My momma told me

Don't do anything half-assed

That there's problems in your life

That you'll have to pass

I'm trippin' out

How you're startin' to treat me

Always flyin' off the handle with that jealousy

Bloodthirsty woman molestin' my mind

You do it out of spite

I used to think that we could work things out, yeah

Oh, yeah, right

Just don't try to strike back

Don't try to strike back

I'm serious as a heart attack

Don't try to strike back

Like blazin' up the fire with some gasoline

Your number one desire's to get real mean

We used to share both love and affection

The flip side's a fatal attraction

Take advice, think twice

Don't do the dirty deed just to spite

I used to think that we could work things out, yeah

Just don't try to strike back

Don't try to strike back

Don't be a bitch and start to attack

Don't try to strike back

How can we feel so much anger?

How can we hold on to so much pain?

Bloodthirsty woman molestin' my mind

You do it out of spite

I used to think that we could work things out

Why?

Just don't try to strike back

Don't try to strike back

(Let's live it up)

Don't try to strike back

Don't try to strike back

('Cause you only live once)

Don't try to strike back

(Make it up)

Just don't try to strike back

(You only live once)

Don't try to strike back

Don't try it, don't try it

Don't try to strike back