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Soon As I Get HomeBabyface

Released: July 23, 1989

Songwriter: Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

[Spoken Intro]
Hey, come here for a second
I don't like the way he treats you
He doesn't deserve you
He really don't

[Verse 1]
What kind of man
Would leave you standing in the cold?
Must've been a silly one
To sacrifice a pot of gold
You're the kind of woman
That needs a man that's always there
It's not that you require a lot
Just need some tender love and care, care

[Chorus]
I give good love
I'll buy your clothes
I'll cook your dinner too (yes)
Soon as I get home from work
I'll pay your rent
Your faithful lover (ooh baby)
Soon as I get home, soon as I get home from work
Girl, I'll treat you right
And I'll never lie
For all that it's worth
I give good love (good love, good love, good love, good love)

[Verse 2]
It doesn't make sense
That you should have a broken heart
If I were the only one
I'd never let you fall apart
You're the kind of woman
Who needs a man with lots of cash
With a stack of major credit cards
And with me you don't have to ask, ask

[Chorus]
Ooh, I give good love
I'll buy your clothes, baby
I'll cook your dinner too (ooh baby)
Soon as I get home from work
I'll pay your rent, baby
Your faithful lover (ooh baby, soon as...)
Soon as I get home, soon as I get home from work
Girl, I'll treat you right
And I'll never lie or flirt
(Girl, I'll never never never mess around, no)
Soon as I get home, soon as I get home from work
(I'm coming straight home to you, baby, yeah yeah)
Girl, I'll be around, never let you down
For all that it's worth
I give good love (good love, good love, good love, good love)
Oh, I give good love (good love, good love, good love, good love)
Oh baby, good love, oh, oh, oh-ho, ooh...

I give good love (yeah, yes)
I'll buy your clothes
I'll cook your dinner too
(I'll cook your dinner for you, baby)
Soon as I get home from work
(Oh yeah, soon as I get home from work)
I'll pay your rent
(I'll pay your rent, baby)
Your faithful lover
(Your faithful lover, I'll never never never do you wrong)
Soon as I get home, soon as I get home from work
(Soon as I get home, I'ma love you, love you, love you, baby)
Girl, I'll treat you right
And I'll never lie or flirt
(I will never never never never mess around, baby)
Soon as I get home, soon as I get home from work
(I'm coming straight home to you, baby, yes I am, girl)
Girl, I'll be around, never let you down
For all that it's worth (All that it's worth)
I give good love (good love, good love, good love, good love)
Oh, I give good love (good love, good love, good love, good love)
Givin', givin', I'm givin', givin', givin', givin', givin', givin', givin' good love
(good love, good love, good love, good love)

Babyface

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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