(Lil` Flip Talking)
Had to do something like this
I shoulda listened
I shoulda listened
(Lil` Flip)
I shoulda listened - 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 tryin to put money in my wallet
I shoulda listened - when you said, “Boy make good grades.”
But instead I was worried about the new Jades
I shoulda listened - when you said “Boy don`t get no tattoos.”
Now it`s two years later and I got twenty-two
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 got a 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
(Chorus repeat 2 times)
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
(Lil` Flip)
I shoulda listened - when you said "Quit standing 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 hanging in the clubs,
Cuz 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 finding out I don`t need everybody
I shoulda listened - when you said "Don`t bring them niggas to your house,
Cuz when you ain`t there they`ll try to break in your 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 something with my time
So I picked up the pen and paper and 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
(Chorus repeat 4 times)
