Ex For A Reason – English Lyrics

• By: Summer Walker, City Girls
• Album: Still Over It

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Summer Walker's assertive track "Ex For A Reason," featuring JT, and explore themes of relationship boundaries and self-respect . Despite mixed reviews, this song offers a chance to dissect modern relationship dynamics and learn assertive language .

[English]

♪ ♪

♪ Lord you know how hard it is ♪

♪ Dealing with the pain Day to day over one man ♪

♪ She can never be what I am  ♪

♪ But as long as he with me ♪

♪ That’s what it's gon’ be ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ Try me, trespass ♪

♪ Guaranteed to beat yo’ ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ It’s too much for her heart to take ♪

♪ ‘Bout what she gotta say ♪

♪ No, woah ♪

♪ You know I’m the type to go Through my n****s phone ♪

♪ What you know ‘bout that ♪

♪ Be on my nerves when it Keeps ringing back to back  ♪

♪ Back to back who is that ♪

♪ Stress is always the mindset I'm in ♪

♪ But a ex game is not the game I'm tryna play at all ♪

♪ Is she on your mind?

♪ On your mind ♪

♪ You can gon’ and do what y’all Always do and don’t tell me ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ She better understand The consequence she with cuz ♪

♪ Tonight I’ll end it all  ♪

♪ Spin the block two or three times And make sure all the cancers gone ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ I got what I know she still wants  ♪

♪ And I make em do what she don’t  ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ It’s too much for her heart to take ♪

♪ I give no ‘bout What she gotta say  ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ Pull up to your unannounced ♪

♪ You ain’t even know I was in route ♪

JT hit.

♪ That in a ditch for a reason doe ♪

♪ She was singing on his With them easy notes ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ You his ex for a reason so  ♪

♪ Ain’t no reason to be reasonable ♪

♪ That right ♪

♪ You the type I slap out ♪

♪ And you mad cause a Got a bag in my back out ♪

♪ Keep playin Imma snap out ♪

♪ Call his phone number again Imma black out ♪

♪ Hood bring the trap out ♪

♪ Quick to pull up if a Wanna act out ♪

♪ He got a with a check now ♪

♪ Doing tricks on the You ain’t for him to check bout ♪

♪ I got that n**** in a figure four ♪

♪ You the help and the service He don’t need no more ♪

♪ Did you get that sit back cause a real Will pull up with the click clack ♪

[gunshot]

[record scratch]

[people screaming]

[woman] What happened?

Hey! No. Hey, relax!

Just calm down. I got this.

Look, I'm a Dr. Dre. You ain't gotta worry about nothin', okay?

Just relax. I got it, girl! Chill!

I got this. Just all... Please.

[woman] Come on!

Y'all doing good? Look, relax. I finna...

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ I got what I know she still wants  ♪

♪ And I make em do what she don’t  ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ It’s too much for her heart to take ♪

♪ I give no ‘bout What she gotta say  ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ Pull up to your unannounced ♪

♪ You ain’t even know I was in route ♪

♪ Ain’t no competing when it Comes to spending time with me ♪

♪ Cause Imma say the she won’t say  ♪

♪ Even get up in your face, with it ♪

♪ Them and me are different It ain’t no ultimatum no ♪

♪ Zero tolerance ♪

♪ It’s zero tolerance with anythin’ With mine ♪

♪ She done called you twice ♪

♪ Called me twice ♪

♪ You can gon’ and do what y’all n*** *s Always do and try to lie to me ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ You better understand the Consequence she with cuz ♪

♪ Tonight I’ll end it all  ♪

♪ Spin the block two or three times And make sure all the cancers gone ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ I got what I know she still wants  ♪

♪ And I make em do what she don’t  ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ It’s too much for her heart to take ♪

♪ I give no ‘bout What she gotta say  ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ That your ex for a reason though ♪

♪ Reason though ♪

♪ Pull up to your unannounced ♪

♪ You ain’t even know I was in route ♪

♪ ♪

Key Grammar Structures

• She can never be what I am

  ➔ Subjunctive mood/Counterfactual statement

  ➔ The sentence expresses a hypothetical situation – she *cannot* be equal to the speaker. It implies a strong sense of superiority. The structure 'can never be' indicates an impossibility.

• Try me, trespass

  ➔ Imperative mood, Ellipsis

  ➔ This is a direct command ('Try me') followed by a noun ('trespass') used as an implied threat. The verb 'to trespass' is omitted, creating a concise and aggressive tone. The implied meaning is 'Try to challenge me, and you will be overstepping'.

• I got what I know she still wants

  ➔ Relative clause with 'what', Indirect statement

  ➔ The word 'what' introduces a noun clause functioning as the object of 'got'. It refers to something the speaker possesses that the ex-girlfriend desires. 'I know' is embedded within the clause, creating an indirect statement.

• And I make em do what she don’t

  ➔ Slang/Colloquialism ('em'), Ellipsis, Negative contraction ('don't')

  ➔ 'Em' is a colloquial contraction of 'them'. The sentence implies the speaker forces the person they are with to do things the ex-girlfriend wouldn't. The verb 'do' is followed by a clause expressing what is done. 'She don't' is a non-standard, colloquial form of 'she does not'.

• Tonight I’ll end it all

  ➔ Future simple with 'will' contraction ('ll'), Hyperbole

  ➔ The sentence uses the future simple tense to express an intention. 'End it all' is a hyperbolic expression, likely meaning to end the conflict or drama, not literal self-harm. The contraction 'll' is common in informal speech.