Babyface

Released: February 22, 1990

Songwriter: Babyface Pebbles

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

[Spoken Intro]
We don't even have to talk about it
Just relax and let it flow
Let it flow, baby
Ooh, they don't know, they don't know
They don't know what they're talkin' 'bout
They don't know what goes on in our lives, baby
Ooh, all I know, all I know, all I know is when you touch me
Touch me, touch me, you give good, good, good, good...woo
That's right, let's do it, baby
Do it again...right there, right there

[Verse 1]
Somebody told me
There'd be trouble at home
'Cause we never talk a lot
When we spend time alone, ay
So how are we supposed to know
Know when something is wrong
Well, we've got a way to communicate
It keeps a happy home

[Pre-Chorus]
And no one does it like me
And no one but you
Has that kind of whip appeal on me, yeah

[Chorus]
Keep on whippin' on me
Work it on me
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me

Look-a here, baby

[Verse 2]
When we go to work
How the day seems so long
The only thing I think about
Can't wait 'til we get home
'Cause we got a way of talking
And it's better than words
It's the strangest kind of relationship
Oh, but with us it always works

[Pre-Chorus]
And no one does it like me
And no one but you
Has that kind of whip appeal on me, oh

[Chorus]
Whatever you want
(Whatever you want, baby)
It's alright with me
(Hey, it's alright with me)
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
(You, you, you)
So work it on me (yes)
It's better than love
Sweet as can be
You've got that whip appeal
So whip it on me

Oh, whatever you want (woo)
It's alright with me
(Alright with me)
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
(You've got that whip appeal)
So work it on me (Come on and work it on me)
It's better than love (Better than love)
Sweet as can be (Sweet as can be)
You've got that whip appeal
(Oh, you've got that whip appeal)
So whip it on me
(Come on and work it now, baby)

Oh, whatever you want
(Oh, ain't we good, we got a real good thing)
It's alright with me
(Just you and me, baby)
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
(We've got a good way of talking, baby)
So work it on me (It's better than words)
It's better than love
(Oh, wouldn't give it up for the world)
Sweet as can be
(Oh, don't wanna take it from me)
You've got that whip appeal
(No way...no way...)
So whip it on me
(No, oh, no way)

Whatever you want ('ever you want)
It's alright with me
(It's alright with me)
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
(You've got that whip appeal)
So work it on me (Come on and work it on me)
It's better than love (Better than love)
Sweet as can be (Sweet as can be)
You've got that whip appeal
(Oh, you've got it, oh, you've got it)
So whip it on me
(Oh, you've got it, baby)

[Outro]
Keep on whippin' on me
Oh-ho, work it on me
Hey, whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me
Keep on whippin' on me
Ooh, work it on me
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yeah...

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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