(lari white/chuck cannon)

see that boy walking down the street
thinks he´s tough but he smiles so sweet
snakeskin boots and a baseball cap
bet you´d like to meet a boy like that

he´s a little crazy he´s a little loud
he loves to do what ain´t allowed
and he might talk too slow and drive too fast
but he´d do any little thing i ask cause

that´s my baby
that´s my baby
that´s my diamond in the rough
but i can make him shine with my sweet love
that´s my baby

he´s a rebel wild and free
my mama says he ain´t right for me
daddy prays he´s just a phase i´m going through
but one of these days their gonna love him too ´cause

that´s my baby
that´s my baby
that´s my diamond in the rough
but i can make him shine with my sweet love
that´s my baby

he ain´t no angel he ain´t no saint
but i don´t worry ´bout what he ain´t
´cause what he is, is something fine
and he lets me know that he´s mine all mine

that´s my baby
that´s my baby
that´s my diamond in the rough
but i can make him shine with my sweet love
that´s my baby