Karyn White

Released: September 6, 1988

Songwriter: Daryl Simmons LA Reid Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

[Verse 1]
We walked into the room
You tried to make your move much too soon
And then you cried the blues
Why can't you understand I won't be used?

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I've heard all of the lines before
Boy, I'm amazed that you could just ignore
How does a lady find the words to say it?
Why can't you get it through your head, I'm not that way?

[Chorus]
I wasn't for it the very first time
Don't mess with me (baby, don't you mess with me)
I didn't stutter, I didn't think twice
Baby, don't you mess with me

Hey, uh, with your bad self
Baby, don't mess with me (Hoo)

[Verse 2]
You took me for a ride
A fancy restaurant to wine and dine
You thought that it was on (Ha, ha, ha)
I peeped your game and said "Take me home"

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I've heard all of the lines before
Boy, I'm amazed that you could just ignore
How does a lady find the words to say it?
Why can't you get it through your head, I'm not that way?
No

[Chorus]
I wasn't for it the very first time, oh no
Don't mess with me (so baby don't you mess with me)
I didn't stutter, I didn't think twice
Baby, don't you mess with me
I wasn't for it the very first time
Don't mess with me (baby, don't you mess with me)
I didn't stutter, I didn't think twice
Baby, don't you mess with me

[Bridge]
Ooh, baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, don't ya mess with me
Ooh, baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, don't ya mess with me

I wasn't for it (Hey, hey, hey)
I didn't stutter

I'm warning you, baby, don't ya mess with me
No, I'm not falling for your games
I've heard your lines so many times

[Chorus]
I wasn't for it the very first time
Don't mess with me (baby, don't you mess with me)
I didn't stutter, I didn't think twice
Baby, don't you mess with me (hey, hey)
I wasn't for it the very first time
Don't mess with me (baby, don't you mess with me)
I didn't stutter, I didn't think twice
Baby, don't you mess with me

[Outro]
Ooh, baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, don't ya mess with me
(Get back, get back, get back)
Ooh, baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, don't ya mess with me

Ooh, baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, don't ya mess with me
Ooh, baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, don't ya mess with me

Uh, with your bad self
Baby, don't mess with me
I said, uh, with your bad self
Baby, don't mess with me

Karyn White (born October 14, 1965) is a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, California. On her 1988 self-titled debut album, she worked with the super-producer duo of L.A. Reid and Babyface, who wrote and produced the album’s four #1 singles: “The Way You Love Me,”, “Superwoman”, and the Babyface duet “Love Saw It” all hit #1 on the R&B singles chart along with “Secret Rendezvous” which hit #1 on the U.S. Dance singles chart. She won a Billboard Music Award in 1989 for “Superwoman” being the Number One R&B Single of the Year and she was nominated for a Grammy in 1989 in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category for “The Way You Love Me.” The album reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and is certified platinum.

Her sophomore album Ritual of Love saw her team up with another legendary production duo, working with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, who produced her most successful single, “Romantic,” which reached #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts. This album was released in 1991 and is certified gold. She released her third album Make Him Do Right in 1994. She married producer Terry Lewis in 1992 but they divorced in 1999, the same year she left her record label Warner Bros in order to go take care of her family. In 2012, she independently released Carpe Diem, her first album in almost 20 years.

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