Babyface

Released: October 7, 1986

Songwriter: Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

[Verse 1:]
Love never came between us
For love was too deep in our hearts
It's the silly things we do
Between us
That managed to tear us apart

But, oh
I believe if we work real hard
We can get through
Through it this time

Girl
Just trust me and I will trust you
There'll be nothing
That we can't get through

[Chorus x2:]
I love you, babe
In the scariest way
I want you, babe
To stay with me

I love you, babe
Though I'm hurting to say
I want you, babe to stay with me

[Verse 2:]
Trust never came between us
And that's just the way that we are
It's the crazy things we do
Between us
That managed to break both our hearts

But, oh
I believe that we can survive
Through anything
If we'd only try

Girl
Just trust me and I will trust you
There'll be nothing
That we can't get through

[Repeat Chorus x2:]

Baby, stay
Won't you stay
Baby, stay with me

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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