If You Want Me to Stay (From "Tammy") - Sly Stone

If you want me to stay, I’ll be around today

To be available for you to see

But I’m about to go, I hope and then you’ll know

For me to stay here, I’ve got to be me

You’ll never be in doubt that’s what it’s all about

You can’t take me for granted and smile

Count the days 'til I’m gone, forget reachin' me by phone

'Cause I promise, I’ll be gone for a while

When you see me again, I hope that you have been

The kind of person that you really are now

You got to get it straight, how could I ever be late

When you’re my woman, takin' up my time

Oh how could I ever allow, I guess I wonder how

I could get out a pocket for fun

When you know that, you’re never number two

Number one’s gonna be number one

When you see me again, I hope that you have been

The kind of person that you really are now

I’ll be so good, I wish I could

Get this message over to you now

If you want me to stay, I’ll be around today

To be available for you to see

But I’m about to go, I hope and then you’ll know

For me to stay here, I’ve got to be me