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Shoulda Known Better

by Jarreau Williams

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Ever been attracted to someone who you already know is attracted to someone else? You take the chance anyway... only to lose. Shoulda known better I guess... this open letter of self realization and rejection features a fusion of EDM and modern R&B with smooth vocals and rhythmic synths and electronic percussion.

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I shoulda known better Oohhhh

I became infatuated
For no apparent reason
My mind did some deceiving
Do anything to please ya

I already knew
He called hooking up with you
Why the hell am I blue?
(I shoulda known better)

To think I had the chance
To kiss and hold your hand (hold ya hand)
When I knew he was your man
And I don’t understand (I don’t understand)

Why the hell am I beat up over this?
This introverted bliss

And I shoulda known from the start (known from the start)
That he had won your heart
But I played the game any way
And called the wrong play (hey)
And now I’m sitting on the bench
Replaying my mistakes

I shoulda known better
Than try to get with you
When you had somebody already getting with you

I shoulda known better
Than try to spend my time
With a girl who already knew wasn’t mine

I shoulda known better
I shoulda known better, I shoulda known better
I shoulda known better
I shoulda known better, I shoulda known better
Known better ohhh!

Days and days pass by
While time after time
I’m living like its fine
But you’re still on my mind

I keep pursuing you
chasing you
wanting you
dreaming bout you
thinking bout (kissing you)

And I shoulda known from the start
That he had won your heart
But I played the game any way
And called the wrong play
And now I’m sitting on the bench
Replaying my mistakes

I shoulda known better
Than try to get with you
When you had somebody already getting with you

I shoulda known better
Than try to spend my time
With a girl who already knew wasn’t mine

I shoulda known better
I shoulda known better, I shoulda known better
I shoulda known better
I shoulda known better, I shoulda known better
Known better yeah

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released September 20, 2019
Jarreau Williams, Theo "Masbeatz" Edmonds

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Jarreau Williams Alexandria, Virginia

American R&B singer/songwriter Jarreau (juh-ROW) Williams is known around the DMV as "the man with the golden pipes."

Smooth powerhouse vocals, 80s/90s new jack R&B grooves, catchy Pop hooks, beatbox/bass led rhythms, nostalgic and innuendo lyrical style ... more

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