Anita Baker

Released: September 7, 2004

Songwriter: Anita Baker

Producer: Barry Eastmond

[Verse 1]
I'm such a lucky woman
Folks don't understand
How I handle so much loving
From more than one man
Ask me how I do it
My time's in such demand
From sunrise down to sunset
Do the best that I can

[Chorus]
'Cause I know that I could never choose just one
'Cause there's three men in my life
They're my husband and my sons, yes

[Verse 2]
Tell you one is tall and handsome
One is full of life
The big one steals my covers
In the middle of the night
Each one swears they need me
And I believe they're right
'Cause the young ones call me "Mommy"
And the other calls me "wife"

[Chorus]
And I never knew that I could love as much
'Cause the three men in my life
They're my husband and my sons

[Bridge]
Hush, hush, hush, hush
Hush, hush, hush, hush, now

[Verse 3]
Someday they're gonna leave me
Gonna strike out on their own
Off to raise a family
Little babies of their own
I'll be here with daddy
Just as happy as you please
To watch the branches growing on our family tree

[Chorus]
And I know that I could never love just one
Never knew that I could ever love so much
And I know that I could never in my life
Without my husband and my sons

[Outro]
Hush, hush, hush, hush
Hush

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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