Shoulda Never

Album: Kehlani (2026)
Charted: 76
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  • Should've never
    Should've never
    Should've never

    I tried to tell myself you're never gonna get it again
    Laying here next to you, not what I intended again
    How did you crack the code (code)
    When don't nobody know (know)
    How to get me in position?

    I thought I blocked your ass, you found another way to get in
    Screw all my inner thoughts, I'm thinking 'bout us getting it in
    On every countertop (top)
    I'm yelling, "Please, don't stop"
    And you know where it's going

    If somebody told me this was it (ooh)
    That you was on some different shit (oh-ooh)
    I would've made a decision that was better than this
    Instead of wasting my time

    I tried to stop myself in time (should've never did it)
    I did it anyway, I probably should've never hit it
    When I knew better, but I didn't do no better
    I just wasted my time (yeah)

    Don't get it twisted, I ain't never been no regular type
    I'm not so into you that I'm gon' let my good years go by (goodbye)
    Just 'cause you laid it down and knocked it out like dominoes
    That don't give you no permission
    To fuck me over when you know that I been fuckin' you good
    Why pull me in to push me out just 'cause you know that you could?
    That's how I end up in and slip and fall in love again
    Right back in love (oh), same position

    If somebody told me this was it (then I)
    That you was on some different shit (wish somebody told me, I)
    I would've made a decision that was better than this
    Instead of wasting my time

    I tried to stop myself in time (oh, I did it anyway)
    I did it anyway, I probably should've never hit it
    When I knew better, but I didn't do no better
    I was wasting my time

    Okay, K, USHER, baby, look
    Every time that I tell myself that I'm probably gonna let you go (I, I, I)
    I get one foot out the door, then you come and pull me back for more
    You know I
    Can't resist you, that's my issue
    Forget the shit we been through
    'Cause you always put it down for me
    Make it disappear like alchemy

    They call me K-E (K-E) H-L-A-N-I (N-I)
    Nini with the ill nana (oh, yeah)
    Tsunami, take you under (whoa)
    This body hit like thunder (thunder)
    This ain't no one-hit-wonder (no)
    Here's another, oh
    'Cause I'm rare like a Mona Lis'
    You should treat me like a masterpiece, I (okay, K, baby)

    Tried to stop myself in time (yeah, should've never did it)
    I did it anyway, I probably should've never hit it
    When I knew better, but I didn't do no better
    I was wasting my time

    If somebody told me this was it (I would never believe it)
    That you was on some different shit (ooh)
    I would've made a decision that was better than this
    Instead of wasting my time Writer/s: Darius Dixson, Kehlani Ashley Parrish, Kenneth Edmonds, Khris Riddick-Tynes
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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