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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Vocals
Norman Hurt
Norman Hurt
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Songwriter
Richard “Moon” Calhoun
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Producer
Norman Hurt
Norman Hurt
Producer
Kenny Ortiz
Kenny Ortiz
Mixing Engineer
Mack Gordon
Mack Gordon
Recording Engineer
Norman "Keys" Hurt
Norman "Keys" Hurt
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-ah
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-ah
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-oh
[Verse 2]
Please stay with me now
Don't you let me go
I'll make it somehow
I to to let you know
That I'll make it
Somehow, some way
Though I wait on the day
What i'm doing's got pay
Someway somehow
[Verse 3]
My baby, when he cries
It's cause somethings on his mind
This world is full of lies
You and me are one of a kind
The good lord will stand behind every step
We are blind to fate that's life
[Verse 4]
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-ah (That's life)
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-ah
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-oh
[Verse 5]
Stay stay
Stay stay
Stay stay
Stay stay
[Verse 6]
It fits but you can't make it work
Where there's pain there's got to be hurt
But the green grass grows from the dirt
That's a fact of life that's a life
The good lord stands behind every step
We are blind to fate that's life
[Verse 7]
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-ah
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-ah
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-oh
[Verse 8]
Stay stay
Stay stay
Stay stay
Stay stay
[Verse 9]
Stay
Stay
Stay (Together, together, oh oh )
Stay (Huh uh uh listen)
[Verse 10]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ah, help me sing it
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ah, huh sounds good to me
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ah, sing it baby
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ah
[Verse 11]
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-ah
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-ah
Oh-oh-oh-ah, oh-oh
Written by: Chaka Khan, Richard “Moon” Calhoun

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