No strings attached I can't go back To the man I once was, baby I can try, I don't wanna No strings attached I can't go back To the man I once was, baby I can try, I don't wanna No wife 'til the mission complete No kids 'til a bunker underneath Crystal ball said the future looking dim Explore page had illusion of an option I can get anybody when I'm poppin' Shoot my shot and if I miss, reload it I'm working hard, need some throat that's really goated Said "I love you" to her once, but I ain't bust before I wrote it My pop said get your money up before you do Anything with anybody, don't get arial Over pistol, just remember it's your burial My mother told me settle down because she getting old She wanna see a little Louie running 'round her home My homie told me there's some hoes and they good to go My brain said that it's business over pleasure And my heart told me, "Nigga, it'd be nice not to be alone" No strings attached I can't go back To the man I once was, baby I can try, I don't wanna I'm done with being judged by a sentence I'm no longer respecting you niggas The school of hard knocks, harder than Princeton The school I'm from, we barely had principles You think that goofy, lame shit gon' get you on That logic get you beat and recorded I can't get too relaxed with you, shawty Please don't try go and get sentimental on me Ayy, this world ain't big enough for the long run Cross country distance ain't for me to try and keep someone Attached to me just like a bungee cord All the ups and downs, times I can't afford, a bungee cord All these ups and downs when I hit the floor, it's No strings attached I can't go back To the man I once was, baby I can try, I don't wanna