Verse 1: It's the 17th A week before the day you were born I've been making big plans Just for over a month Trying to make this the best birthday You ever had, show you that You're my baby Damn all this rain Got me feelin something's wrong Pullin up to my gate They keep saying he's gone An envelope's in between my door Biggest day, got me panicking What the hell's this letter gonna read? Chorus: Hell No! You say you don't want it no more Hell No! You say you can't gimme what I want Hell No! How you just gonna leave when I stayed with you through hard times and you cheated? Hell No! I hate to say it but I need it Hell No! Ooh God please talk to me Hell No! Your so-called love was so deep When it told you you should run far And not give a damn about me How could you leave me, when you see me desperately in need of what we were before? How could you leave home? I cried so many times, but never did it cross my mind, to ever let it go How could you leave home? Didn't even see if we ever meant this sh** before, but we been down this road How could you leave home? How could you leave me baby please my heart is beating for the beat we had before How could you leave home? Verse 2: Damn I need you Wanna laugh, wanna stand Wanna get just one more chance to see you All my friends, all my kin Say "Mo just let that end" But I breathe you In the driveway I found pictures on the ground Of our first date I never in a million years Thought this would be me I'm trapped in love with somebody That no longer thinks I'm somebody special Look at me Chorus: Hell No! You say you don't want it no more Hell No! You say you can't gimme what I want Hell No! How you just gonna leave when I stayed with you through hard times and you cheated? Hell No! I hate to say it but I need it Hell No! Ooh God please talk to me Hell No! Your so-called love was so deep That it told you you should run far And not give a damn about me How could you leave me, when you see me desperately in need of what we were before? How could you leave home? I cried so many times, but never did it cross my mind to ever let it go How could you leave home? Didn't even see if we ever meant this sh** before, but we been down this road
How could you leave home? How could you leave me baby please my heart is beating for the beat we had before How could you leave home? Twista's Rap: Monica and Twista y'all! I remember when you said I couldn't get none of that Then I remember when you let me hit it from the back I remember we was young and sprung and steady talking on the phone And we both kept running back to each other we was lovers together forever till the end I don't really know why I froze up Planning for a wedding but getting married is scary Now I got you crying 'cause a n***a didn't show up I can't really tell you why but I'm Twista from the CHI and I'm dying inside 'cause I know I really want you So for leaving one day I'ma have to give you the answer girl But right now I can't tell you why I left girl Sweet personality and good s** girl Fear will take a man's life. You supposed to be my wife. Goodbye, hope to see you in the next world Monica's Rap: You was all up under me Acting like you was so in love Always talking 'bout you a thug n***a what you running for? Copped you a new Benz You the first one seen on the block with it Took you to the club Showed you how to lean with it, rock with it You was bold when you wanna get some of that When you wanna hit the hole like running back Now you actin like you wanna come running back Hell No! n***a I don't wanna hear none of that I know you quick, but I spit that sh** too so all I really wanna say to you is...how could you leave me baby how could you leave me baby How could you leave me, when you see me desperately in need of what we were before? How could you leave home? I cried so many times, but never did it cross my mind to ever let it go How could you leave home? Didn't even see if we ever meant this sh** before, but we been down this road How could you leave home? How could you leave me baby please my heart is beating for the beat we had before How could you leave home? Outro: All the women I caught you with Still I didn't leave, but I didn't forget All those women I caught you with Maybe I didn't leave, but I didn't forget All those women I caught you with Boy I didn't leave, but I didn't forget All those women, women I caught you with I didn't leave, but I didn't forget