I'm checkin' up my baby
Find out what she puttin' down
I'm checkin' up my baby
Trying to find out what she puttin down
So many nights and days
You know I have been out of town

I'm afraid to write a letter
I wouldn't even make no telephone call
I'm afraid to write a letter
I didn't make no telephone call
Cause I didn't want my baby to know
I was back in town at all
Wouldn't even call nobody

I wouldn't even be seen
I didn't talk to nobody
And I didn't want to be seen
I want to sleep off my pity as a midnight dream
Checkin', checkin' up on my baby

Tryin' to find out what she puttin`down
Checkin' up on my baby
Trying find out what she puttin down
Because I been a longtime
Since I been back in town