Babyface

Released: October 7, 1986

Songwriter: Sidney DeWayne Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

[Verse 1: Babyface]
You've been hanging around with all your girlfriends
And they've been hanging out at all the clubs
And you've been making eyes at all their boyfriends
Have I complained? Not even once

[Pre-Chorus: Babyface]
So tell me how can you
Expect me to be cool
While you're playing silly games with my love
Darlin', I won't accept you
Putting blame on me
You know that I'm the innocent one, yeah

[Chorus: Babyface]
Now haven't I been faithful?
Haven't I been true?
But you're not even grateful
Hey, what's a guy to do?
Now haven't I been faithful?
Haven't I been true?
But you're not even grateful
Hey, what's a guy to do?

[Verse 2: Debra Hurd]
You've been talking to your ex-girlfriends
They're always calling you up on the phone
Yet you insist they really don't mean nothing
Then tell me why can't you just leave them alone?

[Pre-Chorus: Debra Hurd]
So tell me how can you
Expect me to be true
While you're playing silly games with my heart?
Darlin', I won't accept you
Putting blame on me
You know that I'm the innocent one

[Chorus: Debra Hurd]
Now haven't I been faithful?
And haven't I been true?
But you're not even grateful
Ooh, what's a girl to do?
Now haven't I been faithful?
And haven't I been true?
But you're not even grateful
Ooh, what's a girl to do?

[Bridge: Babyface + Debra Hurd]
Girl, I'm giving all I have
Just to prove my love is cool
Boy, I'm giving all my love
So that you will know my love is true

So faithful

[Chorus: Both + (Babyface) + Debra Hurd]
Now haven't I been faithful?
And haven't I been true
But you're not even grateful
Ooh, what's a girl to do? (What's a guy to do?)

Now haven't I been faithful?
And haven't I been true?
But you're not even grateful
Ooh, what's a girl to do? (What's a guy gonna do?)

Now haven't I been faithful?
And haven't I been true?
But you're not even grateful
Hey, what's a girl to do? (What is a guy to do?)

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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