Anita Baker

Released: August 15, 1994

Songwriter: Rick Nowels Ellen Shipley

Producer: Anita Baker

[Verse 1]
What have you done to me?
I can't eat, I cannot sleep
And I'm not the same anymore, no, no
I don't know what to do
'Cause all of me wants all of you
Do I stand alone at the shore?

[Pre-Chorus]
Now once I could turn away
From everything I feel today
But now I wanna walk through your door

[Chorus]
But I've got to know, oh, body and soul
That you've got no doubt, inside and out
We are whole, oh, body and soul
Don't leave me out in the cold (out in the cold)
Just love me body and soul

(Body and soul)
Do you hear me, baby?

[Verse 2]
I've wasted too much time
Living for what wasn't mine
And then came the day I found you
And now I want nothing less
I've found a love that is truly blessed
And I wanna make dreams come true

[Chorus]
But I've got to know, oh, body and soul
That you've got no doubt, inside and out
We are whole, oh, body and soul
Don't leave me out in the cold (out in the cold)
Just love me body and soul

[Bridge]
Every day is getting better (keeps getting better)
The more I trust I feel stronger, stronger (getting stronger)
Every kiss brings me closer (closer)
It feels good to let you inside

[Outro]
I've got to know, oh
Is there any doubt in your mind, oh yeah
Oh, baby, ho, ho, body and soul
Don't leave me out in this cold
Just love me body, hey, love me

I've got to know, oh
Bet your dollar, baby, yeah...oh oh oh...
Is there any doubts in your mind?
Tell me baby, tell me darlin', body and soul
Just love me
Just love me body and, and soul
Oh, oh, oh, oh yes

Body and soul, soul
Body and soul, soul
Body and soul, soul
Body and soul, soul
Body and soul, soul

Anita Baker is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter known for her distinct low contralto vocals. She started out in the band Chapter 8, which had the hit song “I Just Wanna Be Your Girl” that was later sampled by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony for their hit song “1st of tha Month.” “Anita” went on to become a big name in ‘80s R&B alongside “Luther” and “Whitney” as she began to rack up #1 hits.

Her debut album, The Songstress, was released in 1983 on independent label Beverly Glen and featured the hit song “Angel.” She left Beverly Glen and signed with Elektra Records, releasing her second album Rapture in 1986, which went on to sell over 5 million albums and peaked at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart thanks to the hits “Sweet Love,” “Same Ole Love,” and “Caught Up in the Rapture.”

Her third album, Giving You the Best That I Got, was released in 1988 and hit #1 on the Billboard 200, and the title track hit #1 on both the Billboard R&B and Adult Contemporary Singles charts. Rapture and Giving You the Best That I Got accounted for five of her eight Grammy Awards, with her sixth in that time frame coming from her gospel collaboration with The Winans on the song “Ain’t No Need To Worry” in 1988.

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