Pull up your pants (just like 'em)
Take out the trash (just like 'em)
Gettin' your cash like 'em
Fast like 'em
Girl, you wanna act like he did (I'm talkin' 'bout)
Security codes on everything
On vibrate so your phone don't ever ring
Joint account and another one he don't know about (hey)

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

[Chorus]
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 getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

Can't be getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

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

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

[Chorus]

Can't be getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

Can't be getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

Can't be getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

Can't be getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

If I was always gone
Let the sun beat me home (Would you like that?)
I told you I was with my crew when I knew it wasn't true if I act like you
Walked a mile off in your shoes (Would you like that?)
Messing with your head again
Dose of your own medicine

[Chorus]

Can't be getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

Can't be getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

Can't be getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

Can't be getting mad what, you mad?
Can't handle that

R-A, go, here's the clutch

If I paged you (Would you like that?)
Had friends (Would you like that?)
Never call (Would you like that?)
No, no, you wouldn't like that, no!

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



Lyrics submitted by Princess_1098

Track duration: 03:57

"Like a Boy" as written by Ciara Princess Harris, Candice Clotiel Nelson, Balewa M. Muhammad, Calvin Kenon, Ezekiel L. Lewis, Patrick Michael Smith

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing, WINDSWEPT HOLDINGS LLC

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    General Comment:I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH ALL U GUYS WHO R BEIN A BUNCH OF LITTLE BITCHES JUST BECAUSE CIARA SAID SOMETHING THAT U DIDNT LIKE ITS TRUE THAT SOME GUYS ACT LIKE WAT SHE DISCRIBED IN THE SONG BUT NOT ALL GUYS AND IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT SOME GIRLS ACT HEARTLESS AND WHORY BUT NOT ALL GIRLS CIARA IZ NOT SAYING THAT ALL GUYS ACT LIKE THIS JUST SOME SO STOP BEING A BUNCH OF FUKING PANSYS

    P.S DESOLATEEDEN HOW THE HELL R WE SUPPOSE TO KNOW WAT A GUY IZ LIKE REALY AND WE DON'T ALWAYS PICK THE THUG GUY SO STOP FUKING ASSUMING EVERYTHING DAMN!

    YA I JUST FUKING CALLED U OUT
    Flag XOXOXOLOWRIDAon November 04, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I hate this song for the sexist attitude, but it has a somewhat catchy melody, and at least it's not too whiny.

    Still, it's one of these braindead I CRIED MY EYES OUT FOR YOU WHILE YOU WERE DRINKING BEERS WITH YOUR FRIENDS WHYYYY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME I'M SOOOO DEPRESSED AND HURT AND I WANT TO DIE, AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP IS BASED ON SEX ONLY, IT M-U-S-T BE YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE MALE? - songs.

    Too bad.
    Flag melcantspellon May 10, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I agree with corsaiir, I've never dated a thug ether. Personally I hate guys who act like thugs, it's kind of obnoxious. However I do think that this poem doesnt represet all guys, cause some are generally nice.

    So relax guys who take this song offensively, every girl knows in her heart that there is a good guy out there. And if you take this song so offensively maybe it's because you've been guilty of one or two of these things to begin with.

    Also I do agree that girls do cause problems to and can act like this as well. However the reason there are more songs about it from a girls perspective than a guys is because girls can express themselves that way. When guys get this from girls theyre more likely to just get mad and break it off. A girl is more emotional and can put more into a song like this.

    Just my opinion
    Flag glockgal13on October 09, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I certainly have never dated a "thug." I always go for the sweet guys, but most end up pulling this crap. Never answering their phones is one of the major ones.
    Flag Corsaiiron August 27, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I like this song, I wonder why she named the song for this, is she a boy? or whats? I heard some people that rumors about her that way she was both like girl and boy by mixed her parnet want her to became a woman i wonder why? But i can still as respect her as longer whats she wants
    Flag Mr.deafrockon July 17, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:This is a good song and I like it, but it kind of makes it seem like guys are the only ones who do this stuff. News flash guys, we girls are just as bad, if not worse and you don't hear any songs playing on the radio where a guy is singing about how badly his girlfriend treats him. They don't make their problems public and whine about them, they deal with them. And while I understand the whole double standards thing, that's not entirely what this song is about. Ciara is complaining about her situation with her guy, not about how women are treated by society. If you want to have a feminist fest, go listen to Christina Aguilera.
    Flag WinterGon February 05, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:LOL

    This song bring me to KanYe West's song 'Gold Digger'.

    NOW I AINT SHES A GOLD DIGGER, BUT SHE AINT MESSING WITH NO BROKE NIGGAS.

    Chicks can be evil and conniving.

    And it hurts when you like them and they have someone else.

    So I guess its both sides aye?
    Flag Kiye9on November 07, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is very much vitally alive!! I loved the beats and tempo. The video is hektic as!! I don't care what people say this song about not giving the right message or how its related I just liked the song and I think its really hott!!!! it has all the right meaning however way you look at it, and I'm a male, I still like the lyrics and what she has done regardless. Ciara rocks yeeah 07!!!! I've been listening to this song in my IPOD for countless times in a row.
    Flag Brenster56on September 04, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:sitiboi: Ciara IS NOT NOR EVER HAS BEEN A MAN!
    Ciara IS NOT NOR EVER HAS BEEN A HERMAPHRODITE!
    There has never been any record of ciara or mother on oprah,
    nor has she ever had a male organ in her body.
    she said herself:
    "You know what's funny? The rumor that I used to be a man. They said Oprah said that on her show. I've never been on Oprah in my life - we all know I have years before I go on Oprah, so come on,"
    true story, look it up, unlike you sitiboi i actually did,
    the rest: obviously you have issues if you spread this nasty rumor about someone you dont even know without even checking the facts. sory but , CIARA'S ALL WOMAN BABY!!!!
    Flag dont panic!on August 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:she really dos look lik a boy in her video, i agree w/ loop-to-loop way on da 1st pg. mayb shes a man....lol!!!
    Flag mizz mclachlanon August 02, 2007   Link

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