Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mary Christine Brockert
Performer
Rick James
Guitar
Peter Cardinali
Performer
Levi Ruffin Jr.
Synthesizer
Oscar Alston
Bass Guitar
Lanise Hughes
Percussion
Shondu Akiem
Percussion
Chris Boehme
Percussion
Clarence Sims
Keyboards
Wali Ali
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rick James
Songwriter
Peter Cardinali
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rick James
Producer
Art Stewart
Mixing Engineer
Russell Schmitt
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm young and I'm old
I'm rich and I'm poor
I feel like I've been on this earth
Many times before
Once I was a white gazelle
On horseback riding free
Searching in the darkness for a piece of me
[Verse 2]
I can feel this for sure
I've been here before
I can feel this for sure
For sure, for sure
I've been here before
[Verse 3]
I used to be a queen, you know
On an island by the sea
With rainbow colored people, ha
Happy as can be
We never had a problem
There never was a care
The love was ever-flowing
And it's feeling shared
[Verse 4]
And I can feel this for sure
Ooh
I've been here before
I can feel this for sure
For sure, for sure
For sure, for sure
I've been here before
Yes, I have
Feel it
I can feel it
I can feet it
I can feel it
I can feel it, oh
In my heart I feel it
[Verse 5]
Your soul feels like the universe (Shoobie-doo-doo)
It's vast and never ends (Shoobie-doo-doo-doo-doo)
The stars to me are children (Shoobie-doo-doo)
The babies are my prince (Shoobie-doo-doo)
Your heart is like a galaxy (Shoobie-doo-doo)
In my spirit flies (Shoobie-doo-doo-doo-doo)
Felt this way a million times (Shoobie-doo-doo)
Please don't ask me why (Please don't ask me why)
The question of my lifetime (Shoobie-doo-doo)
We're past my point of view (Shoobie-doo-doo)
I say it all was karma (Shoobie-doo-doo)
All the days I blew
Call it deja vu (Deja vu)
Call it deja vu (Deja vu)
All the days I blew (Deja vu)
Call it deja vu
And I could feel that's my star (Knew it was you)
[Verse 6]
I've been here before
And I can feel (Knew it was you)
I've been here before
I've been here before
(I can feel it)
[Verse 7]
Young and I'm old
I'm rich and I'm poor
I feel like I've been on this earth
Many times before (I can feel it)
Once I was a white gazelle
On horseback riding free
Searching in the darkness for a piece of me (I can feel it)
[Verse 8]
I used to be a queen, you know
On an island by the sea
Rainbow colored people
Happy as can be (Beautiful people)
There never was a problem
There never was a care, no, no
And love was ever-flowin'
And it's feeling shared
[Verse 9]
And I can feel this for sure
For sure, for sure (Feel it for sure)
For sure
I've been here before
I swear it
I can feel it for sure (Feel it for sure)
For sure
I've been here before (I can feel it)
(I can feel it)
[Verse 10]
If hate is on your mind
And you can't give love the time
If anger is your friend, don't you know
When you die you'll come back again
It's in the master's plan
You come back
Woman or man
If your life is full of sin
Don't you know when you die you'll come back again
I thank God, thank God, I thank God
I'm not comin' back no more
(Been here before)
I don't wanna come back no more
(Thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God...)
Written by: Rick James