Babyface

Released: September 11, 2001

Songwriter: Babyface

Producer: Babyface

[Verse 1]
So you never meant to hurt nobody
Well, I think you're full of it, yes
'Cause if you realy really didn't wanna hurt nobody
You wouldn't slept with my best friend, baby

[Pre-Chorus]
And I bring insult to my injury
You weren't a bit discrete
And while the world stood witness
To my embarrassment
You put a knife inside of me

[Chorus]
How could you fall in love with him?
How could you give your heart to him?
Thought we'd grow old as lovers
Together 'til the end
How could you fall, fall in love with him? Ooh yeah...

[Verse 2]
And I know we've had our, ups and downs
And that I do admit, yes
But sometimes lovers go astray
But you made it permanent

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I can't be that understanding, no no
My heart's just not that big (no it ain't, no it ain't)
And I can take the pain of infidelity
But I can't take you with him

[Chorus]
How could you fall in love with him?
How could you give your heart to him? Ooh baby...
Thought we'd grow old as lovers
Together 'til the end
How could you fall, fall in love with him?

[Outro]
Thought we'd grow old as lovers
Together 'til the end
How could you fall, fall in love with him?

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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