Sammie

Released: July 4, 2016

Songwriter: Usher Sammie

[Verse 1]
They just wanna smoke and drank with you
They just wanna take you down and uh
They just always tryna pull up
They ain't never tryna take you out
They just wanna pop champagne with you
They just tryna flex for the gram
They ain't even tryna get to know ya
They ain't ever really gave a damn

[Pre-Hook]
Babygirl, I'm a different kinda nigga
Plus I think your prettier without it
Baby, you don't even need a filter
Got a proposition for ya girl, how bout it?
I should be your next man
I'm better than your ex man

I bet ya mama gon' like me
And ya big bro too
I bet ya daddy gon' like me
And ya homeboys too

[Hook]
Imma do everything, that ya man ain't do, yeah
Babygirl I'm him
Babygirl I'm -Babygirl i'm him, yeah
Babygirl I'm him
Babygirl I'm him
Babygirl I'm -Babygirl I'm him

[Verse 2]
Imma show you things, you ain't ever seen
Turn ya nightmares into wet dreams
What's yo ring size, girl, pick your wedding ring
Picture us ring side sitting on designer jeans
Shoes blood shot red on the bottom
In my drop top ridding with my bonnie
It's 7 o'clock we on my drop top
Soon as I get you home, we goin' non stop

[Pre-Hook]
Babygirl, I'm a different kinda nigga
Plus I think your prettier without it
Baby, you don't even need a filter
Got a proposition for ya girl, how bout it?
I should be your next man
I'm better than your ex man

I bet ya mama gon' like me
And ya big bro too
I bet ya daddy gon' like me
And ya homeboys too

[Hook]
Imma do everything, that ya man ain't do, yeah
Babygirl I'm him
Babygirl I'm -Babygirl i'm him, yeah
Babygirl I'm him
Babygirl I'm him
Babygirl I'm -Babygirl I'm him

[Bridge]
Baby I'll do, what he wouldn't do
Better yet do, what he couldn't do
I'll be him you be her
We'll be bullet proof
If you run out of bullets, I'll shoot for you
If they shoot at my baby, I'll take it for you
I don't care about laws, girl, I'll break them for you
If we ever get caught, girl, I'll take it for us

[Outro]
Ah baby, i'm -Babygirl i'm him
Babygirl I'm -Babygirl i'm him, yeah
Babygirl i'm him
Babygirl i'm him
Babygirl I'm -Babygirl i'm him

Contemporary R&B artist Sammie achieved commercial success in 1999 as a pre-teen, vanished from the industry almost as quickly as he’d arrived, returned several years later, and left again, only to resurface during the 2010s. Before he was even born, Sammie Leigh Bush, Jr. was exposed to music; his mother, a former professional singer, sang in the church choir while she was carrying him. That setting is where the native Floridian, at the age of four, received a standing ovation for his performance of “Troubles Don’t Last Always.” A few years later, Sammie formed a vocal group, Wonder 3, whose audition for Showtime at the Apollo led to a solo performance and subsequent triumphant finals appearance. Shortly thereafter, Joyce Irby became his manager. The former Klymaxx member matched her new client with longtime associate and producer Dallas Austin, who also signed the youngster to the Capitol subsidiary Freeworld Entertainment.

“I Like It,” a mix of throwback electro and modern pop-R&B produced by Austin, was released as Sammie’s debut single. It entered Billboard’s R&B/hip-hop chart in December 1999, eventually reached number eight, and on the Hot 100 peaked at number 24. Its parent album, From the Bottom to the Top, followed in 2000 and featured another charting single, the ballad “Crazy Things I Do.” A lengthy silence, including a period devoted to school, was broken in 2006 by Sammie’s self-titled second album. Issued on Austin’s reactivated Rowdy label, supported by Motown, the return sported a couple minor hits with “You Should Be My Girl” and “Come with Me.” Sammie was featured on Soulja Boy Tell Em’s Top Five R&B/hip-hop hit “Kiss Me Thru the Phone” but was otherwise inactive for several years. During the 2010s, he returned with mixtapes, EPs, and albums such as 2015’s Indigo and 2017’s Coming of Age, all released through his independent Star Camp label. During this sustained period of activity, Sammie also co-wrote “Next Breath” for Tank. ~ Andy Kellman & Heather Phares, Rovi

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