Released: November 26, 2002

Songwriter: K-Ci Hailey JoJo Hailey Michael Bell

Producer: Mike Smoov

[Intro: K-Ci & JoJo]
I can't lie, I can't lie
I can't lie, I can't lie
I can't lie, I can't lie
I can't lie

[Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself
And I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself

[Verse 1: JoJo]
As long as you keep doing to me
What you did to me the first day
I don't need nobody else
I don't need nobody else
I'm not looking for a girl
Because I already have a woman and I
Don't want nobody else
I'm happy with my baby and my baby is you

[Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself
And I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself
I'd rather be by myself

[Verse 2: K-Ci]
When I called the other night
I didn't tell no lie
Baby, you know you're so right
I want you to be my wife
Can I be with you?
Every day, I wanna be near you
And baby, I won't front on you
You know that I want you, baby

[Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself
And I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself

[Bridge: K-Ci & JoJo]
Can't you see that I don't want
Anybody else but you and only you
Can't you see that I will never
Never love anybody else but you
I give my life to you
You're all I wanna do
Baby, come home to me
I feel so happy

[Chorus: K-Ci & JoJo]
I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself
And I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself
I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself
And I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself
I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself
And I don't want anybody else
If I can't be with you, I'd rather be by myself

K-Ci & JoJo

Brothers Cedric Hailey and Joel Hailey from Monroe, North Carolina make up the duo K-Ci & JoJo, the lead singers and half of the multi-platinum R&B group Jodeci along with brothers Mr. Dalvin and DeVante Swing. After three platinum albums with Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo branched off and sang hooks for 2Pac on his singles “How Do U Want It” and “Toss It Up” in 1996 before releasing their first album Love Always in 1997. The album featured the #1 hit “All My Life,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and was nominated for two Grammys. Their second album, It’s Real, was released in 1999 and hit platinum status in part due to the success of the single “Tell Me It’s Real,” which peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart. Their third album, X, was released in 2000 and featured the hit “Crazy,” which peaked at #3 on the Hot 100.

The duo released two more albums—2002’s Emotional and 2013’s My Brother’s Keeper—but they didn’t contain any top hits. In 2010, they starred in their own reality show on TVOne titled K-Ci & JoJo…Come Clean which dealt with their alcohol and relationship issues as they attempted a comeback. They reunited with Jodeci to release the album The Past, The Present, The Future in 2015.