What’s Goin’ On Lyrics – Cardi B

What’s Goin’ On Lyrics Meaning

[Intro: Lizzo, Cardi B]
This opening feels like the start of confusion and shock. The repeated “hey” creates a sense of someone trying to get attention, almost like she’s calling out to her partner and demanding answers. It sets the stage for the rest of the song, showing her frustration and disbelief at how the relationship has suddenly changed.

[Verse 1: Cardi B]
Here she shares how her partner’s behavior has completely shifted. He doesn’t call anymore, doesn’t wake up next to her, and no longer makes their life exciting with things like trips or fun plans. Instead, everything feels boring and distant. She notices he stops sharing his location, gives short answers, and isn’t affectionate even in passing moments. All of these small changes pile up and show that he’s checked out emotionally. Even on special days like anniversaries, he doesn’t put in effort, which hurts her deeply. She feels frustrated and impatient because she never thought they’d fall apart so quickly. She also feels insulted that someone would treat her like she’s ordinary when she knows her own value. His lack of passion and intimacy makes her wonder what happened to the love they once had, leaving her angry and questioning if the relationship is already over.

[Chorus: Lizzo, Cardi B]
She reminds him that she warned him from the start to be careful with her love and her trust. He didn’t believe she’d ever follow through on her words, but now he’s realizing she will. She feels disrespected because she allowed things to slide too many times, and that gave him the confidence to keep treating her badly. Now she’s at a breaking point where love has turned into anger. The intensity of her feelings almost drives her to act out in rage because of how badly he hurt her. It shows how much love can change someone, from soft and forgiving to furious and done.

[Verse 2: Cardi B]
This part goes deeper into betrayal. She talks about how he lies every day and cheats, even though he once cried on their wedding day and promised forever in his vows. They even had a child together, which makes his disloyalty hurt more. She points out how she stayed by his side, never cheated, and gave him her loyalty, but he never gave her credit for it. Instead, he twisted things to make her look like she wasn’t loyal. Despite that, she doesn’t regret the time she spent with him, but she knows she deserved better. Now that she has moved on, he can’t stand it, because he hates that she found peace and love elsewhere. For her, finding someone who truly appreciates and loves her is the best revenge, and it proves that he lost someone who was real with him.

[Chorus: Lizzo, Cardi B]
Again she comes back to her warning. She repeats that she told him to treat her carefully, but he ignored it. She sees clearly now that he thought she wouldn’t take action, but she has. She reflects on how many times she let his mistakes slide, but each time just made him more comfortable disrespecting her. That’s why her patience finally ran out. She admits love had her blinded for a while, but now she feels the full weight of the pain, almost to the point of losing control.

[Bridge: Lizzo, Cardi B]
Here she talks about her intuition. She can feel in the air that something is off, and even her heart doesn’t feel right anymore. She gave him one last chance, trying to be patient, but he went too far and crossed a line she couldn’t ignore. That was the breaking point for her. She finally screams out her anger, no longer hiding her feelings, because she’s tired of the lies and betrayal. It shows the moment when she fully realizes she can’t take it anymore.

[Chorus: Lizzo, Cardi B]
At this point, her frustration is at its highest. She repeats her warning about being careful with her heart, showing that he should have taken her seriously from the start. He assumed she wouldn’t act on her words, but she proves she’s stronger than he thought. She admits she let a lot of things go, but that only made him more careless and bold in his wrongdoings. Now she’s angry at herself too, for letting it slide for so long, because love clouded her judgment. The repeated question of “what’s going on” is her disbelief at how badly things turned out, especially after everything they shared.

[Outro: Lizzo]
The ending feels unresolved, almost like a sigh after all the chaos. She’s still left asking what went wrong and how things changed so much. It captures that lingering confusion and heartbreak when a relationship ends in a way you never expected.