[Instrumental]

[Chorus: Tony! Toni! Toné!]
My ex-girlfriend is a ho
My ex-girlfriend is a ho

[Verse 1: Raphael Saadiq]
I can't believe what they're telling me
That my ex-girl was living fantasies
I'm feeling crazy 'cause I treated her so good
As good as anyone in the neighborhood
I should've known better 'cause they all told me
That there were even more than two or three
But 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
(I don't beliеve they tried to tеll me that)
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, they say my ex)

[Post-Chorus: Tony! Toni! Toné!, Raphael Saadiq]
Shadadooda, bidow, shabbadabbadabbadoodaba
Shabbadabbadoodaba
Yeah, what a long day, and a long night, too
My, my ex
Shadadooda, bidow, shabbadabbadabbadoodaba
Shabbadabbadoodaba
My, my, my ex
[Verse 2: Raphael Saadiq]
Down the street, about two o'clock
I saw my brothers so, so I stopped
They couldn't wait to talk to me
To put me up on the latest scene
I just laughed 'cause I heard it all before
About my girl and the boy next door
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
(Well, well, well, they tried to tell me that)
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho

[Bridge: Raphael Saadiq]
I don't believe they tried to tell me that my ex-girlfriend
(More of what you're funkin' for)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, they say my ex
(More of what you're funkin' for) Girlfriend
They tried to tell me that
[Chorus: Tony! Toni! Toné!, Raphael Saadiq]
My ex-girlfriend (I don't believe it) is a ho
(Don't believe, my ex, my ex, my ex, my ex, my ex)
My ex-girlfriend (Girlfriend) is a ho (Ho)

[Verse 3: Raphael Saadiq]
Next time someone tries to give me advice
I'll take my time, think it over twice
I played a sucker and I played a fool
See, paying dues is the golden rule
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

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