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I Been That Girl
Melanie Fiona Lyrics

Heard about the
Tires on his brand new car
I knew that he'd drive
You crazy
Guess the only option
To fall when you get
Pushed too far
You'll think about that
Next time
Maybe

Oh, when he's calling
Your name out
When he needs you back
In his life
Cause he's got some secrets
And all of them came out
When it's all in your name
But you can't make the payment
He needs you to stay
But you wanna go
I know

I know cause
I've been that girl
I've been that
I've been that
I've been that girl
I've been that
I've been that
I've been that girl
I've been that
I've been that
I've been that girl
Whoa hoo oh

But never again
Never again
Never again
Never again
Never again
Never again
No, never again

Heard you got into it
With his ex Sunday night
Who really fights on a Sunday?
Must be sick
Of tellin' your friends
That life's alright
You'll wanna change
That shit one day
Oh
When you been in the kitchen
And you fix him a dinner
You wanna go talk to him
But he doesn't listen
When he's played
Enough games
And you played your position
He'll tell you to stay
But you'll wanna go
I know

I know cause
I've been that girl
I've been that
I've been that
I've been that girl
I've been that
I've been that
I've been that girl
I've been that
I've been that
I've been that girl
Whoa hoo oh

But never again
Never again
Never again
Never again
Never again
Never again
No, never again

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: AUBREY GRAHAM, TYLER WILLIAMS

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Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983) is a Grammy winning Canadian R&B singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. She was born to Guyanese immigrant parents (mixed with black, Indian, and Portuguese ethnicities) and grew up in the inner city of Toronto. Living in a music filled household, Fiona says she always knew music was her passion. Her father was a guitarist in a band and would allow her to sit on the stage when she was younger as he practiced Read Full BioMelanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983) is a Grammy winning Canadian R&B singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. She was born to Guyanese immigrant parents (mixed with black, Indian, and Portuguese ethnicities) and grew up in the inner city of Toronto. Living in a music filled household, Fiona says she always knew music was her passion. Her father was a guitarist in a band and would allow her to sit on the stage when she was younger as he practiced, and remembers her mother playing music at home; everything from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston.

Fiona was featured on Reggae Gold 2008 with the Supa Dups-produced "Somebody Come Get Me". Her debut album The Bridge was released in the summer of 2009. She worked on the album with Future Cut, Vada Nobles, Stereotypes, J. Phoenix, Peter Wade and Salaam Remi. The debut single "Give It to Me Right" was released to radio stations on February 28, 2009, and peaked at #20 on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 and #41 on the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "It Kills Me", became her breakout song on the Billboard Hot 100 where it cracked the Top 50, along with hitting #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song earned Fiona a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

Her second album, The MF Life, was released through the SRC Records and Universal Republic on March 20, 2012 after several delays. The Break Down The Walls Songfacts reports Fiona told Billboard magazine that her goal with The MF Life was to give an "honest" depiction of her life and how things have changed from her debut set, The Bridge.

In 2002, Fiona was briefly involved with girl group X-Quisite. Early in her career, she would perform at nightclubs in Toronto. In 2005, Fiona traveled to Los Angeles, California, in search of a recording contract. According to Fiona, record labels "loved" the way she looked and sung, but "knew that the minute I worked with them or would have signed with them, they would have tried to change me into someone else completely different. That was something that I didn't want to do." She went on to co-write songs for recording artists Rihanna and Kardinal Offishall. Fiona also recorded the reggae song "Somebody Come Get Me" under the stage name Syren Hall, which was included in the Reggae Gold 2008 compilation album. Entrepreneur Steve Rifkind discovered and signed Fiona to SRC Records and Universal Motown in 2007. She went on to tour with Kanye West in his Glow in the Dark Tour.