Babyface

Released: November 19, 1991

Songwriter: Babyface Sidney DeWayne

Producer: Babyface LA Reid

[Verse 1]
My friends tell me
That he's been cheating on you
And that he treats you unkindly
He's using you
My friends tell me
That he keeps messing around
And that your love is so blinded
You think that it's cool

[Pre-Chorus]
Well, he never sends you roses
He never kisses you goodnight
He never thinks about your anniversary
He says he don't have time
Well, I might be wrong to think
A little bit confused
That a girl like you is too beautiful
For a guy like him to use

[Chorus]
Whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to love and true honesty?
Whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to love and true honesty?

[Verse 2]
My friends tell me
That he's been bragging about
All of the girls that he's doing
Around the town
My friends tell me
He's putting you down
(Keeps on putting you down)
And you're so in love you can't tell
He is turning you out

[Pre-Chorus]
Well, he never sends love letters
He never takes you out at night
He never wines and dines your heart
He says he don't have time
Well, I might be wrong to think
A little bit confused
That a girl like you is too beautiful
For a guy like him to use

[Chorus]
Whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to love and true honesty?
Whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to love and true honesty?

Tell me, whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to love and true honesty?
Tell me, whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to love and true honesty?

[Bridge]
(Oh yeah)
Oh, oh (Chivalry)
Oh, oh (Ooh yeah)
Oh, oh (Days of chivalry, yeah, ooh yeah)
Oh, oh (Chivalry)
Oh, oh (Oh yeah)
Oh, oh (Days of chivalry)

[Chorus]
Whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to love and true honesty?
Whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to love and true honesty?

[Outro]
Whatever happened
Whatever happened
Whatever happened
Whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to chivalry?
Whatever happened to love and true honesty?
Whatever happened

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds (born April 10, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a Grammy Award-winning producer, singer, and songwriter responsible for a string of hits in the 1980s and 1990s. He has written and produced more than 20 number-one hits and won 11 Grammys—including three for Producer of the Year—for his work with Boyz II Men, Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton, Alicia Keys, and Toni Braxton, as well as his own work as an artist.

Babyface got his nickname from funk legend Bootsy Collins after joining his backing band in the 1970s. He joined the group Manchild in the late ‘70s—a group that also included his frequent collaborator Daryl Simmons—before moving out West and working with the group The Deele in the early 1980s, forming a bond with his bandmate and future production partner L.A. Reid. After producing the hit “Two Occasions” for The Deele, L.A. & Babyface broke off and became one of the biggest superproducer duos in R&B, rivaling the hits of fellow superproducer duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

L.A. & ‘Face had their hands in a string of #1 R&B hits in the late '80s and early '90s from artists such as Pebbles (“Girlfriend”), Karyn White (“Superwoman”), The Whispers (“Rock Steady”), Johnny Gill (“My, My, My”) and many more. They were also instrumental in the success of post-New Edition era Bobby Brown as they produced his #1 hits “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Every Little Step,” “On Our Own,” and “Humpin' Around.” They made history with Boyz II Men in 1992 as they wrote and produced “End of the Road,” which spent a record-breaking 14 consecutive weeks atop the pop chart.

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