Released: February 26, 2002

Featuring: Usher Loon

Songwriter: Adonis Loon Diddy Michael Carlos Jones Mario Winans Nas

Producer: Mario Winans Diddy

[Intro: P. Diddy]
Yeah, come on
I need a
I want a

[Chorus: Usher]
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to make my wife
I need a girl who's mine, all mine
I need a girl in my life

[Verse 1: P. Diddy]
Yo, I'm internationally known on the microphone
I got it all, but I really need a wife at home
I don't really like the zone, never spend the night alone
I got a few you would like to bone but
Chicks that romance me don't tickle my fancy
Only Tiffany, Nancy, that's not where my plans be
Need a girl that could stand me, raise me a family
Go from trips to Delancey to trips to the Grammy's 'cause
Most of these girls be confusin' me
I don't know if they really love me or they usin' me
Maybe it's the money or maybe you ain't used to me?
'Cause you was depressed and now you abusin' me
That's why I need me a girl that be true to me
Know 'bout the game and know how it do to me
Without a girl on my side, shit'll ruin me
Forget the world, girl, it's you and me
Now let's ride

[Chorus: Usher]
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride (Ride with me)
I need a girl to make my wife
(I need a girl who makes me feel so good inside)
I need a girl who’s mine, all mine
I need a girl in my life (Whoa, ride)
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride (Right here with me)
I need a girl to be my wife
(I need a girl who makes me feel so good inside)
Nobody else, she’s all mine
I need a girl in my life

[Verse 2: Loon]
Yo, now I done met a lot of women in my lifetime
But see it's not a lot of women that got the right mind
I done had pretty chicks with all the right features
And hood rat chicks that only rock sneakers
Cellphones and beepers and know how to treat ya
You break her heart, she'll walk out and leave ya
I find a girl, I'ma keep her
'Cause now I'm gettin' money and the game gettin' deeper
Yo, on some real shit, I need somebody I could chill with (Let's chill)
I need somebody I could build with
I need somebody I could hold tight
Winter time in a full-length Snow White
Anytime we together feel so right (So right)
You the girl I been lookin' for my whole life
God, bless me, I'm glad I got the insight
Because of you, girl, now I understand life
I need a girl (I need a girl)

[Chorus: Usher]
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride (Ride with me)
I need a girl to make my wife (My wife)
I need a girl who’s mine, all mine
I need a girl in my life (My life)
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride (Oh, ride)
I need a girl to be my wife (My wife)
Nobody else, she’s all mine (Yeah)
I need a girl in my life

[Verse 3: P. Diddy]
I had a girl that would've died for me
Didn't 'preciate her so I made her cry for me
Every night she had tears in her eyes for me
Caught a case, shorty took the whole ride for me
At first we were friends then became lovers
You was more than my girl, we was like brothers
All night we would play fight under covers
Now you gone, can't love you like I really wanna
But every time I think about your pretty smile
And how we used to drive the whole city wild
Damn, I wish you would've had my child
A pretty little girl with Diddy's style
Shit is wild
All them days that I reminisce
About the way I use to kiss them pretty lips
But as long as you happy, I'ma tell you this
I love you girl and you're the one that I will always miss
I love you, yeah

[Chorus: Usher]
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to make my wife
I need a girl who's mine, all mine (Mine, all mine)
I need a girl in my life
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to be my wife
Nobody else, she's all mine (All mine)
I need a girl in my life (Girl, you mean so much to me)
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride (Ride, ride)
I need a girl to make my wife
I need a girl who's mine, all mine (All mine)
I need a girl in my life (I just want you to be my baby)
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to be my wife (I just need you to be my wife)
Nobody else, she's all mine (I just want you)
I need a girl in my life
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride (Ride, ride, ride)
I need a girl to make my wife (Girl, you make me feel so good inside)
I need a girl who's mine, all mine
I need a girl in my life
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride (Ride, ride, ride)
I need a girl to be my wife (Be my wife)
Nobody else, she's all mine (She's my life)
I need a girl in my life (Girl, you mean so much to me)
I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to make my wife (Girl, you make me feel so good inside)
I need a girl who's mine, all mine
I need a girl in my life

Diddy

Sean “Diddy” Combs (also known as Puff Daddy, Puffy, Sean John, and P. Diddy) is a recording artist, record producer, entrepreneur, and actor from Harlem, New York.

He started in the music business as an intern and talent director at Uptown Records under his mentor Andre Harrell. While at Uptown, Puffy helped launch the careers of R&B superstars Jodeci and Mary J. Blige. After he was fired from Uptown, Puff started his Bad Boy Entertainment label in 1993 as a joint venture with Clive Davis' Arista Records. His first artists were Craig Mack and The Notorious B.I.G., with Mack releasing the hit “Flava In Ya Ear” before Biggie hit with his Ready To Die album. Following their success, Puff went on to sign successful R&B artists such as Faith Evans, 112, and Total, as well as rappers Ma$e and The LOX.

Puff Daddy was an in-demand producer, working with acts such as Usher, TLC, Jay-Z, Lil Kim, and Boyz II Men among others before he decided to become an artist himself. He released his first album, No Way Out on July 1, 1997, a few months after Biggie was killed in Los Angeles on March 9th. The single “I’ll Be Missing You” was created as a tribute—it debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped the chart for 11 weeks. The album was a multi-platinum success and won the Best Rap Album Grammy Award in 1998.