Anita Baker

Released: September 7, 2004

Songwriter: Anita Baker Curtiss Boone Esther Ridgeway Gloria Ridgeway Gracie Ridgeway

Producer: Barry Eastmond

[Verse 1]
Got the sun in the morning
I got the moon at night
I got your arms around me, everything's alright
Holding you tight is how I'd like to spend the
The rest of my life
Feel the warm breeze blowing
Down through the trees
I've got your love beside me, child, that's all I need
My heart and soul is wide open to you
Nobody but you, sweet baby
No one but you, yeah

[Chorus]
Got to know that I want you, baby
Got to know that I need you, darling
I just want to say you're my everything
Like in all the songs I sing
Of happiness and joy you bring
I just want to say you're my everything

[Verse 2]
Just want to hold you
How I adore you
You've got that special touch that I long for oh so much
Oh, I'm amazed at how you right all that's wrong in my world
All I am and I hope to be
Is 'cause of you and what you do
You bring out the best in me
My heart and soul is wide open, darling
Nobody but you, sweet baby
No one but you
Yeah you

[Chorus]
Got to know that I want you, baby
Got to know that I need you, darling
I just want to say you're my everything
Like in all the songs I sing
Of happiness and joy you bring
I just want to say you're my everything

[Bridge]
Baby baby baby, oh yeah, yes
Child, you possess all that a true love should be
'Cause I'm forever loving you, you keep loving me
Yeah, oh me, baby

[Chorus]
Got to know that I want you, baby
Got to know that I need you, darling
I just want to say you're my everything
Like in all the songs I sing
Of happiness and joy you bring
I just want to say you're my everything

Got to know that I want you, baby
Got to know that I need you, darling
I just want to say you're my everything
Like in all the songs I sing
Of happiness and joy you bring
I just want to say you're my everything

Got to know that I want you, baby
Got to know that I need you, darling
I just want to say you're my everything
Like in all the songs I sing
Of happiness and joy you bring
I just want to say you're my everything

Got to know that I want you, baby
Got to know that I need you, darling
I just want to say you're my everything
Like in all the songs I sing
Of happiness and joy you bring
I just want to say you're my everything...

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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