Tevin Campbell

Released: December 1, 1998

Songwriter: Teddy “Sonny Boy” Turpin MK Terrell Carter

Producer: Babyface

[Verse 1:]
Early in the morning
'Round 3:00 A.M
Lying with a girl named Kim

With a glass of gin
Sipping on it
About to hit the skins
Now I'm all in

Telephone rang
Was a girl named Jane
From around the way
How could I forget

Damn
Am I caught?
"Is it time to quit?"
Runnin' through my head

[Chorus:]
I ain't trying to run around no more
Sick and tired of losing track of scores
Every time I turn around
The same old game
Another day

Thinking I just wanna settle down
Tired of living foul
It's over now
Said to myself
There's gotta be another way

[Verse 2:]
Later in the day
Next case
Was a girl named Trace

Draped in lace
Pink negligee
Spreading her legs
Drinking Perguoet
Calling my name

Telephone rang
She said that it was a friend on the other end
Sounding masculine
Couldn't believe
How could I pretend
Didn't hurt me

Finally, I can see
There's another life for me
I don't wanna live this way
I feel it's time I made a change

I believe I can be a better man
And I don't need
Every woman in the world
I gotta find myself a girl

[Repeat Chorus:]

Tevin Campbell is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter that got his career started with two big names in music—first working with Quincy Jones in 1989 on “Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)” from the album Back on the Block and then working with Prince on “Round and Round” from the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack in 1990.

His debut album T.E.V.I.N. was released on November 19, 1991 and features the #1 R&B hits “Tell Me What You Want Me To Do” and “Alone With You,” which helped the album go platinum and earn Tevin a Grammy nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. His next album I’m Ready was released on October 26, 1993 and featured the Babyface-produced hits “Can We Talk” and “I’m Ready.” This album went double platinum and led to three more Grammy nominations for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for “Can We Talk,” Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for “I’m Ready,” and Best R&B Album.

Tevin’s third album Back to the World was released on June 25, 1996 and he followed that up with the release of a self-titled album on February 23, 1999. He appeared in the Broadway musical Hairspray in 2005 and after some guest appearances on various shows throughout the years, he released the song “Safer on the Ground” in 2016.

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