Keith Sweat

Released: November 24, 1987

Songwriter: Keith Sweat Teddy Riley

Producer: Keith Sweat

[Intro]
Ooh (tell me it's me you want), whoa
You got to tell me, why don't you tell me, girl
(Tell me) tell me (it's me you want) it's me you want, baby
You know you got to tell me, got to, got to tell me
Why don't you, why don't you tell me, girl
You, you got to tell me, baby
Woah, oh

[Verse 1]
Hurt your heart a thousand times
Well, now my rhythm, girl, has got no rhyme
You tell me I'm wrong, baby, full of lovin' like I do
Oh, how can I be wrong, baby, when it feels so good to you
I wanna hear you tell me, girl

[Chorus]
Tell me it's me you want, baby
Got to tell me, ooh, I want you to tell me
Tell me it's me you want, baby

[Verse 2]
My love is strong, girl, never weak
And all I wanna do is keep on treatin' you real sweet
Don't stop my love, girl, 'cause I got so much, so much I want to give
And I'm gonna keep on lovin' you, girl, as long as I, as long as I live
All you got to do is tell me one thing, tell me

[Chorus]
Tell me it's me you want, baby
Why don't you, why, why, why don't you just tell
Tell me it's me you want, baby
Ooh, ooh

[Verse 3]
I know a man ain't supposed to cry
So why don't I just wipe these tears my eyes
You tell me you wanna leave me, no, no, no, no, girl
Uh, don't do that, don't do that, I'll never let you go

[Bridge]
Uh, girl
Ooh, no, no, no, no, no, no
Ooh, baby
I don't wanna cry, no
Don't tell me you're leavin' me, don't tell me you're goin' away
I don't, I don't, I don't think I can take it
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Baby
All I want you to do is tell me

[Chorus]
(Tell me it's me you want, baby) Tell me it's me you love
You got to tell me, why don't you just tell me
(Tell me it's me you want, baby)
Whoa, oh, oh, woah, oh, oh, baby
I got your one love
I wanna be just with you, girl, baby
I've got to give it to you
I wanna give my love, I wanna be your one and only lover, baby

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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