Babyface

Released: September 11, 2001

Songwriter: Babyface Jason Edmonds

Producer: Babyface

[Verse 1]
I don't wanna hear how wonderful he is
I don 't care if he is special
I don't want to know that shit
I don't care how much he loves you
Or how much he understands
I don't care if he's an angel
Don't give a damn about your man

I don't wanna be just friends
I don't want nobody else
I just want to have all to myself

[Chorus]
Wish you was my girl
Wish you was my love, baby
Wish you'd be the one that I could count on
When things get rough
Wish you'd be my sunshine on a cloudy day
Why can't we be the lovers that we're supposed to be?
I wish you was my girl
Wish you was my love
Wish you'd be the one that I could count on
When thing get rough
Wish you'd be my sunshine on a cloudy day
Why can't we be together like we're meant to be?

[Verse 2]
I don't wanna hear about your arguments
Less you telling me it's over
And you know you through with him
Don't wanna hear if thing were different
You would give your heart to me
Girl, the only tjing that matters
Is the day that you gon' leave

I don't wanna be just friends
I don't want nobody else
I just want to have you all to myself

[Chorus]
Wish you was my girl, yeah
Wish you was my love, baby
Wish you'd be the one that I could count on
When things get rough
Wish you'd be my sunshine on a cloudy day
Why can't we be the lovers that we're supposed to be?
I wish you was my girl (my girl, yeah)
Wish you was my love
Wish you'd be the one that I could count on
When things get rough
Wish you'd be my sunshine on a cloudy day
Why can't we be together like we're meant to be?
(Oh baby, baby, baby)

[Bridge]
I just can't take this, I'm gon' break if off with you
I feel so helpless 'cause I'm so in love with you
Life is never simple,love ain't no walk in the park
But how am I gonna end things if I never get to start?

[Chorus]
Wish you was my girl
Wish you was my love
Wish you'd be the one that I could count on
When things get rough
Wish you'd be my sunshine on a cloudy day
Why can't we be the lovers that were supposed to be?
Wish you was my girl
Wish you was my love
Wish you'd be the one that I could count on
When thing get rough
Wish you'd be my sunshine on a cloudy day
Why can't we be together like we're meant to be?

Wish you was my girl
Wish you was my love
Wish you'd be the one that I could count on
When things get rough
Wish you'd be my sunshine on a cloudy day
Why can't we be the lovers that were supposed to be?

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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