I can be a trip but I choose not to Deep inside of you, I think there's still good in you, boy Don't give me no reason not to trust you Just take the benefit, don't give me no lip And I'll be sweet to you Trying to understand you right, boy So you need some time to work it out, work it Well, there's really no need to fuss and fight, no All I want is for you to try and work it out Lately, I've been trying to figure out your mind And why you keep dissin' me Poor little me And why you have a change of heart and turn it all around And then try to put it on me Poor little me But don't you know I could be a trip, I could make things hard But baby, I believe that you still got a heart That's why I Try to stop myself before I start 'Cause I could make it tough, I could make it rough But I won't Well, I'll be giving you the benefit Of the doubt Givin' you a minute to Try to work it on out I'll be givin' you the benefit Of the doubt And I'm giving you a minute to Try to work it on out Baby, work it on, work it on out (Work, work, work) Baby, work it on, work it on out (Work, work, work) Baby, how could you be hangin' out on the town And claim that you're missin' me Poor little me When you knew all the time that you could've been with your homegirl Lovin' and a kissin' on me Sweet little me But don't you know If you wanna be a man, you gotta work real hard If you wanna make me feel I'm like your number one and Nothin' in the world should make us part 'Cause we can make it work If you take away the hurt From the heart [Chorus] Well, I'll be giving you the benefit Of the doubt Givin' you a minute to Try to work it on out I'll be givin' you the benefit Of the doubt And I'm giving you a minute to Try to work it on out Baby, work it on, work it on out (Work, work, work) Work it, baby (Work, work, work) Try to work it on, work it on, work it on, work it on out (Work, work, work) Work it, baby (Work, work, work) Keep tryin' to work it on out I could be a trip but I choose not to Deep inside of you I think there's still good in you, boy Don't give me no reason not to trust you Just take the benefit, don't give me no lip And I'll be sweet to you Trying to understand you right, boy So you need some time to work it out, work it Well, there's really no need to fuss and fight, no All I want is for you to try and work it out I'll be giving you a minute or two To try and work it out I wanna work it, baby I'll be giving you a minute or two To try and work it out But don't you take too long, baby I'll be giving you the benefit Of the doubt And I'm giving you a minute to Try to work it on out I'll be giving you the benefit Of the doubt I'm giving you a minute to Try to work it on out I'll be giving you the benefit Of the doubt And I'm giving you a minute to Try to work it on out I'll be giving you the benefit Of the doubt And I'm giving you a minute to Try to work it on out Baby, work it on, work it on out (Work, work, work) Work it, baby (Work, work, work) Try to work it on, work it on, work it on, work it on out (Work, work, work) Work it, baby (Work, work, work) Keep tryin' to work it on out I wanna give it, I'm giving you the benefit I wanna give it, I'm giving you the benefit I wanna give it, I'm giving you the benefit I wanna give it, I'm giving you the benefit I wanna give it, I'm giving you the benefit I wanna give it, I'm giving you the benefit I wanna give it, I'm giving you the benefit I wanna give it, I'm giving you the benefit I'll be giving you a minute or two To try and work it out I wanna work it, baby I'll be giving you a minute or two To try and work it out But don't you take too long, baby I'll be giving you the benefit Of the doubt And I'm giving you a minute to Try to work it on out I'll be giving you the benefit Of the doubt I'm giving you a minute to Try to work it on out