[Intro: Raphael Saadiq]
Yeah, baby, I don't want you to take this personal, what I'm about to say
Here in 1992 and 1993 about my ex
It's a personal thing between me and you
I don't wanna hear no else say why am I sayin' this sh…

[Chorus: Tony! Toni! Toné!, Raphael Saadiq]
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
Oh, oh, oh, oh, they say My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
My, my, my ex

[Verse 1: Raphael Saadiq]
I can't believe what they're telling me
That my ex girl was living fantasies (my ex)
I'm feeling crazy 'cause I treated her so good
As good as anyone in the neighborhood
I shoulda known better 'cause they all told me
That there were even more than two or three (my ex)
By I was so into, to myself
I wouldn't listen to no one else but...

[Chorus: Tony! Toni! Toné!, Raphael Saadiq]
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
And I don't believe they tried to tell me that
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
Oh, oh, oh, oh, they say My, my, my ex
[Interlude: Raphael Saadiq, Tony! Toni! Toné!]
Yeah, what a long day, and a long night too
(My, my ex...my, my ex)

[Verse 2: Raphael Saadiq, Tony! Toni! Toné!]
Down the street, about 2 o'clock
I saw my brother so, so I stopped (My ex)
They couldn't wait to talk to me
To put me up on the latest scene (Ny ex)
I just laughed 'cause I heard it all before
About my girl and the boy next door (Ny ex)
I paid her way through USC
But guess what? She was not down with me, they say...

[Chorus: Tony! Toni! Toné!, Raphael Saadiq]
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
I don't believe they tried to tell me that
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
Oh, oh, oh, oh, they say My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
They tried to tell me that my ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
(Hit it...)

[scatting]

[Verse 3: Raphael Saadiq]
Next time someone tries to give me advice
I'll take my time, think it over twice (my ex)
I played sucker and I played a fool
See, paying dues is the golden rule (my ex)
I'll chalk it up as a lesson learned
So next time around I won't burned 'cause…
[Chorus: Tony! Toni! Toné!, Raphael Saadiq]
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
I can't believe they tried to tell me that
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't believe it
[scatting with flute]
And I can't believe they tried to tell me that
My ex-girlfriend is a ho
Oh, oh, oh, they say My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
(Oh baby) My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
I don't believe it, I don't believe, ooh, I don't believe it
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
My ex, my ex, my ex, my ex, my ex, my ex, my, my, my...
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho