Raphael Saadiq

Released: October 5, 2004

Featuring: Babyface

Songwriter: Taura Stinson Raphael Saadiq WU10

Producer: Raphael Saadiq

[Intro: Raphael Saadiq]
I think I love you more than I did before
Our love was so priceless, yet you’re walking out that door
And even though I tried to change your mind many times
I still want you, baby baby

[Verse 1: Raphael Saadiq]
You were my girl from the start
I don’t know how we fell apart
How could you leave me again?
I thought that we were just friends
See, there as friends, we don’t lies
About the when and where and why
We’re getting way too grown for this
Get out the sandbox, we ain’t kids

[Chorus: Raphael Saadiq]
It’s not a game, not a game anymore
We’re not teenagers like we were before
It’s not a game, not a game anymore
This is so major, it’s worth fighting for

[Verse 2: Babyface + (Raphael Saadiq)]
You know I dress you with the best
Diamonds so clear, big as your wrist, baby
Maybe that’s why you love me
Well, if that’s so, then so will she, baby
Your friends are always in your mix
(Your friends are always in your mix)
Appraising your jewelry and fits
(Appraising all your jewelry and your fits)
So best thing, you leave me alone
(So best thing, you leave me alone)
They started chirping my cell phone

[Bridge: Babyface + (Raphael Saadiq) + both]
I can’t lie (I can’t lie)
I want this to work
(Do you think that men don’t hurt?)
(But you’re gone, it’s time, bring me your key)
(In memory of me), think you know I’m not playing

[Chorus: Raphael Saadiq]
It’s not a game, not a game anymore
We’re not teenagers like we were before
It’s not a game, not a game anymore
This is so major, it’s worth fighting for

[Outro: Raphael Saadiq]
I wanna work with this out, yeah
I know what this love’s about
I wanna work this out
I know what this love’s about

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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Ray Ray (2004)

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