Just Be A Man About It

Hey, hey, hold up a minute Let me stop up here and use this payphone real quick Hey, hey, Toni, it's me, I was just callin', you know Just callin' to let you know Don't wait up for me tonight Why you callin' me on the phone? Why you not at home on time? You say you're stayin' over your friends 'Cause you've got alot on your mind Now you're swearin' 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 (I can tell 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 Yeah, yeah, yeah 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, yeah 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 Just be a man about it If you wanna leave (I can tell you wanna leave), go on right now Just be a man about it Come and get your things and go, baby 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 this 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) You don't gotta lie to me Just be a man about it You ain't gotta lie to me (I can tell you wanna leave), no, no, baby 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)