Birds and the Bees

"**Birds and the Bees**" is an unreleased song by Lupe Fiasco, with production handled by Kanye West. *Hypebeast* reported it being "recently shelved," where it surfaced online in August 2008. It samples the 1975 song "Express" by B.T. Express and the 1976 song "Don't Let Me Down" by Phoebe Snow.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Nobody ever really loved loved loved loved

Me me me me me me me me…

[Verse 1]

She say she gotta do her nails and condition her hair

Find a pair of shoes and a fittin' brasier

Slick shorty describe her description it's fair

But say no other chick in this world can compare

And no other n\*\*\*a got permission to stare

I say I never listen

Never mention I care

When they gone I never miss em

Never diss 'em a tear

'Cause other women to fill that position is there

It's the same game just a different affair

Different dame, different name, different distance from here

She say well things gon change

Now her mission is clear

Let her get off the phone and get off to homes

She knock on the door

It's business from there

Start strippin' her gear and switchin' her rear

I'm not flinchin'

Cartier on my vision impaired

And enough ice

To condition the air

Now the boy got game and the girl got hurt

The boy got brains and the girl got worth

'Cause the boy got fame

Do whatever he say

Now the boy get paged like every other day

[Refrain]

Nobody ever really loved me

It's just the birds and the bees

The her's and the he's

The his the ma'ams

The sirs and the she's

C'mon, c'mon

And you know this man

And if somebody ever loved me

[Verse 2]

She say she gotta get him dressed and hit him with rules

Feed 'em breakfast and send 'em to school

She say she need a rest her mind she finna lose

I tell her recline ke' and just keep cool

She sick to her area her she fixin' to move

In physical fitness her own business

Can I get a witness, this chick is a jewel

And she tired of the things that I'm sendin' her through

She say when I'm gon see you

And don't say whenever, you

Know I won't leave you

But won't wait forever and

Got my own paper

And don't take your cheddar

And no I'm not finished

I won't take the check

And I say chill you my winner from the door so

Step for set and dinner and a show

She say I be wearin' blue in the worst way

Don't wear your chain, just the watch I bought for your birthday

Boy on the town and older woman down 'cause

Boy make her laugh when older woman sad

And older woman freak and he hold her 'til she sleep

And he gotta send her flowers like every other week

[Refrain]

Nobody ever really loved me

It's just the birds and the bees

The her's and the he's

The his the ma'ams

The sirs and the she's

C'mon, c'mon

And you know this man

And if somebody ever loved me

[Verse 3]

She say she get off work at a quarter to nine

So don't be late stop ignoring the time

Unless you got something more important in mind

Like wildin' wit them whores I'm filin' for divorce

I'll see yo ass in court just send me child support she

Wanna get married and child wanna carry

My child, her smile, my ears in her belly

She even got Fias-wife typed in her cellie

She been there from the start she there from the heart

From the walk, to the bike, to the bus, to the cars

The flights and the kites the lonely lonely nights

From please leave on the lights when she was scared of the dark

And she got the pin if I ever hit the pen

I gotcha baby say I've got her crazy

Ever since that party at the Rex

I locked down her heart in cardiac arrest

Now the boy got a wifey and the wifey wanna ring

'Cause she wanna be his wife

But the boy had it right

That you just ain't ready

It's too early in your life

But whatever the weather that boy will have her ever

[Refrain]

Nobody ever really loved me

It's just the birds and the bees

The her's and the he's

The his the ma'ams

The sirs and the she's

C'mon, c'mon

And you know this man

And if somebody ever loved me

## References

1. ↑ Jordan, Chad (August 15, 2008). "Lupe Fiasco - Birds and the Bees". *Hypebeast*.