From:
Hey, hey hold up a minute
Let me stop up here and use this pay
Phone real quick
Hey, hey Toni, itīs me, I was just calling
You know
Just calling to let you know, donīt
Wait up for me tonight
I mean I just got a lotta things on my
Mind I gotta think about, you know
Just umm, Iīll be over Brianīs house,
You know, just for tonight
I mean, I know things are different, but
You know
Itīs not you, itīs me, you know, itīs
really me, you know
I mean basically, I just think Iīm gonna
need some space
Why are you calling me on the phone
Why you not at home on time
You say youīre staying over your Friends
īCuz you got a lot on your mind
Now youīre swearing up and down that
It ainīt me
Still you say that things have changed
So tell me what exactly does it mean
When you say you need your space
Just donīt make no excuses, no no
Why you gotta lie to me
Just be a man about it
Baby, you donīt gotta lie to me, no
Just be a man about it
If you wanna leave go on
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things and go on
Right now
Just be a man about it
I Mean, you gotta understand I love
You, you know what Iīm saying
And I love you enough to say that I Think,
I Think you deserve somebody better
Than me, you know
And right now, I canīt give you what
You need, you know
I mean, I wanna love you, and Iīm gonna
Love you, one day but, you know
I mean, you just gotta understand
Where Iīm coming from
You say right now that youīre not
What Iīm looking for
And what you really need is time to Grow
Youīre promising that one day you may
Come around
And Iīm supposed to let that go
But where the hell do you get off
Telling me your mama said
Iīm not what you need
Tell you what, since she knows it all
Then thatīs where you need to be
Just donīt make no excuses, no no
Why you gotta lie to me
Just be a man about it
Baby, you donīt gotta lie to me, no
Just be a man about it
If you wanna leave go on
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things and go on
Right now
Just be a man about it
Can you tell me how you can
Say youīre in love and then
Treat me so bad
Boy, you know it just ainīt right
I cannot believe the way you handled Things
You want to lie
Just donīt make no excuses, no no
Why you gotta lie to me
Just be a man about it
Baby, you donīt gotta lie to me, no
Just be a man about it
If you wanna leave go on
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things and go on
Right now
Just be a man about it
Translate to:
Hey, hey hold up a minute
Let me stop up here and use this pay
Phone real quick
Hey, hey Toni, itīs me, I was just calling
You know
Just calling to let you know, donīt
Wait up for me tonight
I mean I just got a lotta things on my
Mind I gotta think about, you know
Just umm, Iīll be over Brianīs house,
You know, just for tonight
I mean, I know things are different, but
You know
Itīs not you, itīs me, you know, itīs
really me, you know
I mean basically, I just think Iīm gonna
need some space
Why are you calling me on the phone
Why you not at home on time
You say youīre staying over your Friends
īCuz you got a lot on your mind
Now youīre swearing up and down that
It ainīt me
Still you say that things have changed
So tell me what exactly does it mean
When you say you need your space
Just donīt make no excuses, no no
Why you gotta lie to me
Just be a man about it
Baby, you donīt gotta lie to me, no
Just be a man about it
If you wanna leave go on
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things and go on
Right now
Just be a man about it
I Mean, you gotta understand I love
You, you know what Iīm saying
And I love you enough to say that I Think,
I Think you deserve somebody better
Than me, you know
And right now, I canīt give you what
You need, you know
I mean, I wanna love you, and Iīm gonna
Love you, one day but, you know
I mean, you just gotta understand
Where Iīm coming from
You say right now that youīre not
What Iīm looking for
And what you really need is time to Grow
Youīre promising that one day you may
Come around
And Iīm supposed to let that go
But where the hell do you get off
Telling me your mama said
Iīm not what you need
Tell you what, since she knows it all
Then thatīs where you need to be
Just donīt make no excuses, no no
Why you gotta lie to me
Just be a man about it
Baby, you donīt gotta lie to me, no
Just be a man about it
If you wanna leave go on
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things and go on
Right now
Just be a man about it
Can you tell me how you can
Say youīre in love and then
Treat me so bad
Boy, you know it just ainīt right
I cannot believe the way you handled Things
You want to lie
Just donīt make no excuses, no no
Why you gotta lie to me
Just be a man about it
Baby, you donīt gotta lie to me, no
Just be a man about it
If you wanna leave go on
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things and go on
Right now
Just be a man about it