Released: September 15, 1998

Songwriter: Diddy Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards Clarence Emery Schon Crawford Ron Lawrence Faith Evans

Producer: Faith Evans Diddy Ron Lawrence

[Chorus]
I never knew there was a love like this before
Never had someone to show me a love
Love like this before

[Verse 1]
Now that we have come to be
A brand new life I can't see
Never thought you'd be a special part of me
No, baby
The reasons are because of you
I can go on and make it through
I can't even take my mind off lovin' you
And I wanna say

[Chorus]
I never knew there was a love like this before
(A love like this before, no)
Never had someone to show me a love (Ooh)
Love like this before

[Verse 2]
I know you can't see
All the things you mean to me
I'm so amazed that you are mine
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
If we can work together
Maybe this could last forever
This is something that I wanna hold on to
So baby, try to understand

[Bridge]
Baby, try to understand
I'll be crazy if you leave (Crazy)
'Cause you compliment my style (Ooh)
And I like the way you walk, and the sexy things you talk
(The way you walk, the way you talk)
You don't know just what you do to me
You see I never (Oh, never)

[Chorus]
I never (Never) knew there was a love like this before
(A love like this before, no)
Never had someone to show me a love
(Oh, I never had a) Love like this before
I never knew there was a love like this before
(Never knew, never knew)
Never had someone to show me a love
Love like this before (Baby, try to understand)

[Bridge]
Baby, try to understand
I'll go crazy if you leave
'Cause you compliment my style (You compliment my style)
And I like the way you walk, and the sexy things you talk (Oh yeah)
You don't know just what you do to me
You see I never (Oh, never, never)

[Interlude]
Never knew a
Never knew a
Never knew a
Love like this before
(Never knew no other love, no)
Never knew a
Never knew a
Never knew a
(Never had someone, no)
Love like this before (Oh)

[Chorus]
I never knew there was a love like this before (I never)
(Never had somebody)
Never had someone to show me a love
Love like this before
I never knew there was a love like this before
(I never knew a love like you)
Never had someone to show me a love (Yeah yeah)
Love like this before
I never knew there was a love like this before
(A love like this before)
Never had someone to show me a love
Love like this before

Faith Evans

Faith Evans is a singer-songwriter-producer who was the first lady of Bad Boy Entertainment and former wife of the label’s star, The Notorious B.I.G.

After working as a background singer for Al B. Sure!, Faith was writing songs and singing background for artists such as Mary J. Blige, Usher, and Tony Thompson before releasing her own debut album, Faith, in 1995. The album was certified platinum and featured the gold singles “You Used To Love Me” and “Soon As I Get Home”. After Biggie’s murder on March 9, 1997, Faith—along with Puff Daddy and 112—paid tribute to him on the #1 pop single “I’ll Be Missing You”, which won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1998.

Her second album, Keep the Faith, also achieved platinum status and featured the gold single “Love Like This”. She left Bad Boy after her third album, Faithfully, and released several albums through multiple labels, including the 2017 duet project, The King & I, which mixed her vocals with acapellas from The Notorious B.I.G. She appeared in the 2003 movie The Fighting Temptations, as well as the reality television shows R&B Divas and Love & Hip Atlanta.