So your new love let your feelings sad and blue
And it broke your heart in two to see him go
Now you know the lonely nights that I've gone through
And I'm glad that I can say I told you so
When you cry yourself to sleep remember me
Think of all the things I told you long ago
You know how it feels to be the used to be and I'm glad that I can say I told you so
[ fiddle - steel ]
So your someone broke your heart you realize
That the time has come to reap just what you sowed
For somebody else told you the same old lie and I'm glad that I can say I told you so
When you see me with the smile upon my face
And the sadness of an achin' heart you know
I'll be happy with another in your place and I'm glad that I can say I told you so
[ guitar ]
When you miss the happiness you'll never find
Think of me each time the bitter teardrops flow
(Randy Travis)
Suppose I called you up tonight and told you that I loved you
And suppose I said "I wanna come back home".
And suppose I cried and said "I think I finally learned my lesson"
And I'm tired a-spendin' all my time alone.
If I told you that I realised you're all I ever wanted
And it's killin' me to be so far away.
Would you tell me that you loved me too and would we cry together?
Or would you simply laugh at me and say:
"I told you so, oh I told you so
I told you some day you come crawling back and asking me to take you in
I told you so, but you had to go
Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again".
If I got down on my knees and told you I was yours forever
Would you get down on yours to and take my hand?
Would we get that old time feelin', would we laugh and talk for hours
The way we did when our love first began?
Would you tell me that you'd missed me too and that you'd been so lonely
And you waited for the day that I return.
And we'd live in love forever and that I'm your one and only
Or would you say the tables finally turned?
Would you say:
"I told you so, oh I told you so
I told you some day you come crawling back and asking me to take you in
I told you so, but you had to go
Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again".
Do you mind if I call you lover tonight
I know you said we had to cool down
Until you made up your mind
Could it be so bad if your friends know
You let me in through your back door
I knew it would be like this
I told you so
Did you know that I saw you walking downtown
I knew it was you because your eyes never left the ground
Did you know that I can't sleep
I can't think baby I can't eat
I knew it would be like this
I told you so
I can feel it getting under your skin
No use fighting baby let me in
I can feel it coming on
It's getting kinda strong
And there's nowhere to run
I told you so
And it'll never feel right
In the middle of the night
Unless I'm holding you tight
I told you so
You can't stop this world from spinning around
You can't stop what goes up from coming back down
You can't stop burning in the fire
Now you can't stop our lethal desire
It's the truth
I told you so
So come on baby come on
It goes so easy
And nights are getting so cold
It's starting to freeze me
I can tell by the sound of your voice
You're getting pretty close to making your choice
I knew it would be like this
I told you so
I feel it getting under your skin
No use fighting honey let me in
Can't you feel it coming on?
It's getting kinda strong
And there's nowhere to run
I told you so
Oh it will never feel right
In the middle of the night
Unless I'm holding you tight
I told you so
I know you feel like you've taken your two hands
And you've torn out your heart
But I said it would be just like this babe
Right from the start
Ohh
Do you mind if I call you lover tonight
I know you said we had to cool down
Until you made up your mind
Oh don't you feel it coming on?
Oh it's getting kinda strong
And there's nowhere to run
I told you so
Oh babe and it'll never feel right
In the middle of the night
Unless I'm holding you tight
I told you so
I told you so
I told you so
I told you so
Written by Jackson-Yancy/Butler
Oh, Baby, sssss, oh, it's so good, hm, umm,
Umm, umm, umm, umm, umm, hm, get it, Baby, get it
You've been with me through the hardest times
And you've kept my heart, body, soul and mind together
(You, you, you) It's been us two against the world
It ain't been easy but we sho' made it together
Thanks to (you, you, you) you, you, you
All I wanna say is Baby (Baby) oh my Baby (Baby)
I love you (I love you, hoo, hoo) hoo, hoo
Oh, yeah, Baby (Baby) oh my Baby (Oh my Baby)
I love you, hoo, hoo (I love you, hoo, hoo)
Hoo, yeah, yeah
When my world had fallen to the ground
Your love was there always around
And I love you, and I love you, hoo, I love you, hoo, hoo
Ho, oh---, the world keeps changing in which we live
Sometimes people just don't have the time to give
That very special part of them that keeps our love together
Oh Baby, take my love, I hope you keep this forever
You (I love you) God bless you
(I love you) I love you (I really do)
Oh, hoo (Hey, hey and I love, I love you) I love you (I love you)
Yes I do, oh (I really do) its you, Baby, you, Baby, oh
(Hey, hey, and I love, I love you, I love you)
It's been ten long years since I've been home
I've been waiting here with nowhere to go
It's an occupation I don't like
But it pays the rent and turns on the light
I told you so
It has to be
Cut loose news and runaway with me
We'll go out every night
I'll be there by your side
And we'll all get high down the ...' side
If i hate the job and I hate the place
But I must stay for your pretty face
It's a f*** reaction I can fix
Cut me with those free _ tricks (?)
I told you so
It's a crazy world
For a mixed up guy
And a no good girl
And I told you so
It's a crazy world
For a mixed up guy
And a no good girl
(Take her, take the world)
I told you so
It has to be
Cut loose news and runaway (runaway) with me
We'll go out every night
I'll be there by your side
And we'll all get high down the ...' side
You said you needed your space
Oh, I wasn't where you wanted to be
I didn't stand in your way
I only want you to be happy
And so how surprised am I
To see you here tonight
Well, can't you see
That for worse or for better we're better together?
Please just come back home
No, don't say that you're sorry
And I won't say I told you so
Sometimes in our life
We get to where we wonder
If the long road that we're on
Is headin' in the same direction
When it comes to you and me
We're right where I know we should be
Oh, can't you see
That for worse or for better we're better together?
Please just come back home
No, don't say that you're sorry
And I won't say I told you so
I told you so, hey, yeah
Sometimes it's like we're deep in
Nothing but love
And the slightest thing can grow so foolishly
Remind me please
Oh, can't you see
That for worse or for better we're better together?
Please just come back home
No, don't say that you're sorry
You don't gotta say you're sorry baby
Oh, can't you see
That for worse or for better we're better together?
Please just come back home
No, don't say that you're sorry
And I won't say I told you so
And I won't say I told you so
But I told you so, yeah, hey hey hey yeah
Shoulda known better than to leave me, baby
staring out ahead to the horizon where the sun sets, at the end of this black line(my fears are close behind) my hopes and dreams ditorted by the cracks inside the windsheildthat seem to grow and grow(if i dont try i'll never know) these things aint easy and i knew they'd never be. but i always thought there was a fire deep inside of me. and as long as i keep trying the flame will never die. theres so much i want to say.a wall of doubt stands in my way. so many paths for me to choose. so much to gain so much to lose. and if i fail will you tell me 'i told you so?' these things aint easy and i knew they'd never be. but i always thought there was a fire deep inside of me. and as long as i keep trying the flame will never die. life is a gamble just a roll of the dice. its all or nothing now cause theres no chance to do this twice. just dont seem fair at least i can say 'i tried'. one chance one chance to live. it has taken everything that i could give. broken promises and broken dreams. and nothing ever is the way it seems. stubborn pride and blind faith. 'when will you grow up for heavens sake?' just a little more we're almost there. but time is slipping time is slipping away. cant see the future and i know that things seem bad. why must i compromise and live a life that makes me sad? so many other people to please besises myself. these things aint easy and i knew they'd never be. but i always thought there was a fire deep inside of me. and as long as i keep trying the flame will never die. life is a gamble just a roll of the dice. its all or nothing now cause theres no chance to do this twice. just dont seem fair. at least i can say 'i tried' ' i told you so'
I wake up in the morning
I've been looking for a bed
Somebody told me
You've been sleeping in too late
I told you so, I told you so
I told you so, I told you so
Now it's too late to stop, I told you so
I've been taking this trouble
Just to set my mind at ease
A man comes in crawling
Won't you please, please, please
I told you so
I never did expect
To have to carry so much weight
But the photographs are ready
You're twenty minutes late
you met this girl the other day
you met this girl the other day
you said that she was the one
who'd never get away
but she left you for another guy
i tried to tell you that she'd never stay
but you never listen
so now i wanna say
I told you so
Suppose I called you up tonight and told you that I loved you
And suppose I said "I wanna come back home".
And suppose I cried and said "I think I finally learned my lesson"
And I'm tired a-spendin' all my time alone.
If I told you that I realised you're all I ever wanted
And it's killin' me to be so far away.
Would you tell me that you loved me too and would we cry together?
Or would you simply laugh at me and say:
"I told you so, oh I told you so
I told you some day you come crawling back and asking me to take you in
I told you so, but you had to go
Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again".
If I got down on my knees and told you I was yours forever
Would you get down on yours too and take my hand?
Would we get that old time feelin', would we laugh and talk for hours
The way we did when our love first began?
Would you tell me that you'd missed me too and that you'd been so lonely
And you waited for the day that I returned.
And we'd live in love forever and that I'm your one and only
Or would you say the tables finally turned?
Would you say:
"I told you so, oh I told you so
I told you some day you come crawling back and asking me to take you in
I told you so, but you have to go
Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again".
In 1961 you told me rock'n'roll was done,
In 1962 you told me rock'n'roll was through.
In 1963 you told me it was under me.
In 1964 you didn't wanna rock'n'roll no more.
But I told you rock'n'roll was here to stay,
I told you rock'n'roll will not fade away!
I told you so, 'cause I'd go for more,
I told you so I told you so,
I told you rock'n'roll was here to stay!
In 1965 you put down blues'n'boogie'n'jive
In 1966 you started out on your acid licks.
In 1967 "cool" showed you the way to heaven.
In 1968 you told me everything mellow was great,
But I told you rock'n'roll was here to stay,
I told you rock'n'roll will not fade away!
I told you so, 'cause I'd go for more,
I told you so I told you so,
I told you rock'n'roll was here to stay!
In 1969 you told me it was out of time.
In 1970 you lost your lament of frailty
In 1971 you started fighting and havin' fun,
In 1972 you really started comin' right through
But I told you rock'n'roll was here to stay,
I told you rock'n'roll will not fade away!
I told you so, 'cause I'd go for more,
I told you so I told you so,
I told you rock'n'roll was here to stay!
In 1973 your radio's gettin' through to me.
In 1974 everybody rockin'.. some more
In 1975 everybody feelin' that solid jive!
I told you rock'n'roll was here to stay!
I told you rock'n'roll win not fade away!
I told you so! I told you so ! I told you so!
I broke into your house last night,
I crept in through your window.
I was too quiet for you to hear me
And as you finished up your dreams you rose to me beside your throat.
The choice was yours to make, this was a night you won't forget
So look at me, tell me what you see.
'cause I know, that the world is beautiful
And the distance will be killing on the nights that we're alone
And just know, we're view fault, the sun will not be tempt until you see the damage done.
I've got a pocket full of reasons,
And a tank full of gas, I'm gunna drive you through the river where the current is fast.
With my feet on the shore and my hands in the water,
We shout these words, back to eachother
I've got an awful disaster and an awful disease
I'm gunna sing all of the words, I'm gunna make you scream
I've got an awful disaster and an awful disease
I'm gunna sing you all of the words, I'm gunna make you scream
I've got an awful disaster and an awful disease
I've got a pocket full of reasons,
And a tank full of gas, I'm gunna drive you to the river where the current is fast.
With my feet on the shore and my hands in the water,
I'll shout to your mom "say goodbye to your daughter"
I'll smile to see the light in the sky
With a big round circle looking me in the eye
Saying it's okay, it's okay.
it's okay it's okay
Pocket full of reasons,
And a tank full of gas, I'm gunna drive you to the river where the current is fast.
With my feet on the shore and my hands in the water,
I'll shout to your mom "say goodbye to your daughter"
I'll smile to see the light in the sky
With a big round circle looking me in the eye
Saying it's okay, it's okay.
I know you hate that I think this way
I know you think that it's wrong of me
I know that everything's strong today
But the longer we go I know the fire will start to fade, fade, fade
I'm maybe walking too long for this race
I know you said that you won't do the same
And so I'm writing this song so the day
See I'm right, I'm play this record with a smirk while I say
I told you so, I told you so
I told you so, I told you so
I know you hate that I think this way
I could be wrong but the chances ain't great
I know your calls, your sweet messages
Will turn from daily just to make me smile to plain necessary
I know you're wishing your eye just see me
But somehow time seem to make it blurry
And so I'm writing this song so the day
Yeah, see I'm right, I'll play this record while I cry and I say
I told you so, ooh baby, I told you so
I told you so, I told you so
I know the newness of it all seems right
But baby, I'm no fool and I got pride
That happily ever
Love should just last a while, while, while
I know you think you love me
But love ain't never stopped nobody
From creeping around every once in a while
When things start to settle down
And so I won't look like a clown, I'm a call it now
I told you so, I told you so
I told you so, unless you prove me wrong
I told you so, I told you so
Just walk away, see if he cares
It's such a sad story, I know, dont say I didnt tell you so
I told you so
Fixing his eyes on her he knows that this
Won't take him very long
'Cause after all this night is still young
She slowly but surely drinks her mind away,
Hes making sure of it
Just one more sip hell be dragging you home
Home
Just walk away, see if he cares
Its such a sad story, I know, dont say I didnt tell you so
Hey, yeah
She staggers aimlessly who knows what hes
Plotting inside his head,
Soon enough everyone will know
When this is over, do you think my advice
Would help you somehow?
Just cry me a river as if you dont look so pathetic now
Just walk away, see if he cares
Its such a sad story, I know, dont say I didnt tell you so
(I told you so)
Hey, yeah
Just walk away, see if he cares
(Just walk away)
Its such a sad story, I know, dont say I didnt tell you so
Hey, yeah
Just walk away, yeah (2x)
Just walk away, see if he cares
(Just walk away)
Its such a sad story, I know, dont say I didnt tell you so
(I told you so)
Hey, walk away, see if he cares
(Just walk away)
I know you hate that I think this way
I know you think that it's wrong of me
I know that everything is strong today
But the longer we go I know the fire will start to fade
I'm maybe walking to long for this race
I know you said that you won't do the same
And so I'm writing this song so the day
See I'm right I'm play this record with a smirk
While I say
I told you so (4x)
I know you hate that I think this way
I could be wrong but the chances ain't great
I know calls your sweet message
Will turn lately just to make me smile
To quite necessary
I know your vision your eye just see me
But somehow time seem to make it blurry
And so I'm writing this song so the day
I see I'm right, I'll play this record
While I cry and I say
I told you so (4x)
I know the newest of it all
Seems right but baby I'm no fool
And I got pride that happily ever
Love should just last a while.
I know you think you love me
But love ain't never stopped nobody
From creeping around every once in a while
When things start to settle down
And so I won't look like a clown
I' m a call it now
I told you so (4x)
Whenever you go then I'll be waiting
Whenever the loneliness you're hating
Whenever you say you wish you never left me
I say I told you so
I told you so
I used to think it mattered
How hard it was to cry
Crying just a reflex now to you
Instead of trying to heal the scars
And the potholes in your life
Put a steel plate over them and that'll do
And as I waited by the bathroom door
You're writing on the bathroom floor
Waiting for an answer that only I can give to you
Whenever you go then I'll be waiting
Whenever the loneliness you're hating
Whenever you say you wish you never left me
I say I told you so
I told you so
Whenever you go then I'll be waiting
Whenever the loneliness you're hating
Whenever you say you're always gonna love me
I say I told you so
I told you so
The sun comes up and the blinds go down
To hide you from the light
The light inside you eyes that wants to shine
All of the Sunday morning reruns
seem ridiculous like you
Sleeping everyday at the different times
You can run but you can't hide from me
I know who you used to be
And that's the person that
I wants to let me come inside
Whenever you go then I'll be waiting
Whenever the loneliness you're hating
Whenever you say you wish you never left me
I say I told you so
I told you so
Whenever you go then I'll be waiting
Whenever the loneliness you're hating
Whenever you say you're always gonna love me
I say I told you so
I told you so
Don't shut the door, don't shut me out
Don't make this be the last time
that I see your hands
Cause I want them to hold me
And I want you to show me
That this will be our only place
Without your face there's just no..
Whenever you go then I'll be waiting
Whenever the loneliness you're hating
Whenever you say you wish you never left me
I say I told you so
I told you so
Whenever you go then I'll be waiting
Whenever the loneliness you're hating
Whenever you say you're always gonna love me
I say I told you so
I told you so
Whenever you go then I'll be waiting
Whenever the loneliness you're hating
Whenever you say you wish you never left me
I say I told you so
I told you so
I say I told you so
I told you so
I say I told you so
[Chorus: Girl + (Chino XL)]
Girl that's a fly nigga (I told you so)
Daddy come up with the rhyme nigga (Yo, I told you so)
Lyrically he crucifies niggaz (Yo, I told you so)
Chino's here, bye bye niggaz, ha hah! (Yo, check it out)
Girl that's a fly nigga (Yeah, I told you so)
Daddy come up with the rhyme nigga (Yo, I told you so)
Lyrically he crucifies niggaz (Bust it, I told you so)
Chino's here, bye bye niggaz, ha hah! (Peep it, yo, yo)
[Chino XL]
Multiplicty, out huntin my clones
Rap's turnin out more sweet proteges than Quincy Jones
My style pendergrass shoes: never touched the ground
My IQ so high it ain't no number it's a sound
I'm Jim Brown in his day, toughest nigga to tackle
I'll leave your brains hangin out like Chris Rock's adam's apple
I'm so rare, battlin Chino's like Africa:
Yeah niggaz talk about it but they don't really wanna go there
I'm hooked in leather, floored never
Create more tracks than Brandy and Monica's weaves put together
This to whoever if you rhyme like a daughter of mine
You sound like me so much I think my sperm's in your water supply
With a war to survive I slaughter and mortify
Creating a torture guy be forced and falsified
And duplicated and authorised
I autograph a girl's bra, menage-a-trois
I dont want no men in shit, let's have a women-age-a-trois
Chorus (w/ slight variations)
[Chino XL]
On everything that I love, I attack rap genres..
Fatter than Chaka Khan was
XL excederin verbal medicine sealed for tamperin
Consider me the Master P of God like Kirk Frank-lin
Shoot 'em shank 'em and burn they skin
Blast for laughs at Chino actions
Skill is a blessin you cowards could only imagine
You ain't an X-Man like comic books, you an ex-man like RuPaul
Run through y'all leave y'all stiffer than Ken dolls
You wanna start friction? Play Don and King and..
.. end up gettin fucked like Ving Rhames in "Pulp Fiction"
My rhymes hot they just might trigger the sprinkler system
Like freaks that Eddie Murphy, call witch you comin up missin
Now you gonna listen?! Or do I have to remind you?
I'll punch a hole through your chest
and give a pound to the man behind you
Killin you and the nigga that signed you like my Dad invented murder
I rhyme til it's a torture to me, exhaust like a catalytic converter
It's sad for me to admit I heard of, you, such a fake one
There's so many gay rappers
they probably diss me cause I'm the straight one
Plus chicks can't trick the light-skinned nigga with the long hair
With Nick Cage in an airplane these hoes couldn't +Con Air+
Chorus (w/ slight variations)
[Chino XL]
Yo, yo, you wanna raise up? Now that takes bravery
I house niggaz like light-skinned-ed Africans durin slavery
I detonate crazily, a bomb, military can't disable me
So loose in the cypher I got Lucifer ashamed of me
Fuck who you proclaim to be, better reconsider
Turned on wrestlin and Goldberg was like "Chino that's a big nigga"
I died a thousand deaths to possess skills such as this
With delivery like where Arabs live: in-tents/intense
Sliding in events riding inside of limos with tints
Been rhyming since Timberland trees were seeds; Burger King was Prince
Better run for the fence, click clack on all you rats
I shoot blindly like I'm Ray Charles with loaded gats
(Shit) The fact is, I'm one of them crazy half-black kids
Like Jesus in the army but I earn my stripes like zebras
Without the H.I.V. I'm positive you don't wanna test
I leave rappers confused like homeless cats on house arrest
I fly out to see you
But nobody's home
So I drive out to meet you
Now everyone knows
And they call me out,
Screaming, "I told you so!"
And I'm falling down
Knowing I lost my love again
I ask the neighbors if they've seen you
They say that you're gone
You left your car in the driveway
And your coat by the door
And they call me out,
Screaming, "I told you so!"
And I'm falling down
Knowing I lost my love again
La da da da....
And they call me out,
Screaming, "I told you so!"
And I'm falling down
Knowing I lost my love
And they call me out,
Screaming, "I told you so!"
And I'm falling down
Knowing I lost my love again
I say that I need you
Yeah, I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew...
I knew that we would fall in love,
I hate to say it, but I told you so,
I felt it when you caught my eye,
Looked down deep in my soul.
Something in me told me you were mine,
And I don't need to know the reason why
‘cause I felt something strange when you walked by
This happens once in a lifetime.
From my head to the tips of my toes
I'm in love, I just know.
I feel it everywhere where I go.
You got me singing whoo hoo
I feel it everywhere that I go,
I told you so, I told you so.
You got me shaking like a leaf inside
I'm singing with the birds that fly in high
I knew it all along that you'll be mine
I just be waiting for the late nights.
And now I'm never gonna set you free
I told you, baby, you belong to me
You're wrapped around my finger, can't you see
You got the same, all I need.
From my head to the tips of my toes
I'm in love, I just know.
I feel it everywhere where I go.
You got me singing whoo hoo
I feel it everywhere that I go,
I told you so, I told you so.
I'm in la-la-la-la-love, la-la-la-la-love,
Let me tell you, baby.
I'm in la-la-la-la-love, la-la-la-la-love,
Gonna tell my baby.
I'm in la-la-la-la-love, la-la-la-la-love,
Gonna tell the world that
I'm in la-la-la-la-love, la-la-la-la-love, love, love.
I feel it everywhere where I go.
You got me singing whoo hoo
I feel it everywhere that I go,
I told you so, I told you so.
My baby got me singing woo hoo,
I feel it everywhere that I go,
You got me singing whoo hoo
I feel it everywhere that I go,
I told you so, I told you so, I told you so, I told you so
(karmin)
Aye aye aye is it time?
green light
egotistic battle cry
i was right, you was wrong
called you out
finished strong
whiskey sour lemonade
fences up my barricade
i had heart, you had spades
i could see the color in your face as it fades
That's how it is, ain't no riddle
crunchy on the edge, but soft in the middle
i got a lot, you got a little
i'mma play both drums, you play the fiddle
play it real slow, lean on the bow
everybody's sad when they miss a free throw
bass to control, i'm on a roll
right all along and i knew it in my soul
(chorus)
i told you so
don't want to brag but you already know
(ooh)
i told you so
don't want to brag but you already know
you already know
i told you, i told you, i told you so oh
i told you, i told you, i told you so oh
(karmin)
f-f-f-feels so good, doesn't it
winnin' while they flubbin' it
i was right, you was wrong
figured i would write it in a hip hop song
was it so hard to believe?
i can make it, being me
drank to much Ouzo
my gosh you know
people say a lot of things, make you feel real small
push them out the way, ice latte, tall
i don't really care, i'm really not there
caffeinated up to my eyes, i swear
i'm on the top, you on the flop
going so long and i'm never gonna stop
bass to control, i'm on the roll
right all along and i knew it in my soul
(chorus)
i told you so
don't want to brag but you already know
(ooh)
i told you so
don't want to brag but you already know
you already know
i told you, i told you, i told you so oh
i told you, i told you, i told you so oh
(karmin)
La la la look at me now, fifteen rounds
bottle in my hand' pourin' it all on the ground
next time you wanna talk trash, i'mma put it on blast
you can get it if you ask for it
put it in the middle for the fat ladies hangin' out
shadder up ya glass house. oops. Ni hao.
meanwhile, i smile
then, i go animal style
i'm rackin' up another million,
makin' me another killin', superwoman,
earnin' top dollar bill,
and you must have a lot of feelings
tell me what you really think about it
kiddin', i don't even care
nobody listens to a fool, go put a hater be about another
take it please, got me on my knees
talk to you later, then i'm gonna,na na na, whoop, there goes!
right all along and i knew it in my soul
(chorus)
i told you so
don't want to brag but you already know
(ooh)
i told you so
don't want to brag but you already know
you already know(2x)
i told you, i told you, i told you so oh
Today i got a message
I was expectin
Came from you
Sayin you hate him
But to get it verbatim
I'd have to curse like you do
Well
I'm not sayin its your fault
I'm not sayin he werent rwrong
But before we go into that
I wanna get my point across
(what went down, never had to go down
Down down down down)
I didnt have to be this way
You didnt have to see this pain
Thats all around you now
You was iggin me
When it was drizzlin
And now you feelin the rain
Its like pourin on you
Dont ever say i never warned you
I dont mean to rub it in
But i told you so
You asked me as a friend
But i gave my best advice
When i told you no
Hes not the one for yous
S'what i said
But you had to find that out on your own
You're so grown
Well lemme guess
He got what he wanted
Left you alone and
He dont call no more
I told you so
So i guess you feel bad enough
As it is and you should cause i told ya
And you're kickin yourself
Right bout now over this
Dont wanna see you hurtin this way
Well i guess you'll know for next time
Just what to do
No matter how many opinions you get
You'll know who to listen to
I can feel ya pain
I know youre hurt
Hmmmm...
Cause ive been down that
Exact same road before
Hmm....
Oh...
Im just sorry i couldnt help save you
From his low dirt
Quit callin for him
You should call on ya girl
Yeahhhhh
Uh huh
But i told ya
But i told ya!
Oh... oh...
Yeah... yeah...
Oh... oh... oh...
Told you so
You could never let me go (I)
'Cause I told you so
I told you so
How many times you try to leave me and never
{You never go}
How many times you say that you hate me and oh
{You love me so} Listen
'Cause I told you so
You could never let me go
'Cause I told you so
I told you so
How many times you said you're leaving and never
{You never go} No
How many times you say that you hate me and oh
{You love me so} Listen
Told you so
You could never let me go (I)
'Cause I told you so
I done told you so
Come on, girl, you ain't goin' nowhere
[Sit on down, woman, you know can't leave me]
All this money I'm spendin' on you [That's right]
I told you so
You could never let me go (I)
'Cause I told you so
I done told you so
You could never, never, ever
Yeah, yeah
I told you so
You could never let me go (I)
'Cause I told you so
I done told you so
Told you so (Never let me go)
You could never let me go (I done told you so)
'Cause I told you so (Never let me go)
You could never let me go (I done told you so)
I told you so (Never let me go)
[B.B. Jay]
Theres an old saying that every dog has his day
I want'chall to know a lil somthin somthin
Every child of God has his season
And right about now, its all mine
Yo, check it, check it
It seems as it was just yesterday I was doing po'ly
Surrounded by jokers that couldn't do nothing fo' me
I was broker than a vase, living like a pauper
Poverty followed me everywhere like a stalker
Native New Yorker, born in Brook'lawn
Grew up in Jersey where you die if you look wrong
Hooked on somethin coloussal (Word to God)
Holy hip-hop apostle (God Squad)
Original general, quite like a girdle
Representin Jesus the eternal life colonel
I'm over like a hurdle, harder than the turdle
Lyrics healthier than herbal
B.B. Jays sturdy, never profane
Never x-rated or dirty, never ashamed
(Holy hustler) Practice sold faithful
I'm on some holy holy, emcees be greatful
Hook: [B.B. Jay]
I hate to say I told you so, but didn't I?
Tell you I was gonna blow-up and be the bomb
Everybody had mad jokes when I was strugglin
Now I'm fat like that, what, word to God
I hate to say I told you so, but didn't I?
Tell you I was gonna blow-up and be the bomb
Everybody had mad jokes when I was strugglin
Now I'm fat like that, what, word to God
[B.B. Jay]
Check it
It all started way back when I was a chap in grade school
Used to write songs an' poems in the day room
Every music award show, yo I stayed tuned
Word to God, as true as I grew, kids made room
No doubt, rejection was a sho' thing
Never get love until you doing yo' thang
You know how it is, around ghetto kids
Hype, do you sign ???
Made a lot of rap fears when I drops mines
Lotta cats did all they could to stop mines
Recognize yo, you can't stop the shine
Or the glow, ice on ice, I make livin look pro
Show ya right, the son of abraham I am
Born American, culture African
A lotta of imposters I peeped your cheif-tan
I'm a holy hustler, backwards buster
Hook
[B.B. Jay]
I used to rock a lot, back in the day, back of the class
In back of the school, battlin for cash in back of tha cab
I used jack up a lotta (Rap dummies)
I used to stak up a lotta (Lunch money)
Dough fo' sho' my flow was a number one
Yo, I told you cats since day number one
B.B. Jay ain't nothin but a plan and a man
But little did you know I had the power of I Am
All day from the getty up
Even back when I was leaving cats belly up
With they skull cracked, uh huh
I ain't always where I be at
Used to get buzzed with cous' like "where the tree at?"
Life of sin, had to flee that, palm was icy
On my way to hell, believe that, on some shiesty
Now I see clearly, holy life the nicest
Fat pastor, loungin with the righteous
