hey hey hold up a minute let me stop up here and use this pay phone real quick 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 lotta things on my mind i gotta think about you know just umm i'll be over brian's house you know just for tonight 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 i mean basically i just think i'm gonna need some space why are you calling me on the phone why you not at home on time you say you're staying over your friends 'cuz you got a lot on your mind now you're swearing up and down that it ain't me still 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 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 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 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 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 go right now just be a man about it come and grab your things and go baby right now just be a man about it 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 wouldn't lie if you were a man just be a man about it just be a man about it just be a man about it you gotta lie to me just be a man about it if you wanna leave now come and grab your things just be a man about it if you wanna go on leave just be a man about it you gotta lie to me just be a man about it baby just be a man about it