Babyface

Released: July 23, 1989

Songwriter: Daryl Simmons Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

[Intro]
Let's be romantic, baby
Let's stay in love

[Verse 1]
When I think of the magic
And all that it means to me, girl
Girl, I get so, so excited
Thinking of love and all it's possibilities
And to think of, ooh, the madness
So many broken homes, so many broken hearts
Well, baby, that won't be you and me
Together we'll both make history
'Cause we've got a love so strong we're boundless through time

[Chorus]
Let's be romantic, baby
(Let's be, let's be romantic)
Let's be the ones who stay in love
(Let's stay, let's stay in love)
Let's make a promise
Let's stay in love

[Verse 2]
Just to think of us is magic
It's such a sweet melody
Baby, afraid that we don't abuse it
For darling a love like this still go so easily
Oh, to think of the sadness
So many hearts all day are lost and torn apart
Baby, that won't be you and me
Together we'll both make history
'Cause we've got a love so strong we'll last through all time

[Chorus]
Let's be romantic, baby
(Let's be, let's be romantic)
Let's be the ones who stay in love
(Let's stay, let's stay in love)
Let's make a promise
Let's stay in love

[Bridge]
Let's be romantic, let's stay in love
All we gotta do is just keep it up
Keep on giving up a lot of love
Let's show the world that we're still in love
One love is greater than all

Let's be, let's be romantic
Let's stay, let's stay in love
Let's be the ones
Let's stay in love

Let's be, let's be romantic
Let's stay, let's stay in love
Come on, my sugar
Love, hey yeah

Let's be romantic, let's stay in love
All we gotta do is just keep it up
Keep on giving up a lot of love
Let's show the world that we're still in love
One love is greater than all

[Chorus]
Let's be romantic, baby
(Let's be, let's be romantic)
Let's be the ones who stay in love
(Let's stay, let's stay in love)
Let's make a promise
Let's stay in love

Let's be romantic, baby
(Let's be, let's be romantic)
Let's be the ones who stay in love
(Let's stay, let's stay in love)
Let's make a promise
Let's stay in love

Let's be romantic, baby
(Let's be, let's be romantic)
Let's be the ones who stay in love
(Let's stay, let's stay in love)
(Lord, I love you so much, baby)
Let's make a promise
Let's stay in love

Let's be romantic, baby
(Let's be, let's be romantic)
Let's be the ones who stay in love
(Let's stay, let's stay in love)
(We're gonna make it, yeah)
Let's make a promise
Let's stay in love

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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