Yo, yo, let me explain this to you,
See I'm not gonna let you run me,
How we gonna do it is,
I'm gonna run you.

You, you gotta a lot of nerve
I guess you haven't heard
I'm doing fine out here on my own
You, you think that you can come
Around here for some fun
Well boy you gotta lot to learn

Don't shake your head from side to side
Saying that you've changed enough
That you see the light
'cause you just say what you say and want your way
And it's that game that you play it's a little late

(chorus)
As if, I'm never gonna take you back,
As if, it's ever gonna come to that so,
See ya 'round, wave goodbye, be a bird, pass me by
As if, I'm gonna let you break my heart again,
As if I'm gonna let your love back in my life,
Not tonight, get a grip, baby, as if.

You, seem to think that I (I)
Ain't got no sense of pride (pride)
Well, boy you got a weird perception now
Of what it is to love
And I am sure because (because)
You got a look of desperation

Don't shake your head from left to right
Saying that you will and you won't ever see the light
And you just say what you say and want your way
And it's that game that you play it's a little late

(chorus)

I, I got places to go,
With people you don't know
We're gonna take this, nice and slow
Don't shake your head from left to right
Saying that you changed and now now you're on my side
'cause you just want what you want some lucky chump
And it's that game that you play so I'm moving on.

As if, I'm ever gonna take you back
As if, it's ever gonna come to that
So be a dear, disappear, maybe I'm not being clear
As if, I'm gonna let you break my heart again
As if, I'm gonna let your love back in my life
Not tonight, get a grip, baby as if.

I'm gonna let you break my heart again,
As if I'm gonna let you try and be my friend
It's the end, take a hint,
Baby as if.

• As If