Hey, hey, hold up a minute
Let me stop up here and use this pay phone real quick
(Dialing number, phone ringing)
Hey, hey Toni, it's me
I was just calling, 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 gptta think about, you know, just umm
I'll be over at 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 and basically, I just think I'm-a need some space

Why you calling me on the phone?
Why you not at home on time?
You say you're staying over at your friend's
'Cause you've got a lot on your mind
Now you're swearing up and down and that ain't me
Still you say that things have changed
So tell me exactly what does that 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
(Baby, you ain't gotta lie to me)
Just be a man about it
If you wanna leave, go on now
(I can tell you wanna leave)
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things and go right now
(So come and get your things and leave)
Just be a man about it
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh

I mean, you gotta understand I love you, you know what I'm saying?
And I love you to say I think, I think you deserve somebody better than me, you know
I mean, I 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 I'm not what you're looking for
And what you really need is time to grow
You're promising that one day you'll come around
And I'm supposed to let that go
But where the hell do you get off
Telling me your mama said that 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?) 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, go right now
(I can tell you wanna leave)
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things and go, baby
(So come and get your things and leave)
(Just be a man about it) ooh, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Can you tell me how can you say you're in love
And then treat me so bad?
Boy, you know that just ain't right
I can't believe the way you handled things
You wouldn't lie if you were a man

(Why you gotta lie to me?)
Just be a man about it
Just be a man about it, baby
(Baby, you ain'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
Don't wanna say it, don't wanna be no more lying
(So come and get your things and leave)
Just be a man about it
If you wanna go on and leave, yeah
(Why you gotta lie to me?)
Just be a man about it
You ain't gotta be here, so leave now
(Baby, you ain't gotta lie to me)
Just be a man about it
Baby, just be a man, ooh, ooh, ooh
(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