Like a Boy

C-I-A-R-A (come on)

Pull up your pants (just like 'em)
Take out the trash (just like 'em)
Gettin' ya cash (like 'em), fast (like 'em)
Girl, you oughta act like ya dig
(I'm talking 'bout) security codes on everything
On vibrate so your phone don't ever ring
(Have a joint account)
And another one he don't know about

Wish we could switch up the roles
And I could be that
Tell you I love you
But when you call, I never get back
Would you ask them questions like me?
Like, where you be at?
'Cause I'm out four in the morning
On the corner rolling, doing my own thing

What if I had a thing on the side?
Made you cry?
Would the rules change up or would they still apply?
If I played you like a toy?
Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

Can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that?
Can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that?

Girl, go ahead and be (just like 'em)
Go run the streets (just like 'em)
Come home just to sleep like 'em, creep like 'em
Front with your friends
Act hard when you're with 'em like 'em (like 'em)
Keep a straight face when you tell a lie
Always keep an airtight alibi
(Keep him in the dark)
What he don't know won't break his heart

Wish we could switch up the roles
And I could be that
Tell you I love you
But when you call, I never get back
Would you ask them questions like me?
Like, where you be at?
'Cause I'm out four in the morning
On the corner rolling, doing my own thing

What if I had a thing on the side? (What if I-I)
Made you cry? (Made you cry?)
Would the rules change up, or would they still apply? (Would they still apply?)
If I played you like a toy?
Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

Can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that? (What?)
Can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that?

Can't, can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that?
Can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that? (Would ya like that?)

If I was always gone
With the Sun getting home?
(Would you like that?)
Told you I was with my crew
When I knew it wasn't true? (Would you like that?)
If I act like you
Walk a mile off in your shoes? (Would you like that?)
I'm messing with your head again
Dose of your own medicine

What if I had a thing on the side? (What if I-I)
Made you cry? (Made you cry?)
Would the rules change up, or would they still apply? (Would they still apply?)
If I played you like a toy?
Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

Can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that?
Can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that?

Can't, can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that?
Can't be gettin' mad
What you mad?
Can't handle that? (Would ya like that?)

(It's the clutch)
If I played you, would you like that? (It's Ciara, hah)
Had friends, would you like that? (It's Ciara, hah)
Never call, would you like that? (Another one, hah, hah)
Hell nah, you wouldn't like that, no (you can't handle it, hey)

What if I-I made you cry, would they still you apply?
What if I, if I played you like a toy?
Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

Can't handle that