Anita Baker

Songwriter: Anita Baker Gary Bias Louis Johnson

Producer: Michael J. Powell

[Verse 1]
With all my heart, I love you, baby
Stay with me, and you will see
My arms will hold you, baby
Never leave, 'cause, baby, I believe

[Chorus]
I'm in love, sweet love
Hear me calling out your name - baby, I feel no shame
I'm in love, sweet love
Don't you ever go away, it'll always be this way

[Verse 2]
Your heart has called me closer to you
I will be all that you need
Just trust in what we're feeling
Never leave 'cause, baby, I believe

[Chorus]
I'm in love, sweet love
Hear me calling out your name - baby, I feel no shame
I'm in love, sweet love
Don't you ever go away, it'll always be this way

[Bridge]
There's no stronger love in this world
Oh, baby, no - you're my man, I'm your girl
I'll never go - wait and see, can't be wrong
Don't you know this is where you belong?

[Verse 3]
Oh, the sweetest dream, oh lovely, my baby
Stay right here, oh darlin', never fear
I'm gonna be all that you need
Never leave 'cause, baby, I believe

[Chorus]
I'm in love, sweet love
Hear me calling out your name - darlin', I feel no shame
I'm in love, sweet love
Don't you ever go away, it'll always be this way

[Outro]
(Sweet love)
Oh, oh yeah
(Sweet love) Ooh, oh, oh oh, yeah yeah, uh
(With all my heart, I love you...) So sweet, so sweet
(Ooh) So sweet, oh, oh, love
(Sweet love) Love, love
Oh baby, no sweeter love
(Sweet love) Oh, sweeter love
Oh, no, no, no, no no, no, no, no
(Sweet love) Don't nobody know
Don't nobody know how sweet it is
(Sweet love) Hey, how sweet it is
Oh, just love me sweetly, baby
Just love me sweetly, baby
(Sweet love)
Oh baby, I see you, ah, don't nobody know
(Sweet love)
Thank you, London, woo
(Sweet love)
Once again for Miss Anita Baker
(Sweet love)

Anita Baker is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter known for her distinct low contralto vocals. She started out in the band Chapter 8, which had the hit song “I Just Wanna Be Your Girl” that was later sampled by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony for their hit song “1st of tha Month.” “Anita” went on to become a big name in ‘80s R&B alongside “Luther” and “Whitney” as she began to rack up #1 hits.

Her debut album, The Songstress, was released in 1983 on independent label Beverly Glen and featured the hit song “Angel.” She left Beverly Glen and signed with Elektra Records, releasing her second album Rapture in 1986, which went on to sell over 5 million albums and peaked at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart thanks to the hits “Sweet Love,” “Same Ole Love,” and “Caught Up in the Rapture.”

Her third album, Giving You the Best That I Got, was released in 1988 and hit #1 on the Billboard 200, and the title track hit #1 on both the Billboard R&B and Adult Contemporary Singles charts. Rapture and Giving You the Best That I Got accounted for five of her eight Grammy Awards, with her sixth in that time frame coming from her gospel collaboration with The Winans on the song “Ain’t No Need To Worry” in 1988.

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