Babyface

Released: December 4, 2015

Songwriter: Babyface Daryl Simmons

Producer: Babyface

[Verse 1]
Love
What does it take to make you stay
And never fade
We all make our mistakes
Sometimes we stray
Sometimes we lose our way
Through all the tears and all the pain
My love for you has never changed
And I won't walk away from you
Never from you girl

[Chorus]
You know everything about me
I know everything about you
Love like ours you know it really don't happen every day
For as long as I remember
You and I have been together
It's been hard for you and me but we seem to find a way
You gotta give me your love
I gotta give you my love
We gotta never give up
We gotta fight for love fight for love fight for love

[Verse 2]
Love
What does one do when you're about to lose
The one that means everything
When things fall apart
If you trust in your heart
You'll make it through anything
Through all the tears and all the pain
My love for you has stayed the same
And I just won't give up on you
Never on you girl

[Chorus]

[Verse 3
Fight
And I'll fight for you
Fight
And you'll fight for me
Fighting
And we'll wear this thing
Baby this the way it's supposed to be
When we fight for love
Love fights for us
I'll fight for you
And you'll fight for me

[Chorus]

We gotta fight for love fight for love fight for love
Fight
Fight
Fight

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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