[Intro]

Dear diary I met a boy today

He said his name is Raymond but his friends call him Ray

Really cute nice swag kind of tall

He told me that he hoop but he don’t look like he play ball

He asked for my number I said "No"

My parents real strict and I’m fasho' they ain’t gone go

I’m thinking man ‘All the girls like him’ so I tell him “We can chat hit me up on [?]

[Chorus]

I like him

I like him

I like him

But daddy said I can’t have no boyfriend (I can’t no boyfriend)

I can’t have no boyfriend (I can’t have no boyfriend)

He said he want me to focus on my school

He said them boys ain’t gone do nothing but mess my head up

But I like him (I like him)

I like him (I like him)

[Verse 1]

We answered message back and forth

He told me to meet him at the basketball court

And I’m like “Okay but I’m bringing my girls with me.”

And all of a sudden my mother send the door quickly

And she looks at the screen like “Who you chatting with?”

“Nobody.”

Now she reading the screen and say “So who is Ray?”

“Nobody.”

“Oh he somebody. You know your dad come in at 4”

“Mama please don’t tell daddy I ain’t talk to Ray no more!”

So I’m sitting in my room waiting for dad to come home

She took my iPad can’t let Ray know what’s going on

We never exchanged numbers, can’t call him on the phone

Now I’m see why my friends say they can’t wait till they get grown

I’m checking the clock and it’s five minutes to four

I’m starting to get nervous constantly pacing the floor

And then I thought ‘Wait, what am I in trouble for?’

But it all came back to me when dad came walking through the door

[Chorus]

I like him

I like him

I like him

But daddy said I can’t have no boyfriend (I can’t no boyfriend)

I can’t have no boyfriend (I can’t have no boyfriend)

He said he want me to focus on my school

He said them boys ain’t gone do nothing but mess my head up

But I like him (I like him)

I like him (I like him)

[Bridge]

Daddy, wait I got an confession to make

I know you ain’t gone like this but I met a boy named Ray

He’s never disrespected me, he’s very smart in school

I don’t know it’s something about this boy it reminds me of you

Daddy, wait I got an confession to make

I know you ain’t gone like this but I met a boy named Ray

He’s never disrespected me, he’s very smart in school

I don’t know it’s something about this boy it reminds me of you

[Chorus]

I like him

I like him

I like him

But daddy said I can’t have no boyfriend (I can’t no boyfriend)

I can’t have no boyfriend (I can’t have no boyfriend.)

He said he want me to focus on my school

He said them boys ain’t gone do nothing but mess my head up

But I like him (I like him)

I like him (I like him)