Want You Back
Fabolous Feat. Joe Budden & Teyana Taylor Lyrics

You see, what I can't understand
It is confusing that someone can throw away a lifetime friendship but keep accepting back a terrible significant other.

Is how somebody have a life-time friend
It's amazing how someone could give up a long-standing friendship.

Who they've been through thick and thin with
A friend who they've been through good and tough times with.

And they just fall out over the simplest shit, man
And then they lose that friend over something so insignificant.

But that same person will be in a relationship with a triflin ass mo'fucka
This same person will stay in a relationship with a terrible partner.

But they keep taking them back!
Despite all this, they continue to accept them back.

Shit is crazy...
It is just insane.

The Karma of fucking over a good person
When you hurt someone good, karma will come back at you.

Is the asshole you end up with
You wind up with a terrible person who treats you poorly.

Get a taste of your own medicine
Experience the same bad feelings you gave that good person.

Funny, you the one who end up sick
It's ironic since you're the one who ultimately suffers.

Always took you back, even though it made my friends upset
Despite making my friends angry, I still kept accepting you back.

Told me I should blow you off, haven’t got that wind up, yet
My friends advised me to break up with you, but I haven't done it yet.

Know how many days I’ve hurt, many nights I’ve been up stressed
I've spent countless days hurting and restless nights.

Thought that we had been in love, maybe I’ve just been obsessed
I once believed we were in love, but now I think I was just obsessed.

When you crossed me, you lost me
The moment you betrayed me, you lost me as well.

Now if I was guarding Derrick Rose
If I were Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago.

I would be more understanding but you ain't Derrick Rose
I might be more understanding if you were treating me better, but you're not.

You was my number one, but uuuhmm, you ain't Derrick Rose
You used to be my top priority, but now you're not.

You try to make a point again, you ain’t Derrick Rose
You're trying to argue again, but you don't have the same credibility as Derrick Rose.

You just on some bullshit, bitch, you ain’t Derrick Rose
You're just being ridiculous, and you don't have the same status as Derrick Rose.

I’m a lover and a fighter, fight for what I love
I am someone who loves strongly and fights for what I believe in.

But you made something of, bitches I think nothing of
But you're someone I don't care about anymore.

Ask myself why I fight when it’s long been over
I question why I still fight, even though it's already over.

God gives the hardest battles to the strongest soldiers
God tests the strongest people with the toughest battles.

So I fight for us, as long as there is reason to
So I will fight for us, as long as there is still a reason to do it.

You wanted to give up on us as long as there is season two
You already gave up on us, even before we reached the second phase.

Cool, you’re gonna need me one day
Don't forget that you will need me in the future.

And if it’s Sunday, that one day gonna be Monday
It may not be right away, but that day could come soon.

That’s how fast things change sometimes
Sometimes, things can change rapidly.

Niggas play the tough role, I Ving Rhames sometimes
People try to act tough, like Ving Rhames in movies.

Like, like, like I don't want that bitch back
I don't want that woman back in my life.

I mean, I want her, but I don’t want the bitch back
What I meant was that I still have feelings for her, but I cannot accept her back into my life.

She said she want him, but she don’t want that nigga back
She says that she wants him, but she doesn't want that man back into her life.

That nigga act like I ain’t have a nigga back
That man acts as if I never had his back.

So much pain in this sample
There is so much emotional pain reflected in this musical piece.

So much pain in some of our hearts
Many of us have felt this kind of emotional pain before.

I just want a pain-free heart
All I want is to be free from this emotional pain.

I don't ask for much
I don't need much to be happy.

Fab, what's good though
Hey, Fab, how are you doing?

Let's talk to her...
Let's have a conversation with her.

Let me start with ‘I love you’ , I think that we have the power to grow
I want to begin by expressing my love for you and believing that we could still grow together.

Woulda gave up, but it ain’t no coward in Joe
I may have wanted to give up, but I am not a coward.

Funny thing about it all is you checked my Twitter every hour or so
An interesting fact is that you checked my Twitter every hour or so.

And then you bring this fake shit to our reality show
And then you bring our fake relationship to a reality show.

Been however many years looking for devotion, it’s weird
I have been searching for loyalty for years, and it's quite strange.

Your feelings but I put them into motion
You express your feelings, but I translate them into actions.

I dictate the what’s and why’s, the how and when
I'm the one who determines the reasonings and timing for our relationship.

You ain’t learn to separate your now from then
You haven't learned how to differentiate your current situation from your past.

I keep my distance, ‘cause when I’m near, my head is hurting
I try to keep my distance because it causes me pain when I'm close to you.

Exhausted every road to friendship, but its never working
I've tried everything to maintain our friendship, but nothing seems to work.

Me, I met the sweetest girl, you know ya'll met in person
I met the kindest person, and you have met her in real life.

Bottom line, I made you then made a better version
To sum it all up, I improved you and made a better version of yourself.

I tried to give you good advice, but you ain’t heed it
I gave you good advice, but you did not follow it.

Must’ve figured you ain’t need it, but all I can do is seed it
You might have believed that you didn't need it, but all I can do is plant the seed.

Told you you’re gonna fuck around and end up sick
I warned you that you would be in for trouble.

You chose dick from this nigga off the New York Knicks
You chose to be with a man from the New York Knicks instead of me.

My Nig...you’re so spiteful, that ain’t the way we act
My friend, you're being very spiteful, and that's not how we should behave.

That cock was inserted in you, how could it pay me back?
That man had sex with you, that does not mean he's paying me back.

I know you said when we were over you'd start aiming bigger
You said you would aim higher when we were done.

But you can’t have anonymity with famous niggas
But you cannot have anonymity with famous individuals.

I know you’re thinking my happiness is a front
I know you believe my happiness is not genuine.

How would you ever know? Happiness is what you wanted
How can you really understand? After all, happiness is what you wanted too.

So unidentifiable when that armor never let up
Protection makes it hard to see who someone truly is.

You fucked me real good, but karma fucked you better
You were good to me sexually, but karma repaid you for your actions.

You’re gonna need me someday
One day, you will require my assistance.

You’re gonna want me back in your heart
You will eventually want me back in your life and heart.

You never miss a good thing till it leave you
You never appreciate something good until it's gone.

Finally I realize I don’t need you
Finally, I recognize that I do not need you.

You want me back, you know you’re gonna need me back
You long for me to return, you understand that you will require my presence again.

Gotta have me back, yeah
You have to have me back.

Heartbroken when you left my world
When you left me, I was heartbroken.

Boy, you know you should’ve kept this girl, I was there for you
You should have kept me, I was there for you.

Now I don’t know what you gonna do without me, baby
I do not know how you will function without me.

That was the last thing I said to you
That was the final thing I said to you.

I notice you know its dead end with you
I see and understand that it is a dead end with you.

You’re gonna want me back, you’re gonna want me back
You will eventually want me back.

You’re gonna need me one day
One day, you will need me.

You’re gonna want me back in your heart
You will eventually want me back in your life and heart.