What Do I Have to Do?

[Chorus]
Do I have to walk around and call you my boo?
Do I have to buy you things and talk to your crew?
Why don't you see what I really want is for real?
But I don't think you know how to keep it real
You can be my lover or you can be my friend
We can be official or we can just pretend
Just let a nigga know before the night ends
Just in time for our lives to begin

[Verse 1]
Let me tell you 'bout this lady friend of mine
I don't know how to keep her off my mind
But let me tell you two things that I do know
She is the girl for me, I've already met my 10 girl
But my niggas say that it's a lost cause
'Cause a girl like her just never falls
For a nigga like me, but when I see her
I just ask her, "What do I have to do?"

[Chorus]
Do I have to walk around and call you my boo?
Do I have to buy you things and talk to your crew?
Why don't you see what I really want is for real?
But I don't think you know how to keep it real
You can be my lover or you can be my friend
We can be official or we can just pretend
Just let a nigga know before the night ends
Just in time for our lives to begin

[Verse 2]
I've been really thinking 'bout just what she does to me
How I care about her and how she can't see that
I'm the nigga that she needs
And if I tell you I got you, baby girl, believe that
I know niggas might lie
But we both know that that's no surprise
And I can see it in the signs that I need you by my side
So you don't have to lie

[Chorus]
Do I have to walk around and call you my boo?
Do I have to buy you things and talk to your crew?
Why don't you see what I really want is for real?
But I don't think you know how to keep it real
You can be my lover or you can be my friend
We can be official or we can just pretend
Just let a nigga know before the night ends
Just in time for our lives to begin

[Bridge]
And I can tell when I look in your eyes
You really wanna talk to me
And baby girl, it's no surprise
That you got everything I need
I've really been wrestling with this one question
Let this be a lesson if your lady's your blessing
I've really been wrestling with this one question
Let this be a lesson if your lady's your blessing

[Chorus]
Do I have to walk around and call you my boo?
Do I have to buy you things and talk to your crew?
Why don't you see what I really want is for real?
But I don't think you know how to keep it real
You can be my lover or you can be my friend
We can be official or we can just pretend
Just let a nigga know before the night ends
Just in time for our lives to begin