(Daryl Simmons, Babyface, L.A. Reid, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Kayo)
Somethin´ you wanna know Ask me boy I´ll tell you so Don´t you talk to the world You can talk to me baby Somethin´ you wanna know
Yo Left Eye I can´t believe he fell for that rumor All he had to do was come ask you
Sittin´ all alone can´t think of nothin´ better to do So yo I keeps callin´ you Each disscussion´s a little bit colder Seems to me you givin´ two of those shoulders Whatever it is and if it´s nothin´ I wish that you would tell me somethin´
Got me thinkin´ I´m losin´ you Yo so what am I supposed to do
Chorus: Somethin´ you wanna know Ask me boy I´ll tell you so Don´t you talk to the world You can talk to me baby Somethin´ you wanna know Ask me boy I´ll tell you so You can talk to your girl I won´t lie to you baby
Scratchin´ up the phone goin´ crazy You think it ain´t suppose to phase me Yellin´ at you for even startin´ to believe
In any kind of that crap street yap you been receivin´ And what´s so unfare You been doggin´ me out about matters unclear You can´t solve a problem if it´s trapped inside your mind It´s a conversation blind
Chorus
You know you shouldn´t fall for everything that they tell you Unless you get it straight from the horse´s mouth (ah) You know that everything they tell you boy is just hearsay You gotta be careful when the rumor´s out
True enough now you know if I were to pick up A piece of that he say she say stuff Think about it I would doubt it as to callin´ a bluff But unlike you I wouldn´t breaka da rules By jumpin´ into concluse I´d eat a steak and potato while thinkin´ it over later Leave a tip two quarters and a condom for the waiter What to do Now´s the time I decided to bring it on back to you So we can talk it through and through Because it ain´t nothin´ better than talkin´ to me When you wanna know somethin´ Than havin´ to get a piece of info from who knows
I´m gettin´ fed up yo cuz Words become a quote or somethin´ better like a story It´s far from okey doke close to fiction Half is true but then the other is a conviction So I´m blamed with an infliction From which others have created Then have socially debated So you don´t you know that the story´s been inflated
Chorus
You know you shouldn´t fall for everything that they tell you Unless you get it straight from the horse´s mouth (hey) You know that everything they tell you boy is just hearsay
You got to be careful (careful) when the rumor´s out
You can talk to me, you can talk to me If it´s somethin´ you wanna know (something you wanna know) Then just ask me baby Ooh so tenderly (so tenderly) I´ll tell you what you wanna hear ( I´ll tell you somethin´) You can talk to your girl I won´t lie to you baby
Remember don´t let anyone come between you With the he say she say Yeah you know those words And this advice is never to be forgotten That misery loves company (I´ll tell you so)
And this special shot goes out to all those (You can talk to your girl) (I won´t lie to you baby) Who are in love Peace