"I
Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much" is a song written and
recorded by soul musician Bobby Womack, released as the leading track off
his 1985 album, So Many Rivers, the so-called trilogy to
The Poet series of records Womack recorded for Los Angeles
-based Beverly Glen Records. The song is
about a man who is in love with his best friend's wife behind his
back though the man himself does not know about the secret affair
echoing in the phrase,
"I wish he didn't trust me so
much". The song became one of Womack's final R&B
chart-topping hits peaking at number-two on the chart. Womack also
shot his first-ever
music video with the
song which showed Womack singing the song live in a
recording studio (the recorded version had
different vocals). The song was later referenced by rapper
Nas on his song "Blunt Ashes" which talked about
Womack's quick marriage to
Sam Cooke's
widow Barbara Campbell.