The Boy Is Mine

The Boy Is Mine by Brandy and Monica is featured in Laryngitis, the eighteenth episode of Season One. It is sung by Mercedes and Santana.

They sing it when they both begin to fight for Puck after Santana gets jealous that he's paying more attention to Mercedes than her. Eventually, he ends up with neither. Will has to break them up after the song due to the fact that they continued to fight and push each other violently.

Lyrics[]

Mercedes:
Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?

Santana:
Uh-huh. Sure. You know, you look kind of familiar.

Mercedes:
Yeah, you do too.
But um, I just wanted to know, do you know somebody named...
Heh, you know his name.

Santana:
Oh yeah, definitely. I know his name.

Mercedes:
I just wanted to let you know he's mine.

Santana:
Mmh, no, no, he's mine.

Mercedes (with Santana):
You need to (give it up)
Had about (enough)
It's not (hard to see)

Mercedes and Santana:
The boy is mine

Mercedes (with Santana):
I'm sorry (that you)
Seem to be (confused)
He be(longs to me)

Mercedes and Santana:
The boy is mine

Mercedes:
I think it's time we got this straight
Sit and talk face to face
There is no way you could mistake him for your man
Are you insane?

Santana:
See I know that you may be
Just a bit jealous of me
'Cause you're blind if you can't see
That his love is all in me

Mercedes:
See I tried to hesitate
I didn't wanna say what he told me
He said without me he couldn't make
It through the day; ain't that a shame?

Santana (New Directions Girls):
Maybe you misunderstood
'Cause I can't see how he could
Wanna take his time and that's all good
All my love is all it took (The boy is mine)

New Directions Girls (Santana):
You need to give it up
Had about enough (Enough, oh)
It's not hard to see
The boy is mine (The boy is mine)
I'm sorry that you (Sorry that you)
Seem to be confused (Confused)
He belongs to me (No)
The boy is mine (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Santana:
Must you do the things you do
You keep on acting like a fool
You need to know it's me, not you
And if you didn't know it, girl, it's true

Mercedes:
I think that you should realize
Try to understand why
He is a part of my life
I know it's killing you inside

Santana:
You can say what you wanna say
What we have you can't take
From the truth, you can't escape
I can tell the real from the fake

Mercedes (New Directions Girls):
When will you get the picture?
You're the past, I'm the future
Get away, it's my time to shine
If you didn't know the boy is mine (The boy is mine)

New Directions Girls:
You need to give it up (Mercedes: Ah-oh, ooo-whoa-whoa)
Had about enough (Mercedes: Enough)
It's not hard to see (Mercedes: To see)
The boy is mine (Mercedes: The boy is mine)
I'm sorry that you (Mercedes: Sorry that you)
Seem to be confused (Mercedes: Seem to be confused)
He belongs to me (Mercedes: He belongs to me)
The boy is mine (Mercedes: The boy is mine)
You need to give it up (Santana: Oooh)
Had about enough (Santana: Had about enough)
It's not hard to see (Santana: He's mine, he's mine)
The boy is mine (Santana: He's mine, he's mine)
I'm sorry that you (Santana: I'm so sorry)
Seem to be confused (Santana: You seem to be confused)
He belongs to me (Santana: He belongs to me)
The boy is mine

Santana with New Directions Girls:
You can't destroy this love I found
Your silly games I won't allow
The boy is mine without a doubt
Might as well throw in the towel

Mercedes:
What makes you think that he wants you
When I'm the one that brought him to
This special place that's in my heart
He was my love right from the start

New Directions Girls:
You need to give it up (Santana: Give it on up)
Had about enough (Mercedes: Had about enough)
It's not hard to see (Santana: It's not hard to see)
The boy is mine (Mercedes: The boy is mine, oh)
I'm sorry that you (Santana: I'm sorry that you)
seem to be confused (Mercedes: Seem to be confused)
he belongs to me (Santana: He belongs to me)
The boy is mine (Mercedes: No)
You need to give it up (Mercedes: You need to give it up)
Had about enough (Santana: About enough)
It's not hard to see (Mercedes: It's not hard to see)
The boy is mine (Santana: The boy is mine)
I'm sorry that you (Mercedes: Mine, oh)
Seem to be confused (Santana: Seem to be confused)
He belongs to me (Mercedes: He belongs to me)
The boy is mine (Santana: The boy is mine)

You need to give it up (Santana: Not yours) (Mercedes: But mine)
Had about enough (Santana: Not yours) (Mercedes: But mine)
It's not hard to see (Santana: Not yours) (Mercedes: But mine)
The boy is mine

I'm sorry that you
Seem to be confused
He belongs to me

Mercedes and Santana with New Directions Girls:
The boy is mine

Trivia[]

This is Santana's first and only duet in Season One.
It was Naya Rivera herself that inspired showrunner Ryan Murphy to include this song in an episode after seeing Naya Rivera do impressions of Monica, one of the original singers.