Babyface

Songwriter: Babyface Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis

Producer: Babyface Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

If I close my eyes
I'm afraid that I
Won't make it through the night
‘Cause I
Never been this much
In love

When I lay with you
Girl I can't believe
That you're really here with me
‘Cause dreams
Never do come true
With me, yes

How can I get down
With someone like you
What's it all about
What I did I do
To deserve your love yes
I'm not sure what it was
But I'm so glad you
Giving me your love

And I
I can't stop loving you, baby
(Baby, baby)
Ooo
(Baby)
I can't stop the wanting you, baby
(Baby, baby)
Ooo
(Baby)
Baby you're the one
(You're the one)
That I'll always love
(That I love)

If I ask myself
How I truly feel
There ain't nobody else
Can't lie
You're the apple of
My eye
Ooo

It's not everyday
That a man like me
Can find a girl like you
But I
Made a wish
And it came true
Oh yes, yes I did

How can I get down
With someone like you
What's it all about
What I did I do
To deserve your love, baby
I'm not sure what it was
But I'm so glad you
Giving me your love

And I
I can't stop loving you, baby
(Baby, baby)
Baby
(Baby)
I can't stop the wanting you, baby
(Baby, baby, baby)
Baby you're the one
(You're the one)
That I'll always love
(That I love)
Ooo
Yeah, yo, yo, yo
Yeah

Interlude

How can I get down
With someone like you
What's it all about
What I did I do
To deserve your love
I'm not sure what it was
But I'm so glad you
Giving me your love

And I
I can't stop loving you, baby-baby
(Baby)
Ooo
(Baby, baby)
Ooo
I can't stop wanting you, wanting you, baby
(Baby, baby, baby)
Ooo
I can't stop loving you, baby-baby-babe, baby-baby-babe
(Baby, baby, baby)
Ooo
I, I can't stop wanting you baby ooo
(Baby, baby, baby)
Baby you're the one
(You're the one)
That I'll always love
(You're the one)
Baby, you're the one
(You're the one)
That I'll always love
(That I love)
Uh, yeah

Ooo baby yes
You're the one
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooo baby yes
You're the one

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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