see niggas think this love stuff is easy heh it s not the case fallin in love is so easy but stayin that way is so hard all she wanted was security a man with a job and a car baby you d think i oughtta be happy on a hill with a view of the stars but as soon as i had to go out of town for a week i went to the next woman s arms if i coulda seen it inside her woulda seen her broken heart i woulda held on tighter then we wouldn t be falling apart i shoulda said i love her a thousand times a day then i wouldn t be sittin here coulda woulda shoulda my whole damn life away never had a good reason for treating my lady that way she cussed me out and left me standing there and went to her girlfriend s to stay baby now i spend all my lonely nights mentally tryin to explain why she told me she never wanted to see me again a year ago today in the morning you know i coulda came back just before work and fooled around in the sack in the afternoon it woulda been so cool surprise you with ice and set a date for next june in the evening shoulda loved you right and let my niggas know i m stayin home tonight i coulda i woulda i shoulda but now you re gone but now you re gone coulda woulda yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah i love you baby can i sing to ya baby can i sing to ya can i sing to ya baby can i sing to ya 