Anita Baker

Released: November 23, 1994

Songwriter: Barry Eastmond Gordon Chambers Anita Baker

Producer: Barry Eastmond

[Verse 1]
Operator, get my baby on the line
'Cause just the other night
We had a horrible fight
I admit that I, I was out of control
But I still love my man
With my body and soul

[Pre-Chorus]
When the road gets rough
You say thangs you should not say
I never meant to treat my baby that way

[Chorus]
I apologize
Oh, believe me I do
I apologize
Oh honest and true
Because I know I was wrong
And so I'll sing you this song
And I'm tryna get through
And make it up to you, yes

[Verse 2]
Operator, it was like a bad dream
And Lord you should have heard
The way he shouted and the way that I screamed
I regret it 'cause I was unfair
I took it all out on him
Just because he was there

[Pre-Chorus]
When the road gets rough
You say thangs you should not say
I never meant to treat my daddy that way

[Chorus]
I apologize
Oh, believe me I do
I apologize
Oh honest and true
Because I knew I was wrong
So I'll sing you this song
And I'm gonna get through, yeah
And make it up to you

[Bridge]
I apologize for I was unkind
And I wish that I could go back in time
Erase the good-byes
And rewrite my life
But come rain or come shine
I'm wanna do it right this time
I apologize
(Believe me I do...honest and true)

Oh baby, I do
Because I knew I was wrong
That's why I'm singing my my my song
Yeah yeah yes
I apologize, oh yes
I apologize, oh yes, oh yes
Because I know I was wrong
And so I sing you this song
And I wanna get, I gotta get, I need to get through to you, yeah yeah
(Believe me I do) Oh listen, oh baby
(Honest and true) I'm talking to you right now, oh, I'm talking to you
(I was wrong, I sing you this song)
I was wrong, baby, listen to me right now
Singing it to you right now, I was wrong
(Believe me I do...honest and true)
(I was wrong, I sing you this song)
(Believe me I do...honest and true)
(I was wrong, I sing you this song)

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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