Just Be A Man About It Lyrics

{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
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 mean, I know things are different
But you know, it's not you, it's me
You know, it's me, 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
'Coz 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

I can tell you wanna leave
Just be a man about it
Come and grab your things
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
You don't gotta lie to me, no
Just be a man about it

I can tell you wanna leave
Just be a man about it
So come and grab your things
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 wouldn't lie if you were a man

Why you gotta lie to me?
Just be a man about it
You don't gotta lie to me, no
Just be a man about it

I can tell you wanna leave
Just be a man about it
So come and grab your things
Just be a man about it

Why you gotta lie to me?
Just be a man about it
You don't gotta lie to me, no
Just be a man about it

I can tell you wanna leave
Just be a man about it
So come and grab your things
Just be a man about it

Toni Braxton - Essential Toni Braxton

Feb 2007

1. Love Shoulda Brought You Home
2. I Love Me Some Him
3. Tell Me
4. You're Makin' Me High
5. He Wasn't Man Enough
6. Just Be A Man About It
7. How Many Ways (R. Kelly Remix)
8. Breathe Again
9. You Mean The World To Me
10. I Belong To You
11. How Could An Angel Break My Heart Kenny G with Toni Braxton
12. Un-Break My Heart
13. Another Sad Love Song
14. Seven Whole Days
15. I Don't Want To
16. Give U My Heart (Album Radio Edit)
17. The Heat
18. Gimme Some
19. There's No Me Without You
20. Why Should I Care
21. Spanish Guitar (Royal Garden Flamenco Mix)
22. I'm Still Breathing
23. Me & My Boyfriend
24. Give It Back
25. The Time Of Our Lives (The Official Song Of The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany) (Radio Edit)
26. He Wasn't Man Enough (Junior Vasquez Marathon Mix)
27. Un-Break My Heart (Frankie Knuckles Franktidrama Club Mix Edit)
28. Hit The Freeway
29. Come On Over Here
30. Let It Flow
31. The Little Things (Previously Unreleased)
32. Good Life (A capella Single Mix)