Babyface

Released: November 19, 1991

Songwriter: Babyface Darnell Bristol Kayo Roberson

Producer: Babyface LA Reid

[Intro]
Babyface...Babyface
Babyface...Babyface

[Verse 1]
Oh, Mary Mack
All dressed in black
With silver buttons
All down her back
Say you found another lover
Instead of me
Tell ya what I'm gonna do
I’m gon' set you free

[Verse 2]
Girl
When you leave my sight
When you go
It's no mystery
I’m not blind
To your whereabouts
And it's time
You came clean with me
In your heart
You belong to me
And it's clear
Where you'd rather be
And though it hurts
And it could break my heart
Baby, I wanna know
When it concerns me

[Chorus]
All I wanna know
Is when he kissed your lips
Did it feel the same as me?
And if it does
Then I will let you go
I will bow out gracefully

Oh, Mary Mack, oh oh
Oh, Mary Mack, oh oh

[Verse 3]
Babe
If your love is real
Then you
Would not lie to me
Ooh girl
And if you love me still
Then explain
Explain this hotel key
It's kinda sad
After all I've done
That you
Would turn your back on me
Was it love
Or did he twist your arm
To make you turn away
Turn away from me

[Chorus]
All I wanna know
Is when he kissed your lips
Did it feel the same as me?
And if it does
Then I will let you go
I will bow out gracefully

[Bridge]
All I wanna know
Babyface, play!
Babyface...Babyface
Babyface...Babyface...all I wanna know
Babyface...all I wanna know

[Chorus]
All I wanna know
Is when he kissed your lips
Did it feel the same as me?
And if it does
Then I will let you go
I will bow out gracefully

All I wanna know
Is when he kissed your lips
Did it feel the same as me?
And if it does
Then I will let you go
I will bow out gracefully

[Bridge]
All I wanna know
I said, all I wanna know
Don't you understand?

Oh, Mary Mack
All dressed in black
With silver buttons
All down her back
Say you found another lover
Instead of me
Tell ya what I'm gonna do, baby
I’m gon’ set you free

[Chorus]
All I wanna know
Is when he kissed your lips
Did it feel the same as me?
And if it does
Then I will let you go
I will bow out gracefully

All I wanna know
Is when he kissed your lips
Did it feel the same as me?
And if it does
Then I will let you go
I will bow out gracefully

All I wanna know

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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