Anita Baker

Released: October 18, 1988

Songwriter: James McBride Anita Baker

Producer: Michael J. Powell

[Verse 1]
Now you can count on for anything you choose
Say but the best that I can offer is love true
Still I know you wonder why
This love of mine seems to die
As if I live in the clouds and you live in the sea
Now you can bet your bottom dollar that I love you
Now for a basic fact like that, you'll need no clue
I just hope you think I'm good enough
I hope you think I'm girl enough
I hope you believe in chemistry for two
I really do, I, I do
My, my baby, I'm telling you, honey...

[Bridge]
For your love, baby
Said I would walk through fire
For your love, honey
Said I would reach my highest ground
For this love, baby
There ain't nothing that could turn me around
And I'll never let you down
For your love, baby
I'd take a walk through fire
For your love, honey
Said I would reach my highest ground
For your love, baby
There ain't nothing that could turn me
I'd die for your love, lie for your love
I'd even touch the sky, for your love

[Verse 2]
Baby, bet your bottom dollar that I'm gonna love you
Said for a basic fact like that, you'll need no clue
I hope you think I'm good enough
I hope you think I'm girl enough
I hope you believe in chemistry for two
I tell you, I hope you think I'm girl enough
I hope you think I'm good enough
I hope you believe in chemistry for two
I really do...

[Outro]
(Scatting & ad-libs)
I do
I'd never lie to you, baby...mhm
Don't lie, ain't no lie, I...love you...
Spread my wings and fly to you, baby
Yes, I'd lie; yes, I would
I'd lie for you, baby

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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