Anita Baker

Released: September 13, 1994

Songwriter: Anita Baker

Producer: Anita Baker

[Verse 1]
I feel you moving, slipping away
I try to call but I can't find the words to say
My lips move, ah, but they don't make a sound
I hear your voice but you're nowhere around
I close my eyes, I can't find my sleep
My wounds will not heal, you've cut me too deep
My mind is strong but my spirit is weak
I, I guess got to get back on my feet

[Chorus]
Well, you can be so cruel
That I just don't understand
Do the tears I cry, baby
Hey, does it make you feel like a man?
And I told you once, boy
Oh baby, let me tell you again
You can't do right 'cause you're the wrong man
You're the wrong man
You're the wrong man
You're the wrong man

[Verse 2]
I hear you calling but I ain't no fool
I've got to be stronger, I've got to get over you
Each time I cry, it's the sign of my pain
Every tear that falls carries your name
All I know is I cannot go on
Everything I do for you is wrong
Ain't nothing I can say or can do
I just got to, I gotta get up, child
I gotta move

[Chorus]
Hear me, baby
Tell me what you want me to do
Ain't my my my, ain't my lovin' good enough for you?
I told you once boy, baby let me tell you again
You can't do right 'cause you're the wrong man
You're the wrong man, baby
You're the wrong man
I said that you're the wrong man

[Bridge]
You know I love you
Sometimes it just ain't enough
And I don't wanna leave you
Baby, but I'm giving you up
And I told you once, boy
I don't wanna tell you again
You can't do right 'cause
You're the wrong man
You can't do right, baby
You can't do right, baby
You're the wrong man
You can't do right, baby
Don't you do right

[Outro]
I'd rather lose you, child, than to lose my mind, yes
Say it again
I'd rather lose you than to lose my mind

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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