Mariah Carey

Released: April 14, 2008

Featuring: Da Brat

Songwriter: Bryan-Michael Cox Mariah Carey

Producer: Mariah Carey Bryan-Michael Cox

[Intro: Mariah Carey]
It's 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
It's 4 real, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
It's 4 real, 4 real

[Hook: Mariah Carey]
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real

[Verse 1: Mariah Carey]
Sometimes you be blowing my mind
If you were mine
I'd take my time with you
But on the low I'm shy
Though I front like I'm
So next level fly
With them other guys

[Verse 2: Mariah Carey]
Really I wanna reach out and just touch you
If you could only realize how much I'd like to
Come knock-knocking at your door
Give ol' girl the heave-ho
And give a demonstration of what it's like

[Chorus: Mariah Carey]
When it's 4 real, 4 real
Hundred percent 4 real
Hotter than cable TV
Like something out of your dreams
It's 4 real, 4 real
A million percent the deal
So I'll just keep doing me
And eventually you'll see
I'm 4 real, 4 real

[Hook: Mariah Carey]
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (baby I'm 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
(Baby I'm 4 real 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
(Baby it's 4 real 4 real 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real

[Verse 3: Mariah Carey]
Oh, my friends say I'm wasting my time on you
Tryin' to dissuade me with schemes
Wanna make you less than you seem
But I'm not that one, to listen to dumb chicks
That wanna be, where I'm gonna be

[Verse 4: Mariah Carey]
Really I wanna reach out and just touch you
If you could only realize how much I'd like to
Lay myself down next to you
Fall asleep watching cartoons
And wake you up with something good
'Cause it's real

[Chorus: Mariah Carey]
When it's 4 real, 4 real
Hundred percent 4 real
Hotter than cable TV (hotter than cable TV)
Like something out of your dreams (dreams)
It's 4 real, 4 real
A million percent the deal
So I'll just keep doing me
And eventually you'll see
I'm 4 real, 4 real

[Hook: Mariah Carey]
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (baby I'm 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
(Baby I'm 4 real 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
(Baby it's 4 real 4 real 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real

[Verse 3: Da Brat]
Check this out
For real, for real, yo
This ain't for play, for play
I been tryna figure it out
How to come at you off tay day
It's morning
And I wanna Shirley Murdock ya like As We Lay, lay
But on the low I'm shy like MJ
I don't know what to say, say, say
But I know who I wanna do, do, do
I'm 4 real, 4 real, that's you, you, you
You ain't ever met nobody like me, me, me
Hotter than Comcast and satellite TV
Lemme demonstrate how it's supposed to be
'Cause it's something you can't imagine, like outta ya dreams
Obviously people gon' hate on me
They don't want me to date on ya
They don't want you with a paid woman
But they can't deny
That I'm a rida since day one
It's 4 real, 4 real

[Chorus: Mariah Carey]
(When it's 4 real)
When it's 4 real, 4 real
(4 real 4 real)
Hundred percent 4 real
Hotter than cable TV
Like something out of your dreams
It's 4 real, 4 real
(More than a million)
A million percent the deal
So I'll just keep doing me
And eventually you'll see
I'm 4 real, 4 real

[Hook: Mariah Carey]
(I'm 4 real 4 real 4 real 4 real 4 real 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (Baby I'm)
('Cause baby I'm) Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
(Hey, 4 real 4 real 4 real 4 real 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
(Baby, when it's 4 real 4 real)

[Chorus: Mariah Carey]
When it's 4 real, 4 real
Hundred percent 4 real
Hotter than cable TV (I love it I love it ohh)
Like something out of your dreams (Oh hur hur best friend)
It's 4 real, 4 real
A million percent the deal
So I'll just keep doing me
(So I'll keep on being me)
And eventually you'll see
I'm 4 real, 4 real (I'm 4 real ohhhh)

[Hook: Mariah Carey]
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real (baby I'm 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
(Baby I'm 4 real 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real
(Baby it's 4 real 4 real 4 real)
Baby it's, baby it's, 4 real, 4 real, 4 real

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and philanthropist.

Under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, Carey released her self-titled debut studio album Mariah Carey in 1990; it went multi-platinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993 and success with hit records “Emotions” (1991), “Music Box” (1993), and “Merry Christmas” (1994), Carey was established as Columbia’s highest-selling act. Daydream (1995) made music history when its second single “One Sweet Day”, a duet with Boyz II Men, spent a record sixteen weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, and remains the longest-running number-one song in U.S. chart history, along with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito.” During the recording of the album, Carey began to deviate from her R&B and pop beginnings and slowly traversed into hip hop. This musical change became evident with the release of Butterfly (1997), at which time Carey had separated from Mottola.

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