I'm Just Being Honest

"I'm Just Being Honest"
Album track by Weezer
Album	Weezer (The Black Album)
Released	March 1, 2019
Recorded	2018
Length	3:57
Label	Crush Music/Atlantic Records
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo, Ammar Malik, David Hodges
Producer(s)	Dave Sitek
Status	officially released
Live debut	July 3, 2023 in Canandaigua, New York
Stream	Spotify
Weezer (The Black Album) track listing
"Piece of Cake" (5) "I'm Just Being Honest" (6) "Too Many Thoughts in My Head" (7)

"本音なんだ。"
Album track by Scott & Rivers
Album	ニマイメ
Released	April 12, 2017
Length	3:25
Label	SMJ
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo, Scott Murphy, David Hodges
Status	officially released
Stream	Spotify
ニマイメ track listing
"スコリバのテーマ" (8) "本音なんだ。" (9) "ハミングバード" (10)

"I'm Just Being Honest" (or "本音なんだ。" Hon'nena nda) is the sixth track from The Black Album. It was first released in 2017 as the ninth track from ニマイメ (Nimaime) by Scott & Rivers. The Weezer version of "I'm Just Being Honest" was leaked online on February 26, 2019 prior to its official release on March 1.

Appearances

• ニマイメ (2017)
• Weezer (The Black Album) (2019)

Overview

The Japanese version of the song heard on the Scott & Rivers album was released in 2017, with the English version by Weezer following in 2019. Both versions contain virtually the same lyrical content. The song was a collaboration between Rivers Cuomo and musician/producer David Hodges. Scott Murphy also receives a writing credit on the Japanese version, with songwriter Ammar Malik receiving a credit on the English version.

Rivers Cuomo is not known to be of Irish descent, and the lyric “Maybe it’s because I’m Irish” is likely an allusion to a line from the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, in which the (obviously African-American) character Red utters the same phrase. The song "Too Many Thoughts in My Head" (from the same album) also features a line from the film ("Boy found brains he never knew he had"). Cuomo utilized Python scripting on The Black Album to generate lyrics from film scripts.

A "clean" version of "I'm Just Being Honest" was included in a promotional "island" inside the online multiplayer video game Fortnite. This version censors the word "shit."

Though "I'm Just Being Honest" has never been performed as a band, Cuomo played a solo, acoustic rendition of the song at a concert in Canandaigua, New York in 2023.

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Scott & Rivers	本音なんだ。				3:25	ニマイメ
Rivers Cuomo	I'm Just Being Honest	I'm Just Being Honest    5.m4a
Rivers Cuomo	I'm Just Being Honest	i'm just being honest    9.mp3
?	I'm Just Being Honest	I’M JUST BEING HONEST_RIVERS.rtf
?	I'm Just Being Honest	I'm_just_being_honest_bridge_lyrics_2018_5_30_10_4_29.mp3	May 30, 2018
?	I'm Just Being Honest	BASS BOUNCE - I'm Just Being Honest.wav.asd
?	I'm Just Being Honest	DRUM BOUNCE - I'm Just Being Honest.wav.asd
?	I'm Just Being Honest	JUST BEING HONEST KEY DOWN 102318_1.mp3
?	I'm Just Being Honest	JUST BEING HONEST KEY DOWN INSTRUMENTAL 102318_1.mp3
?	I'm Just Being Honest	JUST BEING HONEST MARYCHAIN.mp3
Weezer	I'm Just Being Honest	JustBeingHonest Matty Ref 6 LIM.mp3
Weezer	I'm Just Being Honest		2018	United Recording, Los Angeles, CA Federal Prism Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:57	Weezer (The Black Album)
Weezer	I'm Just Being Honest		2018	United Recording, Los Angeles, CA Federal Prism Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:57	Fortnite (video game)	"Clean" version

Lyrics

I'm Just Being Honest Walk into the venue You slip me your CD Ask me if I'd listen Give you my critique I listen to it But half-way through it I had to quit Your band sounds like shit So, here we go Don't get mad at me I'm just being honest I should have lied Don't get mad at me I'm just being honest Walk into the bedroom You were standing there Turn around and smiled at me and said You just cut your hair But then I told you I thought you looked better before You said "I hope you like sleepin' on the floor" So, here we go Don't get mad at me I'm just being honest I should have lied But now you're mad at me I'm just being honest How 'bout from now on You'll write the script I'll read the lines? So, here we go Don't get mad at me I'm just being honest And now I'm starin' at a napkin With seven digits that I can't make out She wrote it down in purple lipstick I should have never I should have never opened up And maybe it's because I'm Irish I just couldn't keep my big mouth shut Is that an eight? Is that a zero? I should have never I should have never opened up So, here we go Don't get mad at me I'm just being honest I should have lied But now you're mad at me I'm just being honest How 'bout from now on You'll write the script I'll read the lines? So, here we go Don't get mad at me I'm just being honest Whoa-oh (I'm just being honest) Whoa-oh (I'm just being honest)

本音なんだ。 ライブ前に デモ渡され 聴いてほしいと そう言われて 聴いてみた すぐやめた 全てが ひどすぎた そう　それも　現実 受け止めたら？ 嘘　言えば　よかったの？ 本音なんだ。 明かりの下 後ろ姿 いつもと違うね 髪　変えた？ 切る前の 君の方が 好きだと うっかり言ったよ 台詞　書いてくれたら読むよ そう　これも　現実 受け止めてよ 子供の頃 正直に 生きるよう言われた それなのに

See also

• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs