Musiq Soulchild - Slowdown lyrics

She couldn't halfway believe her eyes
As he tried to apologize
New chick tries to come to his defense
Wifey goes to hit her, but then

Woah, wait let me make the song make sense
I got a story to tell you listen⁠

Newlyweds in a real good relationship
He got a job and she's pregnant
Does what he can to provide a good life
She does all she can tryin' to be a good wife

She be at the crib, cook, clean
And keepin' house
While he be at the job, steady runnin' at the
Til this new chick, real cute chick
Always down for whatever ready to do chick
And he'd been keepin' her at bay 'til today

Next thing you know she got
Her hands on his thighs lickin' her lips
Looking deep into his eyes and said
"Hey boy, I know you want me
And I hope you don't think Imma
Let you go that easy, no"

Kinda funny how life takes
It's twists and turns
It can be hot or cold, it can freeze or burn
Slow down, things might be cool as ice
You never know
One bad thing could change your life

Now early in the day
His wife had called to say
"Hey, let's do something nice tonight"
He said, "yeah, baby that's cool
Soon as I get through
But ey you still gonna call me right?"

Now right about that time, like maybe 6: 49
New chick saw that he was 'bout to roll out
And just 'cause how she get down
If she don't do something now
She realized that she gon' lose him, no doubt

So she takes matters in her own hands
And grips him up
Puts her tongue in his mouth
Push him against the wall
Started workin' down south

Then the phone rings and he
Wish he could answer
But he couldn't get himself to
Pull his pants up, no

Kinda funny how life takes
It's twists and turns
It can be hot or cold, it can freeze or burn
Slow down, things might be cool as ice
You never know
One bad thing could change your life

Yeah, listen

At this point
She's been outside in the car just waiting
Looking at her watch, anticipating
She starts to look for him so they
Can be out for the night
But when she finds him
She couldn't halfway believe her eyes
As he tried to apologize
New chick tries to come to his defense
Wifey goes to hit her, but then

She screams
"Oh my God! My water just broke!"
So he tells new chick to hurry
Look around for some towels or something
She says, "No! See
I don't want this triflin' ho
Nowhere close to my baby"
He said, "Woman, you talking crazy, girl
Can't you see you need to be up in emergency
To deliver this child, so stop acting wild!"

He made the call
Now the ambulance is on the way
Got her on the stretcher, put her in the back
Her heart is beating fast and
She's trying to relax so he's looking at her
She's looking at him thinking to herself
"What did I do to deserve this?!"

Kinda funny how life takes
It's twists and turns
It can be hot or cold, it can freeze or burn
Slow down, things might be cool as ice
You never know
One bad thing could change your life

Kinda funny how life takes
It's twists and turns
It can be hot or cold, it can freeze or burn
Slow down, things might be cool as ice
You never know
One bad thing could change your life
One bad thing could change your life
Slow down
One bad thing could change your life, yeah