I Shoulda Listened (Explicit Album Version)

huh huh

I had to do somethin like dis

ya know

huh I shoulda listened

I shoulda listened

[Lil' Flip - Verse 1]

I shoulda listened, when ya said boy go and get a job

I shoulda listened, cause you gotta sell dope or rob

I shoulda listened, when you told me I need to go to college

but right now I'm tryin to money in my wallet

I shoulda listened, when you said boy make good grades

but instead I was worryin about dem new j's

I shoulda listened, when you said boy don't get no tattoos

now it's 2 years later and now I got 22

I shoulda listened, when you said keep playin basketball

but I was makin mo 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 fo' his Benz

I shoulda listened, when you said don't stand on the corner

cause all black folks do is smoke marijuana

[Chorus: repeat 2X]

I shoulda listened, when yo told me don't do that I did it any way

I shoulda listened, when yo told me don't hustle but I gotta get paid

[Lil' Flip - Verse 2]

I shoulda listened, when you said quit standin on the block

cause all that do is make it easy fo the cops

I shoulda listened, when you said it don't matta what car you drive

long as you pay yo bills long as you survive

I shoulda listened, when you said don't be hangin at the club

cause people get drunk and want to 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 brind dem niggaz to ya house

cause when you ain't there they'll try to break in ya house

I shoulda listened, when you told me you read what ya so

so everybody I meet I can't treat'em like a hoe

I shoulda listened, when ya told me do somethin wit my time

so I picked up the pen and paper and now I'm writtin ryhmes

I shoulda listened, when you said forget the money put God first

so that's the way I gotta end my verse

[Chorus] - repeat to fade