Lyrics
My baby don't like my business
His partner or significant other disapproves of his profession or activities.
My baby don't like my business
Reiteration that the partner does not like the speaker's business.
You know she don't like my business
Emphasis on the partner's disapproval of the speaker's business.
My baby don't like my business now
Confirmation that the partner currently disapproves of the speaker's business.
She take me out to a party
The partner takes the speaker to social events but behaves as if they are not acquainted.
Then she act like she don't know me
Describing the partner's behavior of acting unfamiliar in social gatherings.
I don't know how we got it started
Uncertainty about how the relationship began or evolved.
Someday I'm gonna set her free
Expressing a desire to eventually end the relationship and gain freedom.
My baby don't like my business
Reiteration of the partner's disapproval of the speaker's business.
My baby don't like my business
Restating that the partner does not like the speaker's business.
You know she don't like my business
Emphasizing the partner's ongoing dissatisfaction with the speaker's business.
My baby don't like my business now
Confirmation that the partner still disapproves of the speaker's business.
She wake me up in the morning
Depiction of a morning scene where the partner serves the speaker a minimal breakfast.
Cold coffee and a crust of bread
Details the meager breakfast with cold coffee and a crust of bread.
Pillows fluffed up like a body
Describes the appearance of the pillows arranged to resemble a body in bed.
I look over and there ain’t no head
Realization that the partner is absent from the bed.
My baby don't like my business
Reiteration of the partner's disapproval of the speaker's business.
My baby don't like my business
Restating that the partner does not like the speaker's business.
You know she don't like my business
Emphasizing the partner's ongoing dissatisfaction with the speaker's business.
My baby don't like my business now
Confirmation that the partner still disapproves of the speaker's business.
I go to work broken hearted
Expresses the speaker's emotional state while going to work, likely affected by the partner's disapproval.
She’s down at the new dress shop
Indication that the partner is busy shopping for new clothes.
I come home it's like a funeral parlor
Upon returning home, the atmosphere is somber and resembles a funeral parlor.
She wanna put me down in that box
Suggests the partner's desire for the speaker's demise or end.
My baby don't like my business
Reiteration of the partner's disapproval of the speaker's business.
My baby don't like my business
Restating that the partner does not like the speaker's business.
You know she don't like my business
Emphasizing the partner's ongoing dissatisfaction with the speaker's business.
My baby don't like my business now
Confirmation that the partner still disapproves of the speaker's business.
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