Today I got a message I was expecting Came from you Sayin' you hate him But to get it verbatim I'd have to curse like you do Well, I'm not sayin' it's your fault I'm not sayin' he weren't wrong But before we go into that I wanna get my point across What went down Never had to go down Down, down, down, down He didn't have to be this way You didn't have to see this pain That's all around you now You was iggin' me And it was drizzlin' And now you feel the rain It's like pourin' on you Don't ever say I never warned you No I don't mean to rub it in But I told you so You asked me as a friend And I gave my best advice When I told you no He's not the one for you That's what I said But you had to find that out on your own 'Cause you're so grown Well, let me guess He got what he wanted Left you alone And he don't call no more I told you so So I guess you feel bad enough As it is and you should 'cause I told you And you're kickin' yourself Right 'bout now over this Don't wanna see you hurtin' this way Well, I guess you'll know next time Just what to do No matter how many opinions you get You'll know who to listen to What went down Never had to go down Down, down, down, down He didn't have to be this way You didn't have to see this pain That's all around you now You was iggin' me And it was drizzlin' And now you feel the rain It's like pourin' on you Don't ever say I never warned you ('Cause I did) No I don't mean to rub it in But I told you so You asked me as a friend And I gave my best advice When I told you no He's not the one for you That's what I said But you had to find that out on your own 'Cause you're so grown Well, let me guess He got what he wanted Left you alone And he don't call no more I told you so I can feel your pain I know you're hurt 'Cause I've been down that exact same road before I'm just sorry that I couldn't help save you From his low down girl Quit callin' for him You should call on your girl Ooh, yeah I don't mean to rub it in But I told you so You asked me as a friend And I gave my best advice When I told you no He's not the one for you That's what I said But you had to find that out on your own 'Cause you're so grown Well, let me guess He got what he wanted Left you alone And he don't call no more I told you so I don't mean to rub it in But I told you so You asked me as a friend And I gave my best advice When I told you no He's not the one for you That's what I said But you had to find that out on your own 'Cause you're so grown Well, let me guess He got what he wanted Left you alone And he don't call no more I told you so But I told ya, but I told ya But I told ya, but I told ya