[Intro: Chilli, T-Boz, Left-Eye, Chilli]
Somethin' you wanna know
Ask me, boy
I'll tell you so
Don't you talk to the world
You can talk to me, baby
Somethin' you wanna know
Yo, Left-Eye
I can't believe he fell for that rumor
All he had to do was come ask me

[Verse 1: Left-Eye]
Sittin' all alone, can't think of nothin' better to do
So, yo, I keeps callin' you
Each discussion's a little bit colder
Seems to me you givin' two of those shoulders
Whatever it is and if it's nothin'
I wish that you would tell me somethin'
Got me thinkin' I'm losin' you
Yo, so what am I suppose to do?

[Chorus: Chilli, T-Boz, Left-Eye]
Somethin' you wanna know
Ask me, boy
I'll tell you so
Don't you talk to the world
You can talk to me, baby
Somethin' you wanna know
Ask me, boy
I'll tell you so
You can talk to your girl
I won't lie to you, baby
[Verse 2: Left Eye]
Scratchin' up the phone goin' crazy
You think it ain't suppose to phase me
Yellin' at you for even startin' to believe
In any kind of that crap street yap you've been receivin'
And what's so unfair
You been doggin' me out about matters unclear
You can't solve a problem if it's trapped inside ya mind
It's a conversation blind

[Chorus: Chilli, T-Boz, Left-Eye, (Chilli)]
Somethin' you wanna know (If you really wanna know)
Ask me, boy (I'm the one who knows)
I'll tell you so (Oh yeah)
So just talk to the world (Talk to me)
You can talk to me baby
Somethin' you wanna know (Know, baby)
Ask me, boy
I'll tell you so
You can talk to your girl
I won't lie to you, baby

[Bridge: Chilli]
You know you shouldn't fall for everything that they tell you
Unless you get it straight from the horse's mouth (Ah)
You know that everything they tell you, boy, is just hearsay
You gotta be careful when the rumor's out
[Verse 3: Left-Eye]
True enough, now you know if I were to pick up
A piece of that he say she say stuff
Think about it
I would doubt it as to callin' a bluff
But unlike you, I wouldn't breaka da rules
By jumpin' into concluse
I'd eat a steak and potato, while thinkin' it over later
Leave a tip, two quarters and a condom for the waiter
What to do?
Now's the time I decided to bring it on back to you
So we can talk it through and through
Because it ain't nothin' better
Than talkin' to me when you wanna know somethin'
Than havin' to get a piece of info from who knows
I'm gettin' fed up 'cause yo 'cause
Words become a quote or somethin' better like a story
It's far from honkey dory, close to fiction
Half is true but then the other is a conviction
So I'm blamed with an infliction
From which others have created
Then have socially debated
So yo, don't you know that the story's been inflated?

[Chorus: Chilli, T-Boz, Left-Eye, (Chilli)]
Somethin' you wanna know (Oh)
Ask me, boy (Oh)
I'll tell you so (Oh)
Don't you talk to the world (Talk to me, yeah)
You can talk to me, baby
Somethin' you wanna know
Ask me, boy
I'll tell you so
You can talk to your girl
I won't lie to you, baby
[Bridge 1: Chilli, (T-Boz)]
You know you shouldn't fall for everything that they tell you
Unless you get it straight from the horse's mouth, hey
You know that everything that they tell you, boy, is just hearsay
You gotta be careful (Careful) when the rumor's out

[Breakdown: T-Boz]
You can talk to me, you can talk to me
If it's somethin' you wanna know (Something you wanna know)
Then just ask me, baby
Ooh, so tenderly (So tenderly)
I'll tell you what you wanna hear (I'll tell you so)
You can talk to your girl
I won't lie to you, baby

[Bridge 2: T-Boz]
Remember don't let anyone come between you
With he say she say
Yeah, you know those words
And this advice is never to be forgotten
That misery loves company (I'll tell you so)
And this special shot goes out to all those
(You can talk to your girl, I won't lie to you, baby)
Who are in love
Peace

[Chorus: Chilli, T-Boz, Left-Eye]
Somethin' you wanna know
Ask me, boy
I'll tell you so
Don't you talk to the world (Talk to me)
You can talk to me, baby (Yeah)
Somethin' you wanna know
Ask me, boy
I'll tell you so
You can talk to your girl
I won't lie to you, baby
Somethin' you wanna know
If there's somethin' you
Somethin' you wanna know (Oh)
Don't you talk to the world (Baby, tell me)
You can talk to me, baby
Somethin' you wanna know
If there's somethin' you
Somethin' you wanna know (Oh)
You can talk to your girl
I won't lie to you, baby
Somethin' you
Ooh, somethin' you
Somethin' you wanna know
Don't you talk to the world
You can talk to me, baby
Somethin' you