[Intro: Ja Rule]

I just never had time

[Chorus: Jon Doe]

Between the lights and the cameras

The trips from New York to Paris

It seems I never could manage to say that I- (I just never had time)

Living my life on the road and every city is home

I should have picked up the phone and said that I- (I just never had time)

I never had the time, the time I need to say

That what's been killing me is, baby, One Four Three

[Verse 1: Ja Rule]

Everybody you was with said you was shit, girl

That's right, the "it girl"

The one I'm really trying to get with, girl

Not once, but kinda like a refill

I feel, cannot get any better

You niggas getting cheese, better make mines fetta

Spread it on brushetta

Been all around the world, still these bitches won't shut up

How did we meet? Sucked and fucked

Got caught up and denied every time it was brought up

I've been really wanting to experience real love

I really wanted to spoil her (I just never had time)

[Chorus: Jon Doe]

I never had the time, the time I need to say

That what's been killing me is, baby, One Four Three (I just never had time)

Living my life on the road and every city is home

I should have picked up the phone and said that I- (I just never had time)

[Verse 2: Ja Rule]

Let it rain, let it rain, rain down, on me

I've been really trying to be someone I never been

Trying to visualize something I never seen

And if I can't see it, how could it ever be?

I'm just trying to be more than a memory, I pray

Remember me, miss me when I'm gone

18 months ain't that long

I need to get away from it all, the niggas, the bitches, the business

Like Drake said, the hardest part is minding your own

Fuck 'em all bilingual, maricon

I'm on the beach with my feet up, Monaco

The sad part about it, though

I wanted you to be here, I just never thought to say so

Kinda hoped you would say, "No"

I kinda think you was waiting on my call (I just never had time)

[Chorus: Jon Doe]

Between the lights and the cameras

The trips from New York to Paris

It seems I never could manage to say that I- (I just never had time)

Living my life on the road and every city is home

I should have picked up the phone and said that I- (I just never had time)

I never had the time, the time I need to say

That what's been killing me is, baby, One Four Three

[Verse 3: Ja Rule]

If I'll never get the chance to say it

Them 3 words, so famous

Or infamous, depending how you go through it

Me myself, I'm on as a love join

I'm here, but never there for the moment

Especially wondering how we still do it

Trust is kinda like, "Who's done it?"

Sex is always, "Who's coming?"

So selfish, but so wanted

If there's anything you learn from this is

Don't let your feelings lie dormant

Cause we never get the roses while we can still hold them

I wish I would have told you (I just never had time)

[Chorus: Jon Doe]

Between the lights and the cameras

The trips from New York to Paris

It seems I never could manage to say that I- (I just never had time)

Living my life on the road and every city is home

I should have picked up the phone and said that I- (I just never had time)

I never had the time, the time I need to say

That what's been killing me is, baby, One Four Three