Anita Baker

Released: September 7, 2004

Songwriter: Anita Baker Barry Eastmond

Producer: Barry Eastmond

[Verse 1]
It's right, it's real, baby, it's true
Yeah, the sun and the moon revolve around only you
And the magic that you do
How could I be blue, not around you
Always on my mind, I need you, baby
Darling, would you mind if I hold on tight
And love you for the rest of my life?

[Chorus]
Honey, how could you love me?
How could you love me like this?
I said I never knew just what I missed
How could you love me like this?

[Verse 2]
You're part of my heart
You're almost close as my skin
Baby, where have you been all my life?
I said it's alright, it feels just like my dreams
Only now that I got the real thing, yeah, yes
Always on my mind, I need you baby
Darling would you mind if I hold on tight
And love you for the rest of my life?

[Chorus]
Honey, how could you love me?
How could you love me like this?
I said I never knew just what I missed
How could you love me like this?

[Bridge]
And it gets sweeter (sweeter baby)
Sweeter as the days go by (sweeter baby, sweet, sweeter baby)
And it gets better (better baby, gets better baby)
Better with time
Better with time

[Outro]
Love me like this
Yes, love me like this
I said I never, I never, I never knew, baby, never, ooh
Love me like this
Love me like this
Love me like this
Love me like this

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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