It's Not Right But It's Okay

Album: My Love Is Your Love (1998)
Charted: 3 4
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  • Friday night, you and your boys went out to eat, uh
    Then they hung out, but you came home around three, yes, you did
    If six of y'all went out, uh, then four of you were really cheap, yeah
    'Cause only two of you had dinner, I found your credit card receipt

    It's not right, but it's okay
    I'm gonna make it anyway
    Pack your bags up and leave
    Don't you dare come runnin' back to me
    It's not right, but it's okay
    I'm gonna make it anyway
    Close the door behind you, leave your key
    I'd rather be alone than unhappy, yeah, uh

    I'm packin' bags so you can leave town for a week, yes, I am
    The phone rings, and then you look at me (why'd you turn and look at me?)
    You said it was one of your friends down on 54th Street, boy
    So why did 213 show up on your caller ID? Oh

    (I've been through all of this before) I've been through all this before
    (So how could you think) don't think about it, don't think about it
    (That I would stand around and take some more) get gone, get gone
    (Things are gonna change) things are gonna change, baby
    ('Cause I won't be your fool anymore) you don't stand no chance, boy
    (That's why you have to leave) I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    (So don't turn around to see my face) don't you turn around
    There's no more tears left here for you to see

    Was it really worth you goin' out like that? Tell me, boy
    See, I'm movin' on, and I refuse to turn back, yeah
    See, all of this time, I thought I had somebody down for Whitney
    It turns out, you were makin' a fool of me, oh

    It's not right, but it's okay (sure enough, okay, ha)
    I'm gonna make it anyway (make it anyway)
    Pack your bags up and leave (pack your bags, get out and leave)
    And don't you dare come runnin' back to me (don't you dare, back to me, boy)
    It's not right, but it's okay (it's not right, it's okay)
    I'm gonna make it anyway (I'm gonna, I'm gonna, ah)
    Close the door behind you, leave your key (close the door and leave your key)
    I'd rather be alone than unhappy (rather be alone than unhappy, oh)
    It's not right, but it's okay (it's not right, it's okay, baby)
    I'm gonna make it anyway (I can pay my own rent)
    Pack your bags up and leave (pay my light bill, take care of my babies)
    And don't you dare come runnin' back to me (oh, oh, oh-whoa)
    It's not right, but it's okay (oh, Lord, oh, ooh)
    I'm gonna make it anyway (get up and leave)
    Close the door behind you, leave your key (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
    I'd rather be alone than unhappy (I'd rather be alone than unhappy)
    It's not right, but it's okay (I'm gonna be okay, I'm gonna be alright)
    I'm gonna make it anyway (I'm gonna be okay, I'm gonna be alright)
    Pack your bags up and leave (I'm gonna be okay, I'm gonna be alright)
    And don't you dare come runnin' back to me (things are gonna change)
    It's not right, but it's okay (I'm gonna be okay, I'm gonna be alright)
    I'm gonna make it anyway (I'm gonna be okay, I'm gonna be alright)
    Close the door behind you, leave your key (I'm gonna be okay, I'm gonna be alright)
    I'd rather be alone than unhappy (there's no more tears left here for you to see)

    It's not right, but it's okay
    I'm gonna make it anyway
    Pack your bags up and leave
    And don't you dare come runnin' back to me
    It's not right, but it's okay
    I'm gonna make it anyway
    Close the door behind you, leave your key
    I'd rather be alone than unhappy, yeah
    It's not right, but it's okay (I've been through all of this before)
    I'm gonna make it anyway (so how could you think) Writer/s: Fred III Jerkins, Isaac J. Phillips, Lashawn Ameen Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Toni J. Estes
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • T from Monroe, LaWhitney creates this song for this very reason when she finds out her husband is cheating on her. She accepts the cheating but in a ver self-controlled way and then her husband is playing her thinking she is stupid but sheś not and he eventually finds out that she knows.
  • Bertrand from Paris, France"It's Not Right, But It's OK" is a hard-hitting anthem for women on the way out of relationships that sounded great on the radio or on the dancefloor.
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