[Intro: Johnny Gill & New Edition]
You better beware
Oh, everybody, everybody, everybody sing it for me, yeah

Yo, peep this! Yo, peep this!

She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Get 'em, Ron; get 'em Ron; get 'em)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Get 'em, Ron; get 'em, Ron; get 'em)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Get 'em, Ron; get 'em Ron; get 'em)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Get 'em, Ron; get 'em, Ron; get 'em)

[Verse 1: Ronnie DeVoe]
In store signing autographs at the mall
Next in line was a fly girl standing tall
Signed my name and said, 'Give me a call, baby, ya know?'
(In-store)
The girl screamed and fainted panic on the floor
The bodyguard pulled us out the back door
I never saw her anymore
It was an in-store heartbreak

[Refrain: New Edition]
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Doin' it with the R)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Doin' it with the R)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Doin' it with the R)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Doin' it with the R)
[Verse 2: Ralph Tresvant]
Live at five interview for Channel 2
I saw a cutie, thought she was on the TV crew
She said after the show (I'll be waiting for you) Cool
After the show she got in the car and what a scene
Her dad was the driver of the limousine
I didn't know she was only thirteen
It was a young girl heartbreak

[Pre-Chorus 1: Ralph Tresvant]
People think it don't get lonely
When we're far away from home
One minute twenty-thousand people
But then they go home, we're alone
It's off to another city
Where everybody knows my name
But when I meet that perfect honey
Is it me she wants or is it my fame

[Chorus 1: New Edition]
Girlies and groupies and parties all night
Is the life that can lead you, lead you to a N.E. heartbreak
From city to city, our friends and our fans
They're the ones who can keep us from having
N.E. heartbreak
[Refrain: New Edition]
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Knock 'em out the box, Rick; knock 'em out, Rick)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Knock 'em out the box, Rick; knock 'em out, Rick)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Knock 'em out the box, Rick; knock 'em out, Rick)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(Knock 'em out the box, Rick; knock 'em out, Rick)

[Verse 3: Ricky Bell]
Center stage N.E. was groovin'
The beat was hard and the girlies were movin'
There she was third row center coolin'
She was cold
Last note of the last song
House lights up they came on
When I looked she was gone
It was a third row heartbreak

[Pre-Chorus 2: Ralph Tresvant]
People think our life is easy
And they think we've got it made
But we're living under pressure
Just to be on top
And to give it the best that we can give you
And to never let you down
We'll keep strivin' for perfection
N.E. heartbreak is coming to your town
[Refrain: New Edition]
Girlies and groupies (Believe that! On the strength, boy)
(Yo, peep this!)
She got it going, got it going on, going on
She got it going, got it, get, get, going on
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(N.E. heartbreak) She was cold
She got it going, got it going on, going on
She got it going, got it, get, get, going on
She got it going, got it going on, going on
(N.E. heartbreak) Ya know?

[Bridge: New Edition, Michael Bivins, Johnny Gill]
Break
("Don't forget the pumps...don't, don't, don't forget the pumps")
("Don't, don't forget the pumps...don't, don't, don't forget the pumps")
Break
("Do it, do, do, do it! Do it, do, do, do it! Do it, do, do, do it!")
("Do it!") ("Do it, do, do, do it!")
You better beware ("Do it, do, do, do it!")
("Do it, do, do, do it!") Oh, everybody... ("Do it!")
("Do it!")
("Do it!")

[Verse 4: Michael Bivins]
Strolled in the party, walked to the bar
Playing incognito like I ain't no star
But the fellas lookin' jealous, and girlies lookin' horny
Saw a foxy young lady, her man was corny
I said, "Yo baby, how the hell are ya livin'?
Cut that zero and roll with Michael Bivins
I'm a fly young guy, I can shake and bake"
She ignored me, it was a M.B. heartbreak

[Refrain: New Edition & (Johnny Gill)]
Beware (Oh), beware, beware (Oh)
Spreading fast (Oh), spreading fast, spreading fast (Oh)
No need (Oh), no need, no need (Oh)
It's gonna get ya (Oh), gonna get ya, gonna get
(Everybody, everybody sing it, yeah)
Beware of N.E. heartbreak
(Everybody, everybody sing it, yeah)
Spreading fast and there's no cure
(Said sing it just a little bit louder)
No need to run from heartache
(Said, oh, it's gonna get ya)
It's gonna get ya, get ya for sure
(Everybody just clap your hands)
Beware of N.E. heartbreak
(Everybody clap your hands)
Spreading fast and there's no cure
(Clap your hands and sing it a little louder)
No need to run from heartache
It's gonna get ya, get ya for sure (Oh, oh)

[Interlude: Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Ralph Tresvant]
First of all, we'd like to thank our producers
Jimmy Jam and Terry Louis, Mr. Louil Silas, Jr
And my man LL for writing my rhymes
Ah yeah, I'd like to thank The Throw Down Twins
And DJ Epic for giving it that hard edge, boy
A special love out to our homeboys, two special people
Mr. Bobby Brown and Mr. Brooke Payne, we love ya
And Al B. Sure for contributing to the Heart Break
Any closing words, fellas?
Ah yeah, engineers, Boom Boom, Suave, Craig, Greg, ah yeah, brothers
My boy Busy Bee, he's the cold witness to this song
And our boys in Boston: Cheers Tony, Terry, Marty, and the BB Crew
Black radio, Black radio
And Boston, huh

[Outro: New Edition]
She got it going, got it going on, going on
She got it going, got it going on, going on
She got it going, got it going on, going on
She got it going, got it going on, going on
She got it going, got it going on, going on