Written by l.a. reid, babyface (1990)   Performed by pebbles      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 givin' 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 givin' 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 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      Hook      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      Hook      I'll be givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Of the doubt   Givin' you a minute to   (givin' it to you)   Try to work it on out   I'll be givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Of the doubt   Givin' you a minute to   (givin' it to you)   Try to work it on out      (I'll be givin' it to you)   Boy I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (givin' it to you)   Ooh I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Boy I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (givin' it to you)   Ooh I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit      I'll be givin' you a minute or two   To try and work it out   I wanna work it baby   I'll be givin' you a minute or two   To try and work it out   But don't you take too long baby      Hook      I'll be givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Of the doubt   Givin' you a minute to   (givin' it to you)   Try to work it on out   I'll be givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Of the doubt   Givin' you a minute to   (givin' it to you)   Try to work it on out      (I'll be givin it to you)   Boy I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (givin it to you)   Ooh I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Boy I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (givin' it to you)   Ooh I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit                  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------      Remix:      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      Tryin' 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 givin' 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 givin' 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 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      Hook      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      Tryin' 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 givin' you a minute or two   To try and work it out   I wanna work it baby   I'll be givin' you a minute or two   To try and work it out   But don't you take too long baby      Hook      I'll be givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Of the doubt   Givin' you a minute to   (givin' it to you)   Try to work it on out   I'll be givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Of the doubt   Givin' you a minute to   (givin' it to you)   Try to work it on out      (I'll be givin it to you)   Boy I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (givin it to you)   Ooh I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Boy I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (givin' it to you)   Ooh I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit      (I'll be givin it to you)   Boy I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (givin it to you)   Ooh I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (I'll be givin' it to you)   Boy I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit   (givin' it to you)   Ooh I want to give it   Givin' you the benefit      I'll be givin' you a minute or two   To try and work it out   I wanna work it baby   I'll be givin' you a minute or two   To try and work it out   But don't you take too long baby      I'll be givin' you the benefit   (boy I want to give it)   Of the doubt   (givin' you the benefit)   Givin' you a minute to   (ooh I want to give it)   Try to work it on out   (givin' you the benefit)   I'll be givin' you the benefit   (boy I want to give it)   Of the doubt   (givin' you the benefit)   Givin' you a minute to   (ooh I want to give it)   Try to work it on out   (givin' you the benefit)