Oh-oh-oh (yeah, it's my tape man) Whoa ooh-ooh-ooh (listen to my tape) I've waited, I waited, time went buy All I could do was cry Silly, silly (woo) If I was your best friend, I want you 'round all the time (I want you 'round me all the time) Can I be your best friend if you promise you'll be mine? (Girl, promise you'll be mine) They say he's just a friend (uh-huh) Now, girl, let's not pretend (come on) Either he is or he ain't your man (haha) Please say he's just a friend If I was your best friend First we get the talkin', then we get the touchin' If we get past the phone games we'll be - I kiss like the French then put my tongue in your ear Do it like the dogs do it girl and pull on your hair For me a different scenery just means a different position In the tub or on the sink, I improvise now listen In the chopper or on the jet, join the mile high club I'm no fool I know money can't buy me love (haha) You said that I could call you whenever I needed someone to listen to me That's why I'm here standin' by your side 'cause you always come through for me So many others tried to be where you are but they just wanted to do me But you took your time and now I'm satisfied that's why I want you all to me 'Cause if you were my best friend, I want you 'round all the time (I want you 'round me baby) Could I be your best friend? I promise boy you'll be mine (Ooh, baby be mine) I said he's just a friend Baby, it's not pretend Either he is or he ain't my man I said he's just a friend If I was your best friend, I want you 'round all the time (I want you 'round me all the time) Could I be your best friend if you promise you'll be mine? (Girl, promise you'll be mine) Please say he's just a friend (uh-huh) Now girl let's not pretend (come on) Either he is or he ain't your man (haha) Please say he's just a friend If I was your best friend While you in your bubble bath I'll come wash on your back While you puttin' on your lotion I can help you with that I sit and think of things to say that may make you smile Or give you gifts from my heart to reflect my style The slang I use when we build may change how you talk And if I'm focused when I'm strokin' I could change how you walk There's a swagger that you calm but when you come from New York I'm a hustler I just hustle in the things that I bought Separate, come on I'm not afraid to explore my body, ooh, gimme that feelin' Now we can watch some TV or play a CD, maybe that sexual healin' You tried to sing to me, you're never on the key, but you do it just to appease me I rather spend my time wastin' time with you, ooh, you make it so easy 'Cause if you were my best friend, I want you 'round all the time (I want you 'round all the time) Can I be your best friend? I promise boy you will be mine (Please baby be mine, yeah) I said he's just a friend (oh, ooh) Baby, it's not pretend (no, baby) Either he is or he ain't my man (no) I said he's just a friend We been better than friends, for a long time Ain't no need to pretend, you'll always be mine We been better than friends, for a long time Ain't no flippin' and fakin', you'll always be mine If I was your best friend, I want you 'round all the time (I want you 'round me all the time) Could I be your best friend if you promise you'll be mine? (Girl, promise you'll be mine) Please say he's just a friend (uh-huh) Now girl let's not pretend (come on) Either he is or he ain't your man (haha) Please say he's just a friend If I was your best friend