To the left, to the left
To the left, to the left
To the left, to the left

Everything you own in the box to the left
In the closet that's my stuff, yes
If I bought it, nigga, please don't touch (don't touch)

And keep talking that mess, that's fine
But could you walk and talk at the same time?
And it's my mine name that is on that tag
So remove your bags let me call you a cab

Standing in the front yard telling me
How I'm such a fool, talking 'bout
How I'll never ever find a man like you
You got me twisted

You must not know 'bout me
You must not know 'bout me
I could have another you in a minute
Matter fact he'll be here in a minute, baby

You must not know 'bout me
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a second get
To thinking you're irreplaceable

So go ahead and get gone
Call up that chick and see if she's home
Oops, I bet ya thought that I didn't know
What did you think I was putting you out for?

Because you was untrue
Rolling her around in the car that I bought you
Baby, drop them keys
Hurry up before your taxi leaves

Standing in the front yard telling me
How I'm such a fool, talking 'bout
How I'll never ever find a man like you
Got me twisted

You must not know 'bout me
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you in a minute
Matter fact he'll be here in a minute, baby

You must not know 'bout me
You must not know 'bout me
I'll have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a second
Get to thinking you're irreplaceable (irreplaceable)

So since I'm not your everything (irreplaceable)
How about I'll be nothing, nothing at all to you (nothing)
Baby I won't shed a tear for you (I won't shed a tear)
I won't lose a wink of sleep
'Cause the truth of the matter
Is replacing you is so easy, hey

To the left, to the left
To the left, to the left, mm
To the left, to the left
Everything you own in the box to the left
To the left, to the left
Don't you ever for a second get
To thinking you're irreplaceable

You must not know 'bout me
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you in a minute
Matter fact he'll be here in a minute, baby

You must not know 'bout me
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a second
Get to thinking, baby

You must not know 'bout me
You must not know 'bout me
I can have another you in a minute
Matter fact he'll be here in a minute

You could pack all your things, we're finished
(You must not know 'bout me)
'Cause you made your bed, now lay in it
(You must not know 'bout me)
I can have another you by tomorrow
Don't you ever for a second
Get to thinking you're irreplaceable


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Irreplaceable Lyrics as written by Mikkel Eriksen Amund Bjorklund

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  • +2
    General Comment

    This song is freakin awesome!!!!!! Guys should watch out!!!!!

    alabama19on November 09, 2006   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    "Could you walk and talk at the same time?"

    LOVE IT. Favorite line in the whole amazing song.

    notactiveanymoreon February 27, 2008   Link
  • +2
    Song Meaning

    I think this song is mainly telling about someone that had given her world for someone she really loved, but he had been cheating on her back instead. She found it incredibly disappointing but she knows he's an unworthy jerk. She might have been in love with him but shw had to get over him. And she convinces both herself and that guy that he's easy to replace. Maybe, she's some girl next door who had rejected all other guys (probably ones who'd never break her heart) to be with him; it's not hard to get a guy chase after her. But she still even needs to ensure herself that she can fall for another guy instantly.

    I really understand this song; the very same thing once happened to me. I could have just walk away with another guy who seemed much better than him, but I chose him. And I gave him everything. And he eventually cheated on me. I know he's a jerk and thing.. And I know I could just walk away with some other guy.

    But this song is mainly about a broken heart, and be tough afterwards.

    summer89on January 11, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This song is an anthem to women's economic empowerment:

    her guy has very little money: "Everything you own in the box to the left"... obviously, he doesnt have much if everything he owns fits in one box

    meanwhile, she is rich: "In the closet, that’s my stuff ... If I bought it, please don’t touch" ... she bought her own stuff

    "And, it’s my name that’s on that Jag" ... she paid for a Jaguar...

    meanwhile he cant even afford his own car, or even perhaps a cell phone to call a cab: "let me call you a cab"

    to her, a man is a commodity, to be replaced like a broken dinnerplate: "I could have another you in a minute"

    this song is a pathetic attempt at stifling a woman's feelings of hurt and betrayal, and revelling in materialism...

    the song also fails miserably in matching Beyonce's real life -- last time I checked, Jay-Z has enough money to afford a car ... and his yacht would not fit in a box...

    so in real life, for all of the tens (or hundreds) of millions Beyonce has, she is still caught up in the old vision of needing to be with a man who has even more money than she does -- JayZ has at least $400 million, which is more than her

    to call this song shallow and weak is an affront to other shallow, weak songs that at least have some redeeming value

    the music is catchy, the rest is crappy

    free333on April 02, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Yeah, I kinda agree w/ free333, the lyrics can be viewed as being extremely pretentious and greedy. I'm sure someone has already touched on this, but when you first see that song title - before youve heard the song for the first time - you probably think, 'oh no.. not another effing song about how i'll always be true and you'll always be my one and only...'. But then you listen to the song and its like, 'oh... this is a breakup tune...' So that's kinda neat, kinda unexpected. But yeah, overall, the message of the lyrics is pretty shitty.. unless of course this guy did cheat on her...

    thirsty_thursdayon October 23, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    this song use to be the jamz up in these dayz but now itz nothing

    numba1chickon June 22, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Its so strange at times when you come across good music like this..... It brings back old memories and truly speacking when my wife left me its was difficult to imagine the pain and all the good times we had share together...... and even though she's gone from my life she is still irreplaceble the song is great...... I love it.

    dangerzonexon July 26, 2009   Link
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    General Comment

    looks like you add the track at first raw.thats mean you afraid and the answer its just in front of you faces and if ask king of england to approve as a friends and later you stab in the back you dead assholes

    yosexbodybeyonon October 21, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This is one my favourite songs off the new album.

    pinkchairon September 09, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Excellent. So uplifting.

    lovemusichateracismon September 11, 2006   Link

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