I wanna be your Santa Claus
(I wanna be your Santa Claus)
Let me be your Santa Claus
(Be your Santa Claus, yeah, yeah, yeah)

You know I got to tell you, girl, you're somethin' special
By the way you make me feel you know I got to have you
Right here with me and I will never let you go
So beautiful, I could never let you go

You stuck with me through the times I didn't have it
Now we have somethin' good, you could have the plastic
Baby, go and grab it, if you want it you can have it
I wanna be your Santa Claus

I wanna be your Santa Claus
(I wanna be your Santa Claus)
Let me be your Santa Claus
(Be your Santa Claus)
I wanna be the reason that you come home tonight

I wanna be your Santa Claus
(I wanna be your Santa Claus)
Let me be your Santa Claus
(Be your Santa Claus)
I wanna be the first gift you open tonight
(Yeah, yeah)

Now baby, take your time and wrap me slow
A tied up knot ain't no way to go
The fireplace is burning, the perfect type of lovin'
Girl, can I do somethin' for you?
(For you)

You're always workin' hard, girl
And always on your job, yeah girl
Tonight is still your night
So let me treat you right

I wanna be your Santa Claus
(I wanna be your Santa Claus)
Let me be your Santa Claus
(Be your Santa Claus)

I wanna be the reason
(The reason)
That you come home tonight
(You're comin' home tonight, yeah, yeah, yeah, girl)

I wanna be your Santa Claus
(I wanna be your Santa Claus, I wanna be your Santa Claus)
Let me be your Santa Claus
(I wanna be your Santa Claus, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, girl)
I wanna be the first gift you open tonight
(You open tonight, yeah, girl, oh whoa)

Tell me what you want, girl
I got it, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah
(Can I be your Santa?)
Can I be your Santa Claus?

Tell me what you want, girl
I got it, hey, hey, can I be your Santa?
(Can I be your Santa?)
Can I be? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I wanna be your Santa Claus
(I wanna be your Santa Claus)
Let me be your Santa Claus
(Be your Santa Claus)

I wanna be the reason
(The reason)
That you come home tonight
(That you come home tonight, tonight, yeah)

I wanna be your Santa Claus
(I just gotta be, I wanna be your Santa Claus)
Let me be your Santa Claus
(I just gotta be, I wanna be your Santa Claus)

I wanna be the first gift you
(First gift)
Open tonight
(Oh, girl, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I wanna be, I wanna be your Santa Claus
(Yes, I do)
Girl, I gotta be, I gotta be your Santa Claus
(I gotta be, yeah, yeah)
I wanna be, I wanna be your Santa Claus
(Yeah, girl, oh, oh)

I wanna be
(I wanna be)
I wanna be your Santa Claus
(I wanna be, yeah)

Girl, I gotta be, I gotta be your Santa Claus
(Yeah, yeah)
I wanna be, I wanna be your Santa Claus
(Ooh, girl)

Tell me what you want, girl, I got it
Merry Christmas to all the ladies around the world
I wanna be your Santa Claus

Keith Sweat

Keith Sweat is an R&B singer-songwriter from New York. He helped innovate the New Jack Swing genre with his first album in 1987, Make It Last Forever, which featured the upbeat “I Want Her” and the provocative title track.

Almost a decade later, Sweat found the R&B groups Silk and Kut Klose and signed them to his own record label. His fifth album, which was self-titled and released in 1996, resulted in the certified-platinum hits, “Twisted” and “Nobody.” He went on to win “Favorite Male R&B/Soul Artist” at the 1997 American Music Awards.

Currently, he hosts a syndicated R&B radio show in New York City.