Maqel first previewed this unreleased song alongside other unreleased tracks during an Instagram Live session on November 11, 2023. He would preview the song via TikTok later that month on November 22, saying:
Here’s a song you didn’t know you needed, ‘cause I ain’t know I needed it 'til I made it....
Lyrics from Snippet
[Intro]
(Come on, Maqel)
Too bad, babe
Too bad, too bad, too bad, I know
Too bad, too bad, too bad, I know
(Ayy, Ross, sauce it up)
[Verse]
I drowned in the studio again headfirst with the TV on
I peeked my head over that fence, but it really wasn't greener though
But if we try just one more time
And you say love is overpriced
Then you and I won't get to that other side tonight (Oh)
Too bad that you never had my back
Too bad that you let me go (Oh, woah)
Too bad that you listen to your friends like a teenage episode
When I run, please don't come
I'm right herе now, and you ain't sayin' much (Sayin' much), nun'
You screamin', cryin' in my face
But pleasе don't leave, you need to stay
But when I'm here, she'd never think of [?]...
too bad* was produced by Ross Gossage.