Babyface

Released: December 31, 1996

Songwriter: Babyface

Producer: Babyface Timbaland

[Intro: Timbaland]
Love me, baby
Say what, love me, baby
Ha ha, remix
Love me, baby
Say what, love me, baby
'Face, bring it in, what

[Verse 1]
Girl, it's been a long, long time comin', yes it has
But I, I know that it's been worth the wait, yes
It feels like springtime in winter
It feels like Christmas in June
It feels like Heaven has opened up its gates
For me and you, yeah

[Chorus: Babyface + (Mariah Carey)]
And every time I close my eyes
I thank the Lord that I've got you
(That I've got you, baby)
And you've got me too
And every time I think of it
I pinch myself 'cause I don't believe it's true
That someone like you loves me too, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2: Babyface + (Mariah)]
Oh, girl, I think that you're truly somethin'
And you're, you're every bit of a dream come true
With you baby (with you, baby)
It never rains and it's no wonder
The sun always shines when I'm near you
It's just a blessing that I have found somebody like you

[Chorus: Babyface + (Mariah Carey)]
And every time I close my eyes
I thank the Lord that I've got you
(That I've got you, baby)
And you've got me too
And every time I think of it
I pinch myself 'cause I don't believe it's true
That someone like you loves me too

[Bridge: Babyface + (Mariah)]
To think of all the nights I've cried myself to sleep, yeah
You really oughtta know how much you mean to me
(Oh, it's only right) It's only right (you're in my life)
That you be in my life right here with me
Oh, baby, baby, yeah (yeah, yeah)

[Interlude: Timbaland]
Love me, baby, huh
Luh-luh-love me, baby, the remix, ha
Love me, baby, ha
Luh-luh-love me, baby, Timbaland
Luh-luh-luh-love me, baby, Babyface
Luh-luh-love me, baby, remix, ha ha
Love me, baby

[Mariah + (Timbaland)]
Every time I close my eyes
(I close my eyes, say what)
You've got me
And every time I think of it
(Every time I think of it, ha ha, say what
Ha ha, say what, say what, we out)

[Outro: Timbaland]
Don't you bite it
Don't bite my beat
Don't bite my beat, what
Don't bite my beat, what
Don't bite my beat

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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