U Should've Known Better

I didn't ask to go with you to Mexico

I really didn't need the shopping spree in LA or Melrose

Boy, if you didn't know it, well, now you know

I didn't need the furs or the jewelry

Because material things, it don't mean much to me

And ever since you've been gone

I've been holding us down, on my own and no, ...

I never ever cheated, I never ever lied

So you can stop askin', askin' me why

Why I never left you

And why I kept it real

And why I'm still with you

You should've known better

Than to think I would leave

You should've known better

Than to doubt me (me)

It don't matter if you're up

Matter if you're down

Either way, I'm gonna be around

You should've known that

I would stay by your side

Should've known your girl

Was gonna ride or die

And it just don't matter

If you're rich or poor, out or in doin' 5 to 10

You should've known better

What makes you think

That I would forget about ya?

Think about it, who comes to see ya?

Every Saturday and Monday I was on that receiver

It's me (me) your girl (girl), your life (life), your world (world)

My family and friends, they just don't understand

They say, I should leave you alone

But I say, that they all should just leave us alone

Don't you get it?

I never ever cheated, I never ever lied

So you can stop askin', askin' me why

Why I never left you

And why I kept it real

And why I'm still with you

You should've known better

Than to think I would leave

You should've known better

(Don't you doubt me) Than to doubt me

It don't matter if you're up

Matter if you're down

Either way, I'm gonna be around

You should've known that

I would stay by your side

Should've known your girl

Was gonna ride or die

And it just don't matter (don't matter to me, babe)

If you're rich or poor, out or in doin' 5 to 10

You should've known better

You should've known better

Than to think I would leave

You should've known better

Than to doubt me

It don't matter if you're up

Matter if you're down

Either way, I'm gonna be around

You should've known that

I would stay by your side

Should've known your girl

Was gonna ride or die

And it just don't matter

If you're rich or poor, out or in doin' 5 to 10

You should've known better