Faith Evans

Released: August 29, 1995

Songwriter: Faith Evans

Producer: Diddy Chucky Thompson

[Chorus]
Is it a game that we're playing?
It seems like the cloudy days
Keep coming in my life, oh oh
Is it a game that we're playing?
You don't understand
Your love is taking over me

[Verse 1]
I know you wonder why I sometimes cry
When I should be happy (I should be happy)
To have you in my life (whoa, whoa)
But you don't understand the changes I've been going through
Just to be happy
I need you by my side
(baby, just spend some time)

[Chorus]
Is it a game that we're playing?
It seems like the cloudy days
Keep coming in my life
(baby, take the rain away)
Is it a game that we're playing?
You don't understand
Your love is taking over me

[Verse 2]
So many times we said we'd try to make it right
But so many other things are getting in the way (in the way)
All we got to do is lean on each other to make it happen
There's nothing more left to say
(nothing that we can say)

[Pre-Chorus]
And I'm going crazy
Trying to do it by myself
But I really need your help
Baby, please (oh baby, please) listen to me
I'm down on my knees (yeah)
Baby, please (yeah) don't walk away (oh)

[Chorus]
Is it a game that we're playing?
(baby, don't let it be a game)
It seems like the cloudy days
Keep coming in my life
Is it a game that we're playing?
(...you just don't understand...)
You don't understand
Your love is taking over me
(...that I love you, baby, yes I do)
Is it a game that we're playing?
(I don't let it be a game)
It seems like the cloudy days
Keep coming in my life
(take the rain away, yeah yeah)
Is it a game that we're playing?
(don't let it be a game)
You don't understand
Your love is taking over me

[Pre-Chorus]
And I'm going crazy
Trying to do it by myself
But I need your help
Baby, please (oh baby, please) listen to me
I'm down on my knees (yeah)
Baby, please (yeah), give it a chance

[Outro]
Baby, I love you
And I want you to know (I just want you to know)
If you love me, baby (love me, baby)
Just let your feelings show (oh yeah, yeah)
Baby, I love you (baby, I love you)
And I want you to know (and I want you to know)
If you love me, baby (that if you love me, if you love me)
Just let your feelings show (oh...)
Baby, I love you (baby, I love you)
And I want you to know (and I want you to know)
If you love me, baby (if you love me, if you love me)
Just let your feelings show (I'll make you happy...)
Baby, I love you (I'll make you happy...)
And I want you to know (...every day of your life)
If you love me, baby (if you love me, baby)
Just let your feelings show

Faith Evans is a singer-songwriter-producer who was the first lady of Bad Boy Entertainment and former wife of the label’s star, The Notorious B.I.G.

After working as a background singer for Al B. Sure!, Faith was writing songs and singing background for artists such as Mary J. Blige, Usher, and Tony Thompson before releasing her own debut album, Faith, in 1995. The album was certified platinum and featured the gold singles “You Used To Love Me” and “Soon As I Get Home”. After Biggie’s murder on March 9, 1997, Faith—along with Puff Daddy and 112—paid tribute to him on the #1 pop single “I’ll Be Missing You”, which won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1998.

Her second album, Keep the Faith, also achieved platinum status and featured the gold single “Love Like This”. She left Bad Boy after her third album, Faithfully, and released several albums through multiple labels, including the 2017 duet project, The King & I, which mixed her vocals with acapellas from The Notorious B.I.G. She appeared in the 2003 movie The Fighting Temptations, as well as the reality television shows R&B Divas and Love & Hip Atlanta.

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