A songwriter from New Jersey has filed a copyright lawsuit against John Legend for a song in his 2006 album Once Again.

Anthony Stokes claims that Legend’s song “Maxine’s Interlude” is a rip-off—both lyrically and musically—of his song “Where Are You Now”, which was included on a demo tape he allegedly gave to John in 2004.

“We are confident that we can prove the two required elements of copyright infringement: first, that Mr. Legend had access to Mr. Stokes’ copyrighted work, and, second, that substantial musical and lyrical similarities exist between the two compositions required to prove a claim for infringement under the Copyright Act” said a representative of Mr Stokes.