Babyface

Released: August 24, 1993

Songwriter: LA Reid Babyface Daryl Simmons

Producer: LA Reid Babyface Daryl Simmons

[Verse 1]
I can't imagine living one day without you
I'd rather just lay down and just die
'Cause all I care about is what I mean to you
Sweet baby, knowing you is heaven
I'll always want you in my life
I can't explain, I can't explain the way I feel
You are the rhythm of my heart
And every beat you give is just how I make do
Swear girly nothing else could matter
Just stay here in my heart

[Chorus]
And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
Always love you, always love you
And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart, yeah
Always love you, always love you, yeah

[Verse 2]
There's not a feeling in this world that can describe
All of the joy you bring to me
I can't believe you found a way to maximize
All of the love you give and do commit
Stay here in my life

[Chorus]
And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
Always love you, always love you
And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
Oh, I'll always love you, always love you
Oh baby...

[Bridge]
And only everything that your heart could desire
Is all that I want for you
That's all I desire
And everything and anything you wanna get
Say the word, my darlin', and I'm there to commit
You can think it, you can dream it
And I'll make sure you receive it

A-di-di-di-di, boom-boom ... A-di-di-di-di, boom-boom
A-di-di-di-di, boom-boom (always love you) A-di-di-di-di, boom-boom
A-di-di-di-di, boom-boom ... A-di-di-di-di, boom-boom
A-di-di-di-di, boom-boom (always love you) A-di-di-di-di, boom-boom

[Pre-Chorus]
I can't explain, I can't explain the way I feel
But you are the rhythm of my heart, yeah
And every beat you give is just how I make do
Swear girly nothing else could matter
Just stay here in my heart

[Chorus]
And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
Always love you, always love you
And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
Always love you, always love you

And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
Always love you, always love you
And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
Always love you, always love you
(You know, you know, you know, said, baby, you know)

And I'll always love you
(I love you, girl)
Deep in my heart
(I need you, girl)
Always love you, always love you
And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
(I love you, girl)
Always love you, always love you
(Make me wanna say now...)

And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
Always love you, always love you
And I'll always love you
Deep in my heart
Always love you, always love you

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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