Kelis

Released: September 20, 1999

Songwriter: Chad Hugo Pharrell Williams

Producer: The Neptunes

[Intro]
(Yo! Yo!)
Yo this song yo (Yo! Yo! Yo!)
This song (Yo!) is for all the women (Yo!) out there (Yo! Yo! Yo!)
That have been lied to by their men
And I know y'all been lied to
Over and over again
This is for y'all, yo maybe you didn't break
The way you should've broke yo
But I break, you know I'm sayin'
So this is how it goes yo
Psst...damn
Yo

[Verse 1]
Last year, Valentine's Day
You would just warmly say
"Babe I love you, love you, babe I swear" (Yo, he's lying)
Held you when you were sick, even...
The whole time I'd think to myself
This isn't fair

[Pre-Chorus]
What is this I see? (NO)
You don't come home to me (oh no)
When you don't come home to me (man)
Can't deal, can't bear
You keep tellin' me lies
But to your surprise
Look, I found her red coat and your (bitch)
Caught out there

[Chorus]
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!
I hate you so much right now!

[Verse 2]
So sick of your games
I'll set your truck to flames
And watch it blow up, blow up, (Hahahaha) tell me
How you gonna see her now?
So far from sincere (I love you)
Fabrications in my ear
Drive me so far up the wall, I come slidin' down

[Pre-Chorus]
What is this I see (I don't believe this)
You don't come home to me
When you don't come home to me
I can't deal, can't bear (I won't)
You keep tellin' me lies but to your surprise
Look, I hope you're happy since you're
Caught out there

[Interlude]
Yeah, you've been caught
(Yo!) Yo come on (Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!)
(Yo!) Come on (Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!)

[Chorus]
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!
I hate you so much right now!

[Verse 3]
She's so raunchy, so vulgar
Not me, why the hell her?
Look she dresses a mess (Look at her)
What do you see? (I don't know)
It's not all about cash (hell no)
Nor how much you flash
How I dress is a reflection of me

[Pre-Chorus]
What is this I see
You don't come home to me (Uh-uh)
When you don't come home to me
Can't deal, can't bear (told you I won't)
You keep tellin' me lies
But to your surprise
Look I got something for y'all since you're
Caught out there

[Chorus]
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
I hate you so much right now!
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!
I hate you so much right now!

[Outro]
Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!
Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!

When idiosyncratic R&B singer Kelis hit the scene in 1999 with the siren-bathed “Caught Out There,” many didn’t know what to do with a rainbow-haired songstress repeatedly screaming “I hate you so much right now” as her hook. It made her not only unforgettable, but also helped put hitmaking production duo The Neptunes on the map.

Though her debut album Kaleidoscope was well-received, her label Virgin Records opted to only release the sophomore Wanderland internationally though the single “Young, Fresh N' New” was in rotation on BET & MTV.

Despite record label drama, Kelis kept her public profile up singing the hooks on hit songs like ODB’s “Got Your Money” and Busta Rhymes' “What It Is”.

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