1 - if you got kids back home, i wanna know
if you don´t, i wanna know
if you´re straight or you ain´t, i wanna know
if you´re broke, i wanna know
i wanna know, i wanna know, i wanna know
i wanna know, i wanna know, i wanna know

if you wanna be with me, i gotta know
what you doin´, where you goin´, what you havin´
who you love, who you like, who you´re seein´
before i let you in
cuz i learned from my past, oh yes i did
met a guy that i liked, he was my type
but he lied ´bout his wife
and he tried to play me, play me

2 - (now all alone, was he gone)
way before he told me ´bout that
i can´t believe he did me like that
something i shoulda known, oh yeah
(but i´ve learned my lesson)
not again will i be naive
i need to know the secrets y´all keep
cuz what i don´t know could come back on me

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if you wanna fall in love, gotta be aware
´bout the life that your lover´s been leadin´
so you know if you´re gonna be schemin´
or if she gonna dog you out
cuz i know i´ve had my share, oh yes i did
did me wrong, stayin´ at some woman´s place
i´m scared he was not a closet case
still was cheatin´ but not that way

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ladies, oh ladies
gotta know the partners he´s had
so later on, you won´t be mad
findin´ out what you don´t know
and fellas, oh fellas
check for that adam´s apple
so you won´t be on no talk show
findin´ out what you don´t know

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