Shut Up

[Disclaimer: Contains lyrics and works from Black Eyed Peas’ Shut Up. All rights belong to their respective owners, and I stand to receive NO funds from this piece, or its publication. Publication is for entertainment purposes only.]

“ We try to take it slow
but we're still losing control
and we try to make it work
But it still ends up the worst
And I'm crazy
For trying to be your lady
I think I'm going crazy”

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They gonna lock me up, throw away the key/

do their best to keep me off the streets/

you get me going crazy/

and when I’m crazy/

I get dangerous/

‘cuz what you did was traitorous/ treacherous/

right now, I’m playing the role of the insurrectionist/

and I’m feeling like you’re the antagonist/

it was never that way in the past/

the way you fucked me over, wow, that was unsurpassed/

see, I could always bury my head in the sand/

but that was never the plan/ …

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“Girl, me and you were just fine (you know)
We wine and dine
Did them things that couples do when in love (you know)
Walks on the beach and stuff (you know)
Things that lovers say and do
I love you boo, I love you too
I miss you a lot, I miss you even more”

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Truth is,

You and I were damn near “perfect”/

but you had to go and sabotage it/

every time I thought we were back on track/

You do it all over again, are you on crack? /

Every time you did it, we broke up/

and every time you fed me false promises, we’d make up/

then I’d come to realise/

Your integrity had, again, been compromised/

when we try work on things, you agree on takin’ it slow/

then you say shit like “when we live together”/

we reach a rocky plain with stormy weather/

and you wonder why the relationship blows/ up…

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“Why does emotion gotta move so fast
Love is progress if you could make it last
Why is it that you just lose control
Every time you agree on taking it slow
So why does it got to be so damn tough
'cause fools in lust could never get enough of love”

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Sometimes, it feels like you do all you can/

(maybe even get a pad and pen and plan) /

loads of different ways to destroy us/

hurt me / emotionally desert me/ break my trust/

I bet your relationship with **** wasn’t like this? /

So, why is it, with me, you gotta take the piss? /

Is it possible for love to turn to hate? /

Feels like you’re poking me for a reaction, using this shit as bait/

things were so much simpler when you weren’t in my life/

but I found you, let you get close, practically handed you the knife/

You used to stab me in the back/

while wearing that mask/ of sincerity.

As soon as you got the chance/

You left me to die, with no second glance/ …

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“ Girl our love is dying
Why did you stop trying
I never been a quitter
But I do deserve better
Believe me I will do bad
Let's forget the past
and let's start this new plan
Why? 'cause it's the same old routine!”

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Now, I haven’t exactly got much time left to deal with this shit/

I’ve always been determined, but this time, fuck it/ I quit/

There’s just too damn much for my head to get around/

In your swimming pool of betrayal, I have drowned/

All this shit, you surely planned/

Instead of saving me and grabbing my hand/

You held my head down until I stopped struggling/

Stopped choking/ for air.

Then you just walked away/

And now you complain? /

Are you fucking insane? /

… Just Shut Up ...