Lil' Flip Follow

(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 J's

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 at the club,

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."

(Chorus repeat 4 times)