R&B Music Lyrics

How Come, How Long

Artist: Babyface
Album:The Day

This page features the R&B music lyrics to the song How Come, How Long.

There was a girl I used to know
She was oh so beatiful
But she's not here anymore
She had a college degree
Smart as anyone could be
She had so much to live for
But she fell in love
With the wrong kinda man
He abused her love and treated her so bad
There was not enough education in her world
That could save the life of this little girl

[Chorus]
How come, how long
It's not right, it's so wrong
Do we let it just go on
Turn our backs and carry on
Wake up, for it's too late
Right now, we can't wait
She won't have a second try
Open up your hearts as well as your eyes

She tried to give a cry for help
She even blamed things on herself
But no one came to her aid
Nothin was wrong as far as we could tell
That's what we'd like to tell ourselves
But no it wasn't that way
So she fell in love
With the wrong kinda man
And she paid with her life
For loving that man
So we cannot ignore
We must look for the signs
And maybe next time, we might save
Somebody's life

[Chorus]
How come, how long
It's not right, it's so wrong
Do we let it just go on
Turn our backs and carry on
Wake up, for it's too late
Right now, we can't wait
She won't have a second try
Open up your hearts as well as your eyes

[Bridge]
I on occasion met that guy
He stirred up bad feelings deep inside
Something about him wasnt right
The way he proves himself a man
By beating his woman with his hands
I wish that she'd seen the light
How can someone like this call himself a man
Cuz in reality, he's far more less than
And we can not ignore whenever we see the signs
Cuz any kind of abuse, God knows is a crime

[Chorus]
How come, how long
It's not right, it's so wrong
Do we let it just go on
Turn our backs and carry on
Wake up, for it's too late
Right now, we can't wait
She won't have a second try
Open up your hearts as well as your eyes



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Simple Days
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