What Goes Around Comes Around

Hey, girl
Is he everything you wanted in a man?
You know I gave you the world
You had me in the palm of your hand

So, why your love went away?
I just can't seem to understand
Thought it was me and you, baby
Me and you until the end
But I guess I was wrong

Don't wanna think about it (uh)
Don't wanna talk about it (uh)
I'm just so sick about it
I can't believe it's ending this way
Just so confused about it (uh)
Feeling the blues about it (yeah)
I just can't do without ya
Tell me, is this fair?

Is this the way it's really going down?
Is this how we say goodbye?
Should've known better when you came around
That you were gonna make me cry
It's breaking my heart to watch you run around
'Cause I know that you're living a lie
But that's okay, baby
'Cause in time you will find

What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
Yeah

Now, girl
I remember everything that you claimed
You said that you were moving on now (on now)
Maybe I should do the same (maybe I should do the same)
The funny thing about that is
I was ready to give you my name
Thought it was me and you, baby (baby)
And now, it's all just a shame
That I guess I was wrong

Don't wanna think about it (no)
Don't wanna talk about it (hum)
I'm just so sick about it
I can't believe it's ending this way
Just so confused about it (uh)
Feeling the blues about it (yeah)
I just can't do without ya
Can you tell me, is this fair?

Is this the way it's really going down?
Is this how we say goodbye?
Should've known better when you came around
That you were gonna make me cry
It's breaking my heart to watch you run around
'Cause I know that you're living a lie
But that's okay, baby
'Cause in time you will find

What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
Yeah

What goes around, comes around
Yeah
What goes around, comes around
You should know that
What goes around, comes around
Yeah
What goes around, comes around
You should know that

Don't wanna think about it (no)
Don't wanna talk about it (hm)
I'm just so sick about it
I can't believe it's ending this way
Just so confused about it (uh)
Feeling the blues about it (yeah)
I just can't do without ya
Tell me is this fair

What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
(What goes around comes around, baby)
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
(What goes around comes around, baby)
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
Yeah

Yup, yup
Yup
(Let me paint this picture for you, baby)
Yup

You spend your nights alone
And he never comes home
And everytime you call him
All you get's a busy tone
I heard you found out
That he's doing to you
What you did to me
Ain't that the way it goes?
When you cheated, girl
My heart bleeded, girl
So it goes without saying
That ya left me feeling hurt
Just a classic case, a scenario
Tale as old as time
Girl, you got what you deserved
And now you want somebody
To cure the lonely nights
You wish you had somebody
That could come and make it right
But girl, I ain't somebody
I'm out of sympathy
See

What goes around comes back around
I thought I told ya, hey
What goes around comes back around
I thought I told ya, hey
What goes around comes back around
I thought I told ya, hey
What goes around comes back around
I thought I told ya, hey

Take it to 'em, J

Hey

Haha
See, you shoulda listened to me, baby
Take it to 'em, J
Because, what goes around comes back around
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

A Roda da Vida e o Karma Amoroso em What Goes Around Comes Around

A música What Goes Around Comes Around, interpretada por Justin Timberlake, é uma narrativa sobre traição, desilusão amorosa e a inevitável justiça do karma. A letra descreve a história de um homem que foi traído pela mulher que amava e agora observa enquanto ela passa pela mesma situação dolorosa. A canção, lançada em 2006, faz parte do álbum 'FutureSex/LoveSounds' e é um dos grandes sucessos de Timberlake, conhecido por seu estilo que mescla pop, R&B e soul.

No início da música, o narrador questiona a mulher sobre o que deu errado em seu relacionamento, expressando surpresa e dor por ter sido deixado, apesar de ter dado tudo de si. A repetição das frases 'Don't wanna think about it' e 'Don't wanna talk about it' reflete a angústia e a relutância em aceitar o fim do relacionamento. A música então se desenvolve para o refrão, que é uma clara referência ao conceito de karma: 'What goes around, goes around, goes around / Comes all the way back around'. Essa ideia sugere que as ações de uma pessoa eventualmente retornarão a ela, seja para o bem ou para o mal.

No final da música, o tom muda para uma espécie de vingança emocional, onde o narrador descreve a situação da ex-parceira, que agora está sozinha e sendo traída, assim como ela o fez no passado. A expressão 'You got what you deserved' reforça a noção de que a justiça do karma foi feita. A música termina com uma lição de moral, onde Timberlake canta que ele avisou sobre as consequências das ações dela. A canção é um lembrete de que as escolhas que fazemos podem ter repercussões duradouras e que, no jogo do amor, a honestidade e a lealdade são fundamentais para evitar o sofrimento.