Tevin Campbell

Released: February 23, 1999

Featuring: Coko

Songwriter: David Foster Will Wheaton Joey Diggs Suzette Charles Warren Wiebe Nita Whitaker

Producer: Daryl Simmons

[Verse 1: Tevin Campbell & Coko]
Can I hold you forever in my arms and not let go
'Cause I really wanna be with you
Say it's so
'Til the end of time your love is all I know
'Cause I really wanna be with you
When I'm all alone
I surround myself with every thought of you
I love the things you do

[Chorus: Tevin Campbell + Coko + both]
Your love gently lays me down
Turns me all around
Makes me love you once again, yeah
One kiss, lips upon my face
Nothing could erase
Everything you are (every little thing you are)

[Verse 2: Tevin Campbell]
All we have
Is love we share and that's enough for me
'Cause I really wanna be with you, yeah
In a thousand years
If I lost your love, I'd cry a thousand tears
I'd cry a thousand tears

[Chorus: Tevin Campbell + Coko + both]
Your love gently lays me down
Turns me all around
Makes me love you once again, yeah
One kiss, lips upon my face
Nothing could erase
Everything you are

[Bridge: Tevin Campbell & Coko]
Oh, just one look in your eyes makes me melt inside
And I know when you're holding me close, it's for real
You're the love that I've wanted to stand the test of time
And I know in my heart, you will always be mine

[Chorus: Tevin Campbell + Coko + both]
Your love gently lays me down
Turns me all around
Makes me love you once again, yeah
One kiss, lips upon my face
Nothing could erase
Everything you are (everything you are)
Your love gently lays me down
Turns me all around
Makes me love you once again, yeah
One kiss, lips upon my face
Nothing could erase
Everything you are
Your love gently lays me down
Turns me all around
Makes me love you once again, yeah
One kiss, lips upon my face
Nothing could erase
Everything you are

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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