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 on
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things and go on
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 want to lie
If you were a man...

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