It's All Over
Dreamgirls [Music from the Motion Picture] Lyrics

I turn my back and find myself out on the line,
I feel like I've been left out in the cold and abandoned

You could have warned me but that would have been too kind
I wish someone had told me what was going on but I know the truth would have hurt

That’s a lie
I disagree with what you're saying

It’s just I haven’t been feeling that well
I have not been feeling my best lately

Now you’re lying
You're not telling the truth

You’re lying
You're not telling the truth

I’ve never been so thin
I have lost weight recently

‘Cause you’re knocking off that piece who thinks she’s better than everybody
You're cheating on me with someone who thinks she's superior to others

She ain’t better than anybody,
She is not superior to anyone else

She ain’t nothing but common
She is unremarkable and ordinary

Now who you calling common you self-indulgent Self-absorbed nonprofessional?
You're talking about me as if I'm self-centered and unprofessional

You I’m calling you I’m calling you the common piece he’s knocking off
I'm saying that you're the unremarkable woman he's cheating on me with

Now you listen to me, Miss Blame-It-On-The-World
I have something important to say to you

See, I’ve put up with you for much to long
I have tolerated your behavior for far too long

I have put up with your bitching
I have endured your complaining

I’ve put up with your nagging and all your screaming too
I have tolerated your constant criticism and yelling

Stay out of this, Lorrell! This is between Deena and me.
This conflict is between Deena and me and I don't want anyone else involved

Yeah? Well, it’s between me too I’m as much a part of this group as anybody else, and I’m tired Effie, I’m tired Of all the problems you’re making us
I'm tired of all the drama you're causing and I feel like I'm just as much a part of this group as anyone else

I always knew you two were together
I suspected that the two of you were working against me

She had nothing to do with this change, it was you
It was you who caused this change, not her

I knew you were trouble from the start
I knew you would cause problems from the beginning

Trouble?
What are you talking about?

But you’re getting out now I’m not building this group to have you tear it apart
You're no longer part of this group because I can't let you destroy it

Go ahead and rant and scream and shout Don’t worry baby, I’ll buy you out
You can complain and make a scene if you want to, but I'll pay you off to leave

There’s no money dirty enough to buy me out. You remember that, Curtis.
You can't buy me off with any amount of money, Curtis

Lay off, Effie Just take the money and run
Stop arguing and just accept the payment and leave

You in this with them, C.C.?
Are you siding with them, C.C.?

Cool it, Effie This time you know what you’ve done
Calm down, Effie. This time you're fully responsible for what's happened

So they bought your black ass too, huh?
So they've bribed you as well, C.C.?

This time you’ve gone too far
You've crossed a line this time

Oh I can go further. I can go further.
I'm not done yet. I can get even more extreme

I don’t want to stay around this I’m just breaking into this business This is between all of you This is none of my affair
I don't want to get involved in this conflict. I'm a newcomer to the business and this is not my concern

Yeah? Well, it’s between you too now, lil’ sister.
This conflict now involves you too, little sister

This snow job is as much your sin, Look at me How much did you put out to get in?
You're just as corrupt as everyone else. How much did you pay to get ahead?

Now you watch your mouth Watch your mouth Miss Effie White ‘Cause I don’t take that tone from some second-rate diva Who can’t sustain I’m not feeling well I got pain
Be careful what you say, Effie. I won't tolerate that kind of behavior from a mediocre singer like you. Also, I'm not feeling well and I'm in pain

Effie, we all got pain!
We all have problems, Effie!

Oh for seven years I sung with you I was your sister You were our trouble And now you're telling me It’s all over?
We were like sisters for seven years and now you're saying it's over?

And now we’re telling you It’s all over
We're telling you that it's really over this time

And now I’m telling you I ain’t going
I'm telling you that I won't leave

I ain’t going
I won't leave