Flip:
uh, uh, had to do somethin’ like this
you know, uh
I shoulda listened
I shoulda listened
I shoulda listened
Verse 1:
when you said, “boy go and get a job”
‘cause if you don’t, you gotta sell dope or rob (I shoulda listened)
when you told me I need to go to college
but right now, I’m tryna put money in my wallet (I shoulda listened)
when you said, “boy, make good grades”
but, instead, I was worried about the new J’s (I shoulda listened)
when you said, “boy, don’t get no tattoes”
now it’s 2 years later and I got 22 (I shoulda listened)
when you said, “keep playin’ basketball”
but I was makin’ more money standin’ in the hall (I shoulda listened)
when you said I need to be in the church
but that’s hard (why?), ‘cause everyday I gotta concert (I shoulda listened)
when you said I need to watch my friends
‘cause yesterday my partner got jacked for his Benz (I shoulda listened)
when you said, “ don’t stand on the corner,
‘cause all Black folks do is smoke marijuana” (I shoulda listened)
Chorus:
when you told me, “don’t do that”
I did it anyway (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “don’t hustle”
but I gotta get paid (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “don’t do that”
I did it anyway (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “don’t hustle”
but I gotta get paid (I shoulda listened)
Verse 2:
when you said, “quit standin’ on the block,
‘cause all that do is make it easy for the cops” (I shoulda listened)
when you said, “it don’t matter what car you drive,
long as you pay your bills, long as you survive” (I shoulda listened)
when you said, “don’t be hangin’ at the club,
‘cause people get drunk and wanna shoot the club up” (I shoulda listened)
when you said, “you can’t please everybody”
right now, I’m findin’ out I don’t need everybody (I shoulda listened)
when you said, “don’t bring them n****s to your house,
‘cause when you ain’t there, they’ll try to break in you house” (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “you reap what you sow”
so everybody I meet, I can’t treat ‘em like a hoe (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “do somethin’ with my time”
so I picked up the pen and paper, now I’m writing rhymes (I shoulda listened)
when you said, “forget the money, put God first”
so that’s the way I gotta end my verse (I shoulda listened)
Chorus:
when you told me, “don’t do that”
I did it anyway (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “don’t hustle”
but I gotta get paid (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “don’t do that”
I did it anyway (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “don’t hustle”
but I gotta get paid (I shoulda listened)
Chorus:
when you told me, “don’t do that”
I did it anyway (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “don’t hustle”
but I gotta get paid (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “don’t do that”
I did it anyway (I shoulda listened)
when you told me, “don’t hustle”
but I gotta get paid (I shoulda listened)
I shoulda listened
I shoulda listened
I shoulda listened
I shoulda listened
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