Anita Baker

Released: September 7, 2004

Songwriter: Anita Baker Barry Eastmond

Producer: Barry Eastmond

[Verse 1]
Stars up in the sky
Said your heart won't lie to me
You speak and dreams are real
Free to follow what you feel

[Chorus]
Close your eyes and see
Life's no mystery
Dreams become reality
Oh, close your eyes and see

[Verse 2]
Sight of heart instead of mind
Open eyes still travel blind
We stumble in the dark
See things clearly with your heart

[Chorus]
Close your eyes and see
Life's no no, no mystery
Your dreams become reality
If you close your eyes and see

[Bridge]
Come and fall through clouds of doubt
Fall through clouds of fear, clouds of fear
Fall into my arms, baby
Touch this feeling, feeling's believin'
Follow your heart

[Chorus]
Close your eyes, baby, yeah
Life's no mystery
Dreams become reality
When you close your eyes and see

[Outro]
See with you your heart
See with your spirit
Not with your mind, not with your eyes
Close your eyes...

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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