Anita Baker

Released: May 31, 1983

Songwriter: Patrick Moten

Producer: Otis Smith Patrick Moten

When I say to you that my love is true
Do you believe me?
And when I try to give my love to you
Do you receive me?

When I try to do my best
You put me to the test
Baby, do you deceive me?
So baby, do what you gotta do
And when you do
You're gonna need me

Don't confuse your mind
With what the other people say
You will see in time, baby
That my love is here to stay

They gonna try to come between us, baby
We can't let them in our way
We have got a good thang going
Don't you let it slip away
Don't you let it slip away

Believe in me

Now I can deal with the problems
That the world has put on me
But sometimes it just gets so hard
And I just feel so weak
I really need you, baby, baby
To believe in me

Cause the more you do
The better I'll be
And I promise you I'll never leave
Cause this is where I want to be

Believe in me

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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