| Sure, don’t have to take that from him, baby |
| Ooh, listen |
| Look at how he treats you, baby |
| Should have listened when your momma said |
| «Girl, you don’t need him if you can’t see him on the weekends» |
| You need to listen to your intuition |
| You need to leave before you heart gets broken, baby |
| And when you page him and he don’t call back, ain’t no excuse |
| Oh, you’re looking at |
| Four days |
| Of heartache and pain, baby |
| Three days |
| Of crying your eyes out |
| Two days |
| Of ripping up his pictures when he calls you, girl |
| You’ll take him right back |
| Four days |
| Of heartache and pain, baby |
| Three days |
| Of crying your eyes out |
| Two days |
| Of ripping up his pictures when he calls you, girl |
| You take him right back |
| He says, «I'm sorry» but you know he don’t mean it |
| You got a feeling that he has another friend |
| He spends time with you now and then |
| But in a couple of days, gon' be the same ol' stuff again |
| Now I ain’t try to insult his game |
| But when you hurt, you know it’s hurting me the same |
| Don’t be afraid to be an independent woman and leave him |
| Oh, oh |
| First time he hurt you, it was bad, baby |
| The second time, you know it really made me mad |
| The third time, baby, shame on you |
| Just how long are you gonna sit back and ah play the fool? |
| Four days |
| Of heartache and pain, baby |
| Three days |
| Of crying your eyes out |
| Two days |
| Of ripping up his pictures when he calls you, girl |
| You take him right back |
| Four days |
| Of heartache and pain, yeah |
| Three days |
| Crying your eyes out, yeah |
| Two days |
| Of ripping up his pictures when he calls you, girl |
| You’ll take him right back |
| Ooh-ooh, baby |
| I’m there for you whenever you need a friend |
| Don’t you cry, I see he hurt you again |
| You don’t have to take this, no, no, no (no, no, no) |
| I’m there for you whenever you need a friend |
| Don’t you cry, I see he hurt again |
| You don’t have take this, no, no, no (no, no, no, no, no, no) |
| Four days |
| Of heartache and pain, baby |
| Three days |
| Of crying your eyes out |
| Two days |
| Of ripping up his pictures when he calls you, girl |
| You take him right back |
| Four days |
| Of heartache and pain baby |
| Three days |
| Of crying your eyes out |