The 31 Best Lyrics About Love and Heartbreak From Kehlani’s It Was Good Until It Wasn’t
Its hard to believe, but today, May 8, 2025, marks the fifth anniversary of Kehlani's history-making sophomore album, It Was Good Until It Wasn't.
As the name suggests, the 2020 album is a powerful exploration of love, lust and the things that can quickly turn them into harrowing heartbreak. Consisting of 15 tracks, it's equal parts sexy, introspective and yearning, examining the highest highs and lowest lows of romance, and it's just as resonant after half a decade. To celebrate, we've collected 31 of its most memorable and intoxicating lyrics—and how to use them as Instagram captions.
For when you've both been equally toxic:
"Damn right, we take turns bein' wrong."
-"Toxic"
For when they're addictive and bad for you all at once:
"You a damn drug, you're toxic."
-"Toxic"
For telling someone to shut it:
"Too loud, callate la boca."
-"Can I"
For watching someone's rise from nothing:
"I watched you turn yourself to a made man, all the little things that make you."
-"Bad News"
For offering a chance to unwind:
"You could slow the time down with me, babe."
-"Bad News"
For needing them to understand how much they matter:
"All I want you to know is I care, you best believe I care."
-"Bad News"
For when they've got all the emotion of their water sign:
"And you ain't never had to ask for that. It's included in the packaging."
-"Water"
For when you've been prioritizing your career over love:
"Always focus on your paper. Don't got time to wager with your heart."
-"Change Your Life"
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For helping them make time to rest and relax:
"I'm tryin' to switch up your cadence, book flights and vaca-ca-cations."
-"Change Your Life"
For knowing you could be the one for them:
"Baby, let me change your life."
-"Change Your Life"
For wanting to spend forever with them:
"Wanna be a hubby? You can wife me up."
-"Change Your Life"
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For always going the extra mile for your special someone:
"And you ain't never had to ask for that. It's included in the packaging."
-"Everybody Business"
For never expecting anything in return:
"I paid for that. You ain't never have to pay me back."
-"Everybody Business"
For when you've seen and done it all:
"At my big ol' age, I can't be fazed."
-"Everybody Business"
For doing your best to ignore the haters:
"I hear every word they talk, try not to care at all."
-"Everybody Business"
For praying not to see them:
"Tired of going out, scared I'll run into you."
-"Hate the Club"
For refusing to do anything at all:
"Working on self control, oh baby, no, oh. Finna get antisocial on ya."
-"Hate the Club"
For when you go out, just in case:
"You know I hate the club, but I came 'cause I knew you'd show up."
-"Hate the Club"
For yearning for your next relationship :
"I think I'm addicted to romance."
-"Serial Lover"
For needing some time on your own:
"I think I should be single for a while."
-"Serial Lover"
For trying your very best:
"Lord knows my intentions are pure and my heart full of gold."
-"Serial Lover"
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For keeping your secrets to yourself:
"I got bodies I'ma take to the grave."
-"Serial Lover"
For when a relationship with you is a hazard:
"Understand you're entering at your own risk."
-"Serial Lover"
For when it's on again, off again:
"We both know it's never really goodbye. I swear it's like we do this all the time now."
-"F&MU"
For making your presence known:
"Know I make it hard to ignore me."
-"F&MU"
For missing your favorite person:
"I need you here, my safe haven."
-"Can You Blame Me"
For always wanting them:
"Could you blame me for needing you?"
-"Can You Blame Me"
For needing to be alone:
"Askin' for space, I'd give my leg for it."
-"Grieving"
For enjoying some silence and solitude:
"Now all I want is peace and quiet for peace of mind."
-"Grieving"
For when it hurts, even if you're the one who broke it off:
"I picked a side, now I'm just grievin' uh, oh grievin' us.
-"Grieving"
For attempting to broaden their narrow perspective:
"Is the lens you see me through just way too focused?"
-"Open (Passionate)"
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