t come to me wearing a
disguise. Save your breath
if you think I’ll be the fool
to fall for your lies.
I won’t buy it.

Don’t come to me acting like
you have no sense, talking
a bunch of hogwash and nonsense.

Don’t even look my way, if
you’re in a situation where
you’re trying to get away,
trying to run away, from a lot
of skeletons that you’ve been
trying to hide, trying to deny.

I don’t need to fill my closets
with someone else’s skeletons,
hidden troubles and dark secrets
that will sooner or later pop up,
be dug up, and create problems
in my life.

They’ll be no half-stepping.
They’ll be no half-stepping here.

I hope you’re listening to
me. I hope I’m making myself clear.

Don’t expect to win my heart
if the kind of love you have
to offer is insufficient.

If that’s the case, let me tell
you to your face. Stop right
there before you even start.
I wouldn’t want to be the one
to break your heart, by being
forced to tell you, that kind
of love isn’t worth a cent.

What I need is someone who can
give me the kind of love that’s
adequate.

What’s the sense of me loving
someone where the only thing I’ll
end up with is regrets?

A girl like me needs a guy
of good quality.

What I need is a guy who has
something good to offer me.
I’m looking to fall in love
with a guy who has something
that I need, one who can satisfy
me. I want a man that’s good,
a man that’s good and plenty.

The one man I can do without,
is a man who carries himself
with frivolity.

The kind of man I need is a
guy who’s serious.

The kind of guy for me is
one who knows about love,
what he wants out of love
he is sure of.

I don’t need the kind of guy
who’s nothing more than a
fool, always acting like
a clown.

What can a guy do for me who
takes nothing seriously?
The only thing a guy like
that can do for me, is turn
my world upside down.

If that happens to describe
you, do an about face. Start
walking away in the opposite
direction. You can just turn
yourself around.

There won’t be anything happening
here. Not a single thing will
be going down.

Love between you and me isn’t
anywhere to be found.

They’ll be no half-stepping.
No half-stepping will be
allowed.

Don’t plan on loving me if
it’s not your intention to
finish what you start.

Don’t deceive me, making me
believe you want me, you
need me. Only to later walk
away without an explanation
or a word to say, leaving
me with a broken heart.

They’ll be no half-stepping.
No half-stepping will be
allowed. For the only thing my
loving a half-stepper will
bring, is a love affair turned
to a dust cloud.

Don’t expect to love me.
There’s no reason for you
to even think of me, if you’re
nothing but shoddy.

If the only words you can
manage to speak to me are
half-baked.

If you’ve got a nasty attitude,
you’re inconsiderate and rude,
to think that you’ll find me
loving you, will turn out to
be a big mistake. Your thoughts
will be a waste.

Don’t expect to love me.
There’s no reason for you to
even think of me, if your main
concern is not what’s in my
heart or mind. All you can
think of is my body.

There’s no place in my life
for a half-stepper.

I can’t gain a thing from
a guy doing the half-step.

The only thing I can do with
a guy like that, is leave him
locked outside, standing on
the door step.

Even better than that, I can
bid him farewell in something
that can’t be delivered or
returned. I can send him
off with a dead letter.

They’ll be no half-stepping.
They’ll be no half-stepping
when it comes to loving me.

You’ve got to give me everything,
not second best. I want
everything. I won’t settle for less.

I will accept nothing less than
everything. Baby it’s all
or nothing.

If you want my love, you’ve
got to be worth it. To have
my love you have to deserve it.
You have to be about something.

You’ve got to commit or
just forget it.

You’ve got to do it all the
way. Do it to the full extent.

There’s no place in my life
for a half-stepper. I’m not
looking to give my heart to
a runner-up.

What I want is a winner,
someone truly worthy of my love.

It’s my wish to give my love
to the best, not one who
isn’t wanted so much.