Raphael Saadiq

Released: June 28, 2014

[Intro: Snoop Dogg]
Yeah playing non-stop, slow love R&B. Brand new music coming up from my nephew Raphael Saadiq. Yeah, it's a love thing. If you missing somebody like we missing somebody, like, really missing somebody, I know you're gonna dig this

[Verse 1]
Gonna miss you, gonna miss you
Tell me what went wrong
Gonna miss you, gonna miss you
You never came back home
Gonna miss you, gonna miss you
And now you're gone
No one can find you, how could this be?
Please tell me this can't be true

[Verse 2]
Gonna miss you
The sun is shining and it's a holiday
Gonna miss you
But for some reason, it only just rained all day
Gonna miss you
Your car's in the driveway and your keys are on the ground
Somebody, someday they'll find you, I can't live without you
What more can I do?

[Verse 3]
Gonna miss you
Now it's a stormy day and a stormy night
Gonna miss you
I couldn't see the street or the trees or the light
Gonna miss you
I heard it's impossible to get you back into my heart
No one, no one can find you, how could this be?
Please tell me this can't be true

[Verse 4]
Gonna miss you
Now I can see the real you and you can see the real me
Gonna miss you
Our luck has anchored somewhere beyond the blue seas
Gonna miss you
It's harder each day, it's getting harder each night
Somebody, someday they'll find you, I can't live without you
What more can I do?

[Verse 5]
I'm gonna miss you
Now that you're gone
Really gonna miss you
And I'm so alone
Yes, I'm gonna miss you
And I hope I'm wrong
No one can find you (no one can find you) how could this be?
Please tell me this can't be true (tell me this can not be true)

Raphael Saadiq (born Charles Ray Wiggins on May 14, 1966) is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, and musician. He is known for his neo-soul and 1960s vintage sound after starting out with the New Jack Swing sounds in his group Tony! Toni! Toné! He has produced for many artists such as Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Joss Stone, Snoop Dogg, The Roots, D'Angelo, and Erykah Badu—the artist he worked with in 2002 on the Grammy-winning song “Love of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)”.

Charlie Ray Wiggins became Raphael Wiggins when he auditioned to play bass guitar with Sheila E.’s backing band on Prince’s Parade Tour in 1984. Following the tour, Raphael returned to Oakland and started working on music for Tony! Toni! Toné! with his brother D'Wayne Wiggins and their cousin Timothy Christian Riley. They released their debut album Who? in 1988 and followed that with a string of hit singles and platinum The Revival (1990), Sons of Soul (1993), and House of Music (1996).

After the Sons of Soul album, Raphael changed his last name to Saadiq—Arabic for “man of his word"—as a way to stand out. He released his hit debut solo single “Ask of You” in 1995 and left the Tonys in 1997. In 1999, he joined with Dawn Robinson and Ali Shaheed Muhammad to form the group Lucy Pearl and released their only self-titled album in 2000 before disbanding. He released his debut solo album Instant Vintage in 2002 and followed with four more Ray Ray (2004), The Way I See It (2008), Stone Rollin' (2011), and Jimmy Lee (2019).

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