Babyface

Released: August 24, 1993

Songwriter: Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface Daryl Simmons

[Intro]
Ooh, stop trippin'...

[Verse 1]
You've gotta be
Outta your mind
You've gotta be
The best thing ever in my life
So why would I be
Taking a chance
Of losing the one most important thing
That I can call mine

[Pre-Chorus]
When you know that I love you so much, yeah
And I never could love you enough
Girl, the one thing I know I won't do
I won't break your heart
I love you

[Chorus]
You must be trippin'
With an illusion
'Cause I don't sleep around
I don't sneak around
Girl, stop your trippin'
With your illusions
Gotta stop now
'Cause I don't sneak around

[Verse 2]
Girl, we should be
Having a time
We shouldn't be
Fighting each and every night
I don't understand
How you could feel
I've been untrue and so unfaithful
Girl you're making me ill

[Pre-Chorus]
When you know that I've been there for you
(I've been there for you)
Anything that you asked, I would do
In my heart of all hearts, I've been true
And I don't deserve this
Not from you

[Chorus]
You must be trippin', yeah
With an illusion
'Cause I don't sleep around
I don't sneak around
Girl, stop your trippin' (you trippin')
With your illusions
Gotta stop now
'Cause I don't sneak around

You must be trippin'
With an illusion
'Cause I don't sleep around
I don't sneak around
Girl, stop your trippin'
With your illusions
Gotta stop now
'Cause I don't sneak around

[Bridge]
Girl, I think that I understand
But I'm not every other man
How can you blame me on what others have done, baby
Can't you see this predicament?
Doesn't make one bit of sense
Come back to earth
And you might come back to love
Oh, baby

When you know that I've been there for you
(Know that I've been there for you, yeah baby)
Anything that you asked, I would do
(I would do, baby)
In my heart of all hearts, I've been true
(Will always be true, girl)
And I don't deserve this
Not from you
(Don't deserve this, not from you, I don't deserve it from you)

[Chorus]
You must be trippin'
With an illusion
'Cause I don't sleep around
I don't sneak around
Girl, stop your trippin'
With your illusions
Gotta stop now
'Cause I don't sneak around
(I don't sneak around)

You must be trippin'
With an illusion
'Cause I don't sleep around
I don't sneak around
Girl, stop your trippin'
With your illusions
Gotta stop now
'Cause I don't sneak around
(I don't sleep around)

You must be trippin'
With an illusion
'Cause I don't sleep around
I don't sneak around
Girl, stop your trippin'
With your illusions
Gotta stop now
'Cause I don't sneak around

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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