A Bug A Boo is a pest, someone who won't leave you alone. It can be a man or a woman.
This was written by Kandi Burruss, who also wrote "Bills, Bills, Bills" for Destiny's Child and "No Scrubs" for TLC. She was a member of the group Xscape and later became one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta. The song was produced by Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, who was Burruss' boyfriend. When they took the beat to Destiny's Child, the ladies weren't feeling it, but when Burruss started singing the melody and hashing out lyrics with the girls, the song came together and they got onboard. The four Destiny's Child members are credited as writers along with Burruss and Briggs.
When this was released, it popularized yet another term for an undesirable man. Between Destiny's Child and TLC, the terms "Scrub," "Buster," and "Bug A Boo" all came to describe these unfortunate guys.
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