rain and thunder
dr dre
hey hey hold up a minute
let me stop up here and use this payphone real quick
telephone dialing sighs
hey hey toni it’s me i was just calling you know
just calling to let you know don’t wait up for me tonight
i mean i just got a lot of things on my mind
i gotta think about you know
just umm i’ll be over brian’s house
you know just for the night
i mean i know things are different but you know
it’s not you it’s me you know it’s really me you know
and basically i just think i’ma need some space
toni braxton
why you calling me on the phone
why you not at home on time
you say you’re staying over your friends
cause you’ve got a lot on your mind
now you’re swearing up and down that it ain’t me
so you say that things have changed
so tell me what exactly does it mean
when you say you need your space
just don’t make no excuses no no
why you gotta lie to me
just be a man about it
baby you don’t gotta lie to me no
just be a man about it
if you wanna leave i can tell you wanna leave go on now
just be a man about it
come and grab your things so come and get your things and leave
and go on right now woo
just be a man about it
yeah yeah yeah
interlude dr dre
i mean you gotta understand i love you
you know what i’m 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 can’t give you what you need you know
i mean i wanna love you and i’m gonna love you
one day but you know
i mean you just gotta understand where i’m coming from
toni braxton
you say right now that you’re not what i’m looking for
and what you really need is time to grow
you’re promising that one day you may come around
and i’m supposed to let that go
but where the hell do you get off
telling me your mama said i’m not what you need
tell you what since she knows it all
then that’s where you need to be
just don’t make no excuses no no
hook
why you gotta lie to me no no yeah
just be a man about it
baby you ain’t gotta lie to me no no no no baby you ain’t gotta lie to me
just be a man about it
if you wanna leave i can tell you wanna leave go right now
just be a man about it
come and get your things so come and get your things and leave
and go baby
just be a man about it ooh yeah oh
can you tell me how
you can say you’re in love
and then treat me so bad
boy you know it just ain’t right
i cannot believe
the way you handled things
you want to lie
if you were a man
hook to fade
why you gotta lie to me
just be a man about it just be a man about it baby
you don’t gotta lie to me
just be a man about it
you ain’t gotta lie to me no no baby i can tell you wanna leave
just be a man about it
if you wanna go grab your things and leave now
so come and get your things and leave
don’t wanna stay don’t wanna be no more lying
just be a man about it
if you wanna go on and leave
why you gotta lie to me
just be a man about it
you ain’t gotta be here so leave no
you don’t gotta lie to me
just be a man about it
baby just be a man woo
i can tell you wanna leave
just be a man about it
so come and get your things and leave
just be a man about it
Artist: Toni Braxton
Year: 2000
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 288