Destiny’s Child

Released: July 27, 1999

Songwriter: Tony Oliver Marques Houston Kelton Kessee Jerome Jones Beyoncé Kelly Rowland LaTavia Roberson LeToya Luckett Chris Stokes Platinum Status

Producer: Platinum Status Chris Stokes

[Intro: LaTavia / (Beyoncé) / *Destiny's Child*]
Oh baby, where'd you go?
I need you back wit' me
Oh baby, where'd you go?
I need you back wit' me, uh
(Whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa
Where'd you go?)
*Where'd you go?* (Oh)
*Whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa*
(Where'd you go?) *Oh-whoa* (Oh no)
*Whoa - so, baby, please come back to me* (Whoa, oh-oh)
*Oh-whoa, whoa, whoa-whoa*

[Verse 1: Beyoncé]
It has been five days
You haven't called me
Do you still want me, still need me?
Am I on your mind?
Are you thinkin' of me?
Are you missin' me like I miss you?
Crying constantly?
Runnin' out the reasons
Why I haven't heard from you, I'm worried
Got me doin' crazy things
I can't even sleep
Gotta get you back to me

[Chorus: Destiny's Child / (Beyoncé)]
Where'd you go?
I don't know
I know that I need you in this heart of mine (mi-mine-mi-mine)
So, baby, please
Come back to me (oh-ooh)
I know I can't live my life without you (I cannot live my life without you, baby)
Where'd you go? (oh-oh)
I don't know (I don't know)
I know that I need you in this heart of mine (oh-ooh, yeah, mi-mine-mine)
So, baby, please (please)
Come back to me (please, please)
I know I can't live my life without you (please, yeah-yeah yeah-yeah)

[Verse 2: Beyoncé]
Thinkin' of everything
That you told me
Said you'd never leave me, deceive me
Got my mind thrown off
Did you just use me?
Boy, you confuse me, gon' lose me
I can't deal with all the pain
And hell you put me through
'Cause I'm still missing you
I wanna be wit' you
Without you here, I'm breaking down inside
Oh baby, tell me why
Why did you hurt me, hurt me?

[Chorus: Destiny's Child / (Beyoncé)]
Where'd you go?
I don't know (oh-whoa-oh-ooh, oh)
I know that I need you in this heart of mine (need you in my, oh yeah-yeah baby)
So, baby, please (oh-oh ooh-ooh-ooh)
Come back to me (whoa-oh ooh-ooh)
I know I can't live my life without you (oh-oh-ooh, oh-oh yeah)
Where'd you go? (Yeah, where'd you go)
I don't know (I don't know, I don't know)
I know that I need you in this heart of mine (I don't know where to go)
So, baby, please (I need you, I need you)
Come back to me (I need you-ooh)
I know I can't live my life without you (I can't live my life without you)

[Breakdown: Destiny's Child / (Beyonce)]
Whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa (oh)
Oh-whoa (oh-oh-whoa)
Whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa
Whoa-whoa-whoa (oh-whoa)
Whoa-whoa
Whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa (Destiny's Child, help me out)
(It's my destiny to have you here with me
It's my destiny to have you here with me
It's my destiny to have you here with me
It's my destiny to have you here with me, yeah-yeah)

[Chorus: Destiny's Child / (Beyoncé)]
Where'd you go? (where'd you go?)
I don't know (I don't know)
I know that I need you in this heart of mine (where'd you go?, I don't know)
So, baby, please (where'd you go?)
Come back to me (come back to me)
I know I can't live my life without you (and let me hold you, come back to me)
Where'd you go? (oh-whoa)
I don't know (hey-yeah)
I know that I need you in this heart of mine (oh, I need you, I need you)
So, baby, please (baby oh-yeah)
Come back to me (oh, come back-back, babe)
I know I can't live my life without you (come back-back-back, babe, come back-back-back, baby-yeah)
Where'd you go? (yeah-no)
I don't know (where'd you go?)
I know that I need you in this heart of mine (where did you go?)
So, baby, please (where did you go?)
Come back to me (come back, babe)
I know I can't live my life without you (come back, babe, without you-ooh)
Where'd you go?
I don't know
I know that I need you in this heart of mine...

[Commandment #8: LaTavia]
Thou shalt know when he's got to go

A girl group founded and managed by Matthew Knowles, father of its most famous member and current pop icon Beyoncé. Destiny’s Child was an R&B girl group whose final and best-known line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams.

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