Mary J. Blige

Released: November 29, 1994

Songwriter: Mary J. Blige Diddy Chucky Thompson

Producer: Diddy Chucky Thompson

[Intro]
(You know that I don't ever want to leave you)
I wanna be with you
(Does he care for you? Does he want you?)
I wanna be with you
(Does he even care?)

[Verse 1]
I can't deal with the fact that
You don't want me around
Why you wanna see me down?
It's so unusual
That you don't love me no more
Why you wanna close the door?

[Pre-Chorus]
I spent all my days and all my nights with you
Just tell me what am I gonna do without you
If loving you is so right
Tell me how I'll make it through the night
You know that I don't ever wanna leave you

[Chorus]
(I wanna be with you)
I just wanna be with you
Nothing else I'd rather do
(I wanna be with you)
I want to spend my life with you

[Verse 2]
Let's take this time to think about
What was said and done
Now tell me why you had to run
Away from me
Now I can't sleep at night
Why we have to fight?

[Pre-Chorus]
Every day from you, I look and I see something new
Now tell me what I got to do to get this through to you
It's the little things you do for me
That make me very happy
You know that I don't wanna leave you

[Chorus]
(I wanna be with you)
I just wanna be with you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
(I wanna be with you)
I just wanna be with you, be with you, be with you, yeah yeah

[Bridge]
(I wanna be with you)
It seems like each and ever time I come around
You don't want me there
And it's beginning to make me so scared
(I wanna be with you)
So scared that I might lose you
All I wanna do is be with you baby, baby, baby, baby boy

[Outro]
(I wanna be with you)
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
(I wanna be with you)
I just wanna pick up the phone, yeah
And, oh, it's you, you, you, ooh ooh, yeah
(I wanna be with you)
Ooh ooh ooh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah
(I wanna be with you)
Oh, I wanna be with you
Oh baby, let me be with you, yeah
I need to be with you all day long
(I wanna be with you)

Mary Jane Blige (b. Jan 11 1971) grew up in the projects of Yonkers, New York. A random decision to record a cover of “Caught Up in the Rapture” by Anita Baker in a pop-up recording booth at a mall led MJB to getting signed by Uptown Entertainment. After providing background vocals on Father MC’s hit single “I’ll Do 4 U” in 1990, a young intern at Uptown named Sean “Puffy” Combs ended up executive producing Mary’s 1992 debut album What’s The 411?. Fusing hip-hop beats with Mary’s soulful voice earned her the nickname “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul”.

She followed up her debut with a string of critically acclaimed albums, including 1994’s My Life and 1997’s Share My World, as well as hit singles such as “Not Gon' Cry,” “Family Affair,” “Be Without You,” and “Just Fine.”

She also collaborated with rappers on a number of tracks, including Jay-Z’s “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” Ghostface Killah’s “All That I Got is You,” Wyclef’s “911,” Common’s “Come Close,” and Method Man’s “I’ll Be There for You/All I Need to Get By,” which was a platinum hit and won the two of them a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group.

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