Song: Just Be A Man About It ~~ 2000 ~~ 4:50
Artist: Toni Braxton featuring Dr. Dré
LP/CD: The Heat ~~ LaFace ~~ 2000
Composers: Toni Braxton~John’ta Austin~Teddy Bishop~Brian Michael Cox

Hey, hey, hold up a minute
Let me stop up here and use this pay phone real quick
Right, hey, Toni, it’s me
I was just calling, you know
I’m 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 gotta think about, you know
Just, um, I’ll be over Brian’s house, you know, just for the night
I mean, 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’mma need some space

Why are you calling me on the phone
Why you not at home on time
You say you’re stayin’ over your friend’s
‘Cause you got a lot 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 ain’t gotta lie to me, no
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, woo
Just be a man about it, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I mean, you gotta understand I love you
Know what I’m sayin’
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 comin’ from

You say right now that you’re not what I’m lookin’ for
And what you really need is time to grow
You’re promisin’ that one day you may come around
And I’m supposed to let that go

But where the hell do you get off tellin’ 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 (No, no)
Just be a man about it
Baby, you ain’t gotta lie to me, no, no, no, no
Just be a man about it

If 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, ooh, yeah...oh...

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

Why you gotta lie to me
Just be a man about it
Just be a man about it, baby, yeah
Just be a man about it

You ain’t gotta lie to me, no, no, baby
Just be a man about it
If you wanna go, grab your things and leave now
Don’t wanna say, don’t wanna be no more lyin’
Just be a man about it

If you wanna go on and leave, well
Just be a man about it
You ain’t gotta be with me, so leave me alone, babe
Just be a man about it
Baby, just be a man

I can tell you wanna leave (Woo)
Just be a man about it
So come on, get your things and leave
Just be a man about it

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: June 11, 2000