No Scrubs is a song by American girl group TLC, released on 2 February 1999 as the lead single from their third studio album FanMail. The Grammy-winning classic re-entered the Billboard Global 200 in September 2026, 27 years after its release.
No Scrubs Song Credits
Song: No Scrubs
Artist: TLC
Album: FanMail
Music Label: LaFace Records / Arista Records
Release Date: 2 February 1999
Writers: Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle
Producer: She'kspere
The official HD music video, directed by Hype Williams with a futuristic space-station concept, is on TLC's official YouTube channel.
No Scrubs Lyrics
[Intro]
A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly
And is also known as a busta
Always talkin' about what he wants
And just sits on his broke ass
So no, I don't want your number
No, I don't want to give you mine and
No, I don't want to meet you nowhere
No, I don't want none of your time and
No, I don't want no scrub
[Chorus]
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
[Verse 1]
Well a scrub checkin' me
But his game is kinda weak
And I know that he cannot approach me
'Cause I'm looking like class, and he's looking like trash
Can't get with a deadbeat ass
So no, I don't want your number
No, I don't want to give you mine and
No, I don't want to meet you nowhere
No, I don't want none of your time
No, I don't want no scrub
[Chorus]
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
[Chorus]
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
[Chorus]
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
[Verse 2]
Trying to holla at me
If you don't have a car and you're walking
Oh yes son, I'm talking to you
If you live at home with your momma
Oh yes son, I'm talking to you
If you have a shorty that you don't show love
Oh yes son, I'm talking to you
Wanna get me with no money
Oh no, I don't want no
No scrub, no scrub, no love
No scrub, no scrub
No scrub, no scrub
No scrub
[Chorus]
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
[Chorus]
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
[Bridge]
See, if you can't spatially expand my horizons
Then that leaves you in the class with scrubs never risin'
I don't find it surprisin' if you don't have the Gs
To please me and bounce from here to the coast of overseas
So, let me give you somethin' to think about
Inundate your mind with intentions to turn you out
Can't forget the focus on the picture in front of me
You as clear as DVD on digital TV screens
Satisfy my appetite with somethin' spectacular
Check your vernacular, and then I'll get back to ya
With diamond-like precision, insatiable is what I envision
Can't detect acquisition from your friend's Expedition
Mister Big Willy, if you really wanna know
Ask Chilli, could I be a silly ho, not really
T-Boz and all my senoritas are steppin' on your FILAs
But you don't hear me though
[Final Chorus & Outro]
No, I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla at me
I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hangin' out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holla
No Scrubs Song FAQs
Q1: When was No Scrubs released?
A: TLC released No Scrubs on 2 February 1999 as the lead single from their album FanMail.
Q2: What does a "scrub" mean in the song?
A: A scrub is a man with no ambition and no respect for himself, who tries to talk to women while having nothing to offer — the song is about refusing to settle for that.
Q3: How many Grammys did No Scrubs win?
A: The song won two Grammy Awards: Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal and Best R&B Song at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Q4: Who sings lead on No Scrubs?
A: Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas sings lead vocals for the first time on a TLC single, with Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes contributing the rap version.
No Scrubs remains one of the defining R&B anthems of the 90s, and its message still hits just as hard today.
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