The boy is mine, the boy is mine, the boy is mine   The boy is mine, the boy is mine      Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?   Uh, huh, sure, you know you look kinda familiar   Yeah, you do too but, umm, I just wanted to know   Do you know somebody named, you, you know his name      Oh, yeah, definitely I know his name   I just wanted to let you know he's mine   Huh, no, no, he's mine      You need to give it up, had about enough   It's not hard to see the boy is mine   I'm sorry that you seem to be confused   He belongs to me, the boy is mine      I think it's time we got this straight   Let's sit and talk face to face   There is no way you could mistake   Him for your man, are you insane?      You see, I know that you may be   Just a bit jealous of me   But you're blind if you can't see   That his love is all in me      You see I try to hesitate   I didn't want to say what he told me   He said without me he couldn't make   It through the day, ain't that a shame?      But maybe you misunderstood   'Cause I can't see how he could   Wanna change something that's so good   Because my love was all it took      The boy is mine   You need to give it up, had about enough   It's not hard to see the boy is mine   I'm sorry that you seem to be confused   He belongs to me, the boy is mine      Must you do the things you do?   You keep on acting like a fool   You need to know it's me not you   And if you didn't know it girl, it's true      I think that you should realize   I'm trying to understand why   He is a part of my life   I know it's killing you inside      You can say what you want to say   What we have you can't take   From the truth you can't escape   I can tell the real from the fake      But when will you get the picture   You're the past, I'm the future   Get away, it's my time to shine   If you didn't know the boy is mine      The boy is mine   You need to give it up, had about enough   It's not hard to see the boy is mine   I'm sorry that you seem to be confused   He belongs to me, the boy is mine      You need to give it up, had about enough   It's not hard to see the boy is mine   I'm sorry that you seem to be confused   He belongs to me, the boy is mine      You can't destroy this love I've found   Your silly games I won't allow   The boy is mine without a doubt   You might as well throw in the towel      What makes you think that he wants you   When I'm the one that brought him to   Special places in my heart?   He was my love from the start      The boy is mine   You need to give it up, had about enough   It's not hard to see the boy is mine   I'm sorry that you seem to be confused   He belongs to me, the boy is mine      You need to give it up, had about enough   It's not hard to see the boy is mine   I'm sorry that you seem to be confused   He belongs to me, the boy is mine      You need to give it up, had about enough   It's not hard to see the boy is mine   I'm sorry that you seem to be confused   He belongs to me, the boy is mine