Anita Baker

Released: October 18, 1988

Songwriter: James McBride

Producer: Michael J. Powell

[Verse 1]
Life is always changing
Constant rearranging
But nothing changes with you
You never do
I go to different places
See a million faces, but
None as fine as you

[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I have the honor
To love someone kind and true
I thank my lucky stars
For bringing me here to you

[Chorus]
Like water flows down from a hill
And yellow grows on daffodils
I'm gonna learn to love you better
To the letter, baby
Like morning dew on southern pines
And honey that bees leave behind
I'm gonna love you sweet to the letter
You'll find no better

[Interlude]
Baby, baby
Love me so
Oh, won't you love me so?

[Verse 2]
The look that's in your eyes
Gives me the color red
My strength I draw from you
You know I do, babe
The depth inside your soul
Fills my well of fantasies
I fill my cup with you

[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I have the honor
To love someone kind and true
I thank my lucky stars
For bringing me here to you

[Chorus]
Like water flows down from a hill
And yellow grows on daffodils
I'm gonna learn to love you better, baby
To the letter
Like morning dew on southern pines
Honey that bees leave behind
Gotta love you sweet to the letter
You'll find no better

[Interlude]
Babe, you love me so
Ooh, I know you love me

[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I got the honor
To love someone kind and true
Thank my lucky stars
For bringing me to you

[Chorus]
Like water flows down from a hill
Yellow grows on daffodils
I'm gonna learn to love you better
To the letter
Like morning dew on southern pines
Honey that bees leave behind
Gotta love you sweet to the letter

[Outro]
Oh, how you love you me so
Baby, babe, you love me so

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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