Released: July 29, 2002

Songwriter: Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo

Producer: The Neptunes

[Intro]
For whatever reason
I feel like I've been wanting you all my life
You don't understand
I'm so glad we're at the same place at the same time
It's over now

[Verse 1]
I spotted you dancing, you made all the girls stare
Those lips and your brown eyes (ooh), and the sexy hair
I shake, shake my thing, and make the world want you
Tell your boys you'll be back, I wanna see what you can do

[Pre-Chorus]
What would it take for you to just leave with me?
Not tryna sound conceited, but me and you were meant to be
You're a sexy guy, I'm a nice girl (Don't you know?)
Let's turn this dance floor into our own little nasty world

[Chorus]
Boys, sometimes a girl just needs one (You know I need you)
Boys, to love her and to hold (I just want you to touch me)
Boys, and when a girl is with one
Boys, then she's in control

[Verse 2]
Took the boy off the dance floor
Screaming in his ear
Must've said something 'bout me (What you say?)
Cause he's looking over here
You looking at me with that sexy attitude
But the way your boy's moving it, it puts me in the mood (Ow!)

[Pre Chorus]
What would it take for you to just leave with me?
Not tryna sound conceited, but me and you were meant to be
(Don't you know?)
You're a sexy guy (ooh), I'm a nice girl (Don't you know?)
Let's turn this dance floor into our own little nasty world

[Chorus]
Boys, sometimes a girl just needs one (I get nasty)
Boys, to love her and to hold (I get nasty)
Boys, and when a girl is with one (I get nasty)
Boys, then she's in control
(You like that? Here we go)

[Bridge 1]
Tonight, let's fly, boy, have no fear (Have no fear)
There's no time to lose (Baby, what are you waiting for?)
And next week, you may not see me here (Uh-uh)
So, boy, just make your move (Let me see what you can do)

[Chorus]
Boys, sometimes a girl just needs one
Boys, to love her and to hold (The way you move)
Boys, and when a girl is with one (It's gon' turn me on)
Boys, then she's in control

[Bridge 2]
Come with me, let's fly into the night
Oh, boy, tonight is ours (It's just you and me, baby)
Keep loving me, make sure you hold me tight
Let's head for the stars (Get nasty)
Ow!

[Chorus]
Boys, sometimes a girl just needs one
Boys, to love her and to hold (Get nasty)
Boys, and when a girl is with one (Get nasty)
Boys, then she's in control

[Outro]
Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em

Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a child before signing with Jive Records in 1997.

Spears’s first and second studio albums, …Baby One More Time and Oops!… I Did It Again, became international successes, with the former becoming the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. Title tracks “…Baby One More Time” and “Oops!… I Did It Again” broke international sales records, with the former reaching number one in every country it charted in. In 2001, Spears released her self-titled third studio album, Britney, and played the starring role in the film Crossroads (2002). She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, In the Zone, which yielded the worldwide success of the single “Toxic.”

In 2007, Spears’s much-publicized personal issues sent her career into hiatus. Her fifth studio album, Blackout, was released later that year, and spawned hits such as “Gimme More” and “Piece of Me”.