Chorus:
Beyonce:
Yo, where the brotha by my side at?
Mekhi:
Yo, you really need to stop that.
B:
Get it right!
M:
It's not even like that.
B:
Try to get a job, before we livinâ out a box, Black.
M:
Put it on that, and thereâs your demo, you can shop that.
Verse 1:
B:
Itâs funny how things turn around
Last night you tryinâ get down
You act like you down
Any other time itâs like you steady hatinâ on Brown
Iâm tryinâ to see my name in lights
You tryinâ to start off the ground
M:
You the one thatâs got it twisted âcause Iâm right by your side
I had a bad day, you jumpinâ on my back for a ride
What can a man say; Iâm on the run, just for your auditioning
Tryinâ to call you every night, itâs like you never listening
B:
Youâre the one thatâs switching up, and getting too specific
When you say that Iâm just dreaminâ, Iâll be rollinâ like a Michelin
M:
Carmen, you just trippinâ, âcause you know my love is infinite
Just so you could be here, look at everything I did for this
B:
So, why you actinâ like that
You donât have to take it anymore, fight back
I came too far to turn around and just hike back
Tryinâ to get me sidetracked
See me on the corner with a sign, where the time at
Chorus
B:
Hey yo, I came from the projects
Now I want the condos
Tryinâ to be a star
But now you messinâ up my cosmos
M:
But you canât find nothing
If you walking with a blindfold
Carmen, I can see right through you
With my eyes closed
B:
Romance, and finance
M:
You actinâ like a nuisance
B:
Youâre the one thatâs in the club
And tryinâ to do a new dance
M:
Songs you got me singing
Like my name was Bobby Blue Bland
Or maybe Sammy
âCause the games your playinâ, baby, two can