Released: September 6, 1988

Songwriter: Daryl Simmons LA Reid Babyface

Producer: Daryl Simmons LA Reid Babyface

[Verse 1]
Early in the morning, I put breakfast at your table
And make sure that your coffee has its sugar and cream
Your eggs are over-easy, your toast done lightly
All that's missing is your morning kiss that used to greet me
Now you say the juice is sour, it used to be so sweet
And I can't help but to wonder if you're talking 'bout me
We don't talk the way we used to talk, it’s hurting so deep
I’ve got my pride, I will not cry
But it’s making me weak

[Chorus]
I'm not your superwoman
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down and think that everything's okay
Boy, I am only human
This girl needs more than occasional hugs as a token of love from you to me

(Ooh baby. Ay, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Verse 2]
I fought my way through the rush hour trying to make it home just for you
I want to make sure that your dinner will be waiting for you
But when you get there you just tell me you’re not hungry at all
You said you'd rather read the paper and you don't want to talk
You like to think that I’m just crazy when I say that you've changed
I’m convinced I know the problem: you don't love me the same
You’re just going through the motions and you’re not being fair
I've got my pride, I will not cry
Still I can't help but care

[Chorus]
I'm not your superwoman, oh no no no
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down and think that everything's okay
Boy, I am only human (I'm only human)
This girl needs more than occasional hugs as a token of love from you to me
I'm not your superwoman
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down and think that everything's okay
Boy, I am only human (I'm only human, yeah)
This girl needs more than occasional hugs as a token of love from you to me

[Bridge]
Ooh baby
Look into the corners of your mind
I'll always be there for you through good and bad times
But I can't be that superwoman that you want me to be
I'll give my love, everlasting love if you'll return love to me
I’m not your superwoman

[Chorus]
I'm not your superwoman, oh no, oh no
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down and think that everything's okay
Boy, I am only human (I'm only human)
This girl needs more than occasional hugs as a token of love from you to me

[Bridge]
Ah, ha, if you feel it in your heart and you understand me
Stop right where you are, everybody sing along with me
(Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo, hoo…hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo)
I’m the kind of girl that can treat you so sweet
But you got to realize that you got to be sweeter to me
(Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo, hoo…hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo)
I need love
I need just your love
I'm not your superwoman

[Chorus]
I'm not your superwoman, oh no
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down and think that everything's okay
Boy, I am only human (I'm only human)
This girl needs more than occasional hugs as a token of love from you to me

Karyn White

Karyn White (born October 14, 1965) is a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, California. On her 1988 self-titled debut album, she worked with the super-producer duo of L.A. Reid and Babyface, who wrote and produced the album’s four #1 singles: “The Way You Love Me,”, “Superwoman”, and the Babyface duet “Love Saw It” all hit #1 on the R&B singles chart along with “Secret Rendezvous” which hit #1 on the U.S. Dance singles chart. She won a Billboard Music Award in 1989 for “Superwoman” being the Number One R&B Single of the Year and she was nominated for a Grammy in 1989 in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category for “The Way You Love Me.” The album reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and is certified platinum.

Her sophomore album Ritual of Love saw her team up with another legendary production duo, working with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, who produced her most successful single, “Romantic,” which reached #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts. This album was released in 1991 and is certified gold. She released her third album Make Him Do Right in 1994. She married producer Terry Lewis in 1992 but they divorced in 1999, the same year she left her record label Warner Bros in order to go take care of her family. In 2012, she independently released Carpe Diem, her first album in almost 20 years.