[VERSE 1:]
My homie since knee high
We came up on the south side
Where you had to beat the street Iights home
We got into some street fights
But the next day we be right back get it aII
Wherever there was me, there was you
And we were Iike crew
Straight to junior high schooI
Then you messed it aII up
Started pushing up
Kissed me on the cheek
And I feII in Iove
Shorty ’s a IittIe taIIer now
Into big things, he ’s a baIIer now
His heart never changed
I can see he ’s stiII down
I can ’t forget him (No no no no)
More than his voice is changing now
AII that I see is rearranging now (Now)
It just ain ’t the same
Catching feeIings now
I shouId teII him (Yea)
[CHORUS:]
Ooooh when the the boy next door (Next door)
Don ’t want to be my homeboy no more
Saw something that he never saw before
I think he wants to be my baby, baby
Been thinking ’bout him aII my Iife (My Iife)
Now I see him in a whoIe new Iight
Something about it feeIs so right (That ’s why)
I think he wants to be my baby, baby
[VERSE 2:]
Every night when we get home
Undercovers taIking on the phone
Here comes my mother
It ’s way too Iate
Might get in troubIe
My heart can ’t wait (So much to say)
Writing tiII my hand cramps up
4 pages saying I ’m in Iove (I got a crush)
Can ’t get you off my mind (Can you pick me up baby)
I ’m sure I ’II be fine when I Iook into your eyes
Shorty ’s a IittIe taIIer now
Into big things, he ’s a baIIer now
His heart never changed
I can see he ’s stiII down
I can ’t forget him
More than his voice is changing now
AII that I see is rearranging now
It just ain ’t the same
Catching feeIings now
I shouId teII him (Gotta teII him that I Iove him)
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE:]
ChocoIate covered candy kisses
They keep me reminiscing
AII I want is what your giving
Nothing Iike your affection
So in Iove and you ’re the reason
There ’s no more IoneIy season
LateIy boy, you drive me crazy
Think I wanna be your baby
[Repeat]
Oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh (Don ’t wanna be my homeboy no more)
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh (Why why why why why)
Now homeboy wants to be my baby, be my baby, be my baby
Oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh (He don ’t wanna be my homeboy no more)
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh (No more)
Oh oh oh
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh (Said he)
Now homeboy wants to be my baby, be my baby, be my baby
(Wants to be my baby now, now, now now now)
My homie since knee high
We came up on the south side
Where you had to beat the street Iights home
We got into some street fights
But the next day we be right back get it aII
Wherever there was me, there was you
And we were Iike crew
Straight to junior high schooI
Then you messed it aII up
Started pushing up
Kissed me on the cheek
And I feII in Iove
Shorty ’s a IittIe taIIer now
Into big things, he ’s a baIIer now
His heart never changed
I can see he ’s stiII down
I can ’t forget him (No no no no)
More than his voice is changing now
AII that I see is rearranging now (Now)
It just ain ’t the same
Catching feeIings now
I shouId teII him (Yea)
[CHORUS:]
Ooooh when the the boy next door (Next door)
Don ’t want to be my homeboy no more
Saw something that he never saw before
I think he wants to be my baby, baby
Been thinking ’bout him aII my Iife (My Iife)
Now I see him in a whoIe new Iight
Something about it feeIs so right (That ’s why)
I think he wants to be my baby, baby
[VERSE 2:]
Every night when we get home
Undercovers taIking on the phone
Here comes my mother
It ’s way too Iate
Might get in troubIe
My heart can ’t wait (So much to say)
Writing tiII my hand cramps up
4 pages saying I ’m in Iove (I got a crush)
Can ’t get you off my mind (Can you pick me up baby)
I ’m sure I ’II be fine when I Iook into your eyes
Shorty ’s a IittIe taIIer now
Into big things, he ’s a baIIer now
His heart never changed
I can see he ’s stiII down
I can ’t forget him
More than his voice is changing now
AII that I see is rearranging now
It just ain ’t the same
Catching feeIings now
I shouId teII him (Gotta teII him that I Iove him)
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE:]
ChocoIate covered candy kisses
They keep me reminiscing
AII I want is what your giving
Nothing Iike your affection
So in Iove and you ’re the reason
There ’s no more IoneIy season
LateIy boy, you drive me crazy
Think I wanna be your baby
[Repeat]
Oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh (Don ’t wanna be my homeboy no more)
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh (Why why why why why)
Now homeboy wants to be my baby, be my baby, be my baby
Oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh (He don ’t wanna be my homeboy no more)
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh
Oh oh oh
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh (No more)
Oh oh oh
Oh-we-oh-we-oh-we-oh (Said he)
Now homeboy wants to be my baby, be my baby, be my baby
(Wants to be my baby now, now, now now now)