I Shouldn't Have Done It

About I Shouldn't Have Done It

"I Shouldn't Have Done It" is the first single released from Slick Rick's second album, The Ruler's Back. It was released on June 6, 1991 by Def Jam Recordings with production from Vance Wright and lyrics written by Slick Rick. It would be the most successful single from the album, being the only one of five singles to make it to the Billboard charts. It reached number fifty on the Hot R&B Singles chart and number two on the Hot Rap Singles chart. The music video was very low-budget and mostly involved close-ups of Slick Rick rapping and others dancing. A goof occurs in the video when a female dancer's earring falls off, but she carries on. The single was used in the soundtrack for the motion picture Livin' Large!, and clips from the film was used in the music video for the song. more »

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1991

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Well I'm a tell you a story and I come out bluntly
want to ugly shot, hey nobody will want me
I used to walk around and get upset and upsetter
'Til I figured out ways to make myself look better

As I got older, my awareness expanded
I met this beautiful girl and my wish was commanded
Didn't hang wit fellas, 'cause they started gettin' shady
I'd always be wit my girl and ya could her my lady

I love the wedlock, what up, not going to front
See the problem that arouses, why on earth did she want me?
Couldn't figure it out, and to make things worst
I was cursed, wit the torment of not being the first

And the first was this fly guy, made me very jealous
Ooh, I think he cheat on me, and talked to other fellas
Two wrongs don't make a right, but any time that we fight
I would call and took a phone and call a girl outta spite
I shouldn't have done it

[Chorus: x2]
I'm feelin' sad and blue

I will to make this right, so director was admirin'
I tried to stop my love, but no love was not retirin'
To catcher in the rye was near impossible and tricky
Didn't want her in certain clothes, gettin' really dickey

We got into it again, this time she got to bright
So me preventin' a fight, I just stayed out for the night
I had to ease up of the record, all this hot increase
I went up to the parrot, wit a mega vance in vain

This girl came over, she was trucked down extensive
Startin' talkin' to me, and she was probably quite aggressive
A pretty young thing, she didn't strike me as no ho
So meet my n****, rude and went on wit the flow

But Joe was gettin' hard, without me even knowin'
We stepped up back to my van and I could it's for growin'
The girl took off her coat her body was no joke
Well, I rubbed it to unzip it, and I went for broke
I shouldn't have done it

[Chorus: x4]

Now I'm seein', that there's no one to blame
That night when I went home, I felt real guilty and ashamed
Snucked right into bed, I felt just like a shady fella
What made me so unsensitive, how I'm ever gonna tell her?

Shouldn't have cheated, just because we'd always doubt
Endurance, be a man, that's what I had to learn about
How me, I guess I like the wanted secrets that I did
I figure, I'd patch things up and then I'll tell what I did

Then after that, she started actin' heaven sent
I found a house spot, let's say she help out wit the rent
So, I bought the ring, it was a good 20 Karat
Then word got back about me chillin' at the parrot

So when I got home, I thought she'd just be out to roast
Instead I found this letter, and I found her overdosed
It said "I had it for you" but I guess she didn't care
All this wouldn't happen come of me and this fear
I shouldn't have done it

[Chorus: x4]

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Slick Rick

Richard Walters (born 14 January 1965), better known by his stage name Slick Rick, is a Grammy-nominated British- American rapper. He has also been known as MC Ricky D and Rick the Ruler. He began his career in late 1983, in the hip hop genre, where he recorded a series of acclaimed recordings such as "La Di Da Di" and "Children's Story". He is known for the use of narrative in his raps and has been called "hip hop's greatest storyteller."” more »

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