[verse 1]
hey girl let me holla at you
for a minute it wont take long
you see we've been good friends
for a while and i hope you wont
get mad at me and try to act fool
cause it wasn't my fault
so before you hear it twisted from somebody else
i'll tellyou myself

[chorus]
that your man tried to holla at me
your man tried to get with me
said your man when behind your back
but he found out i don't get down like that

[verse 2]
(check it out)
you see i wasn't gonna tell you
but as a friend i thought i should
(check it out)
cause if the shoe was on the other foot
i would hope you would
be a woman enough to tell me
be woman enough to confront me
and i hate the bearer of bad news
but i had to tell you

[chorus]

[bridge]
i don't know
don't know the reason why
the reason he would try
i don't know
when he knew that it would make you cry
all i know
all i know is that i'm gonna be
a friend forever that's why
i had to tell ya
[chorus 2x]

i said he tried to holla
he told me i should call him
but you're my girl
so i thought i had to tell you
that your man...