Why is iTunes re-syncing songs I already deleted off my iPhone?

Sometimes, not all the time thankfully, but sometimes when I connect my iPhone 4S to iTunes, it will sometimes re-sync previous songs I had already deleted from my iPhone. These are songs I did not want in my iPhone and obviously deleted them but sometimes iTunes will just sync it right back.
I can't just cancel the sync because it'll just do it again the next time I reconnect, I went to Auto Sync but I really didn't see anything that would change what is happening. It is very annoying because sometimes I will delete entire albums and iTunes will RE-DOWNLOAD everything right back to my phone and I have to go back and delete it again.

how do I avoid doing it and get the notification to stop coming up?
Do what it says and restore it.

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