[Dr. Dre]
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 difficult, 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
[Toni Braxton]
Why are you calling me on the phone?
Why you not at home on time?
You say you’re staying over your friends
‘Cause 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
**Just be a man about it (Baby, you ain’t gotta lie to me, darling)
Just be a man about it (if you wanna leave, go on now)
Just be a man about it (Come and grab your things and go on right now)
Just be a man about it**
[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
II mean, you 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
**Chorus**
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...
