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I Need to Be Lyrics by Ma$e

Harlem World

1997

[Intro: Mase]
Yo Cardan, come here, lemme school you to some shit
What up, dun?
Remember that girl you said was nineteen somethin'
Yeah I remember that shorty
She was not nineteen
Word! Yes she is she nineteen
Nigga I followed her to school that's how I know
Nigga I followed her to school you know I don't be into that
Dog, dog, she showed me some ID B, word up
Niggas got to jail for that
Lot a niggas go to jail
See you not a regular nigga right now
I know I know
Her friend ain't wanna give me the pussy
You wanna know what that bitch said to me?
What happened?

[Chorus: Monifah]
I really wanna mess wit you
But I ain't ready to have sex wit you
And I don't mind kissing on you
But I need to be, I need to be
You know I need to be loved by you
You know I need to be hugged by you
And I can't wait to be touched by you
Cuz I need to be, cuz I need to be

[Verse 1: Mase]
How many niggas out remember the
First time they try to take a girl virginity?
And through the bullshit, you lost your identity and lost your cool
Cuz you ain't know what to tell all your niggas at school
I had niggas making bets, like, did he fuck her yet?
Ask her did he touch her bra, when I say 'nah' they say 'aw'
So tomorrow I use that pressure to undress her
But the more I caress her, more I feel like a molester
So I wait for the day I deserve it
But every time I go to touch it, then she say I hurt it
I can't even talk sex and then she say I'm perverted
And then she say, "Mase, why we can't wait, what, I ain't worth it?"
It ain't that, but girl you never say I go too fast
All I'm seatin' when I'm eatin' or goin' in your ass
I guess you like that, huh?

[Chorus: Monifah]
I really wanna mess wit you
But I ain't ready to have sex wit you
And I don't mind kissing on you
But I need to be, I need to be
You know I need to be loved by you
You know I need to be hugged by you
And I can't wait to be touched by you
Cuz I need to be, cuz I need to be

[Verse 2: Mase]
Now mother may I? Yes you may
I told her 'bout all the baddest bitches from Harlem to LA
Now anything that Mase done blazed, gotta get away
See girl, work is work and baby, when I'm workin' I get paid
For overnight stays that's gonna cost you breakfast on trays
No need for shower curtains, we bathin' in Camay
I live the willie life cuz that's the style that I portray
We pop Cristal like my niggas got a raise
See nowadays man, you got to know these bitches' age
Cuz they ass be real fast when they be goin' through that phase
You fuck a girl that's young and you gonna end up in the cage
Cuz the mom ain't tryin' to hear that you never knew her age
And naughty is the only way that Bad Boy plays
Fuck them hoes, have them girls recoverin' for days
A nigga like me, I have a girl head in a maze
And I never eat pussy cuz I'm too stubborn in my ways, come on

[Chorus: Monifah]
I really wanna mess wit you
But I ain't ready to have sex wit you
And I don't mind kissing on you
But I need to be, I need to be
You know I need to be loved by you
You know I need to be hugged by you
And I can't wait to be touched by you
Cuz I need to be, cuz I need to be

[Verse 3: Mase]
I need to be licked from my head to my feet
To make a long story short, girl, I need me a freak
She can be fat, black, light skin, type slim
Matter fact, shorty ain't even got to like men
As long as when she grab my meat, she take it down real deep
'Til her body feel weak, then I'm fallin' asleep
See, I ain't talkin 'bout these primadonna bitches you meet
I need a girl that if I ask her, handle me and my peeps
Get down dirty and lick ice down my butt cheeks
Then she wiggle, then I giggle, then she feel my nut seed
And if she give my dick a kiss, probably give her clit a kiss
Then I hit it from the back, then I yell "whose shit is this?"
Then I go so hard that she need her guts fixed
If she make my nuts itch, I kill that slut bitch
I done been around the world, uh huh, and never met a girl
That's so thorough that could suck a dick until my toes curl, uh huh

[Chorus Outro: Monifah]
I really wanna mess wit you
But I ain't ready to have sex wit you
And I don't mind kissing on you
But I need to be, I need to be
You know I need to be loved by you
You know I need to be hugged by you
And I can't wait to be touched by you
Cuz I need to be, cuz I need to be
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