Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
Single by TLC
from the album Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip
Released	November 22, 1991 (1991-11-22)
Recorded	April 1991[1]
Genre	Hip hop new jack swing R&B[2]
Length	5:37 (album version) 4:10 (single edit)
Label	LaFace Arista
Songwriter(s)	Dallas Austin Lisa Lopes Roger Ball Robert Bell Ronald Bell Donald Boyce George Brown Malcolm Duncan Steven Ferrone Alan Gorrie Owen McIntyre Robert "Spike" Mickens Claydes Smith Hamish Stuart Dennis Thomas Richard Westfield
Producer(s)	Dallas Austin
TLC singles chronology
"Word to the Badd!!" (1991) "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (1991) "Baby-Baby-Baby" (1992)
Music video
"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" on YouTube

"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" is the debut single by American girl group TLC, from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip (1992). It was released by LaFace Records on November 22, 1991 (promo) and late January 1992 (retail). The song would ultimately peak at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The single also reached the top 20 in the UK Singles Chart. The song describes the group explaining that they don't mind begging for attention from their significant others. Songwriters Dallas Austin and Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes received a nomination for the 1993 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. The song appeared in video games Dance Central 3 and the 2022 reboot of Saints Row.