Keith Sweat

Released: November 14, 2000

Songwriter: Steve “Stone” Huff Keith Sweat

Producer: Steve “Stone” Huff Keith Sweat

[Intro]
Mmm
Oh yeah
Mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Yeah

[Verse 1]
What is this
That I'm feelin' deep inside
Emptiness
Girl, I see it in your eyes
A choice to make
Will it be me or will it be you?
Let's be honest with each other
There's one thing I don't wanna do

[Chorus]
I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

[Verse 2]
Tried to make it last, two damn years
Just couldn't get things right
Crazy love, up and down
Guilty conscience all the time
Tired of games we play
Got to turn this thing around
Inside I know you feel the same
I can see clearly now, yeah
(It's been a long time comin')
See girl, some things must come to an end
(And I don't wanna lose a friend, no)
I don't, I don't wanna lose a friend

[Chorus]
I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

[Bridge]
Baby I never meant to break you down
(No, no, no, no, no, no)
Seems like we always had to fool around
(Baby, I know girl, I know)
Breakin' up is so damn hard to do
(So damn hard to do)
And I don't wanna lose a friend, no
(I don't wanna lose the best thing I ever had)

[Chorus]
I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you
I don't wanna play no games
(Tell your mama you are comin' home)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Tell your daddy you did me wrong)
If you're not serious
(See I know you're not serious about this thing)
If you'll be better off without me
(But it's alright)
Then I'll be better off without you
(It's alright)
I don't wanna play no games
(I don't wanna play games with you)
If you wanna leave, just leave
(Leave me, yes I'm gonna miss you)
If you're not serious
(Don't wanna waste no time)
If you'll be better off without me
Then I'll be better off without you

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.

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