Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mariah Carey
Background Vocals
JAY-Z
Rap
Trey Lorenz
Background Vocals
Fingaz
All Instruments
Stacy Lattisaw
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mariah Carey
Songwriter
JAY-Z
Songwriter
Narada Michael Walden
Songwriter
Shirley Elliston
Songwriter
Lincoln Chase
Songwriter
Jeffrey Cohen
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mariah Carey
Producer
DJ Clue
Producer
Ken "Duro" Ifill
Recording Engineer
Dana Jon Chappelle
Recording Engineer
Alessandro R.A. Benedetti
Assistant Engineer
Manuel Forolfi
Assistant Engineer
Greg Pinto
Assistant Engineer
Tim Lawton
Assistant Engineer
David Ashton
Assistant Engineer
Tom Sweeney
Assistant Engineer
Jeff Burns
Assistant Engineer
Ann Mincieli
Assistant Engineer
Herb Powers, Jr.
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Boy, your love's so good, I don't wanna let go
And although I should, I can't leave you alone
'Cause you're so disarming, I'm caught up in the midst of you
And I cannot resist at all
[PreChorus]
Boy, if I do the things you want me to
The way I used to do
Would you love me, baby?
Or leave me feeling used?
Would you go and break my heart?
[Chorus]
Heartbreaker, you've got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh, why did you have to run your game on me?
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart
[Refrain]
Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love
[Verse 2]
It's a shame to be so euphoric and weak
When you smile at me and you tell me the things
That you know persuade me to relinquish my love to you
But I cannot resist at all
[PreChorus]
Boy, if I do the things you want me to
The way I used to do
Would you love me, baby?
Or leave me feeling used?
Would you go and break my heart?
[Chorus]
Heartbreaker, you've got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh, why did you have to run your game on me?
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart
[Verse 3]
She wanna shop with Jay, play box with Jay
She wanna pillow-fight in the middle of the night
She wanna drive my Benz with five of her friends
She wanna creep past the block, spying again
She wanna roll with Jay, chase skeeo's away
She wanna fight with lame chicks, blow my date
She wanna respect the rest, kick me to the curb
If she find one strand of her longer than hers
She want love in the jacuzzi, rub up in the movies
Access to the old crib, keys to the newbie
She wanna answer the phone, tattoo her arm
That's when I gotta send her back to her mom
She call me heartbreaker, when we apart, it makes her
Want a piece of paper, scribble down "I hate ya"
But she knows she love Jay because
She love everything Jay say, Jay does and uh
[Chorus]
Heartbreaker, you've got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh, why did you have to run your game on me?
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart
Heartbreaker, you've got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh, why did you have to run your game on me?
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart
[Chorus]
Heartbreaker, you've got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh, why did you have to run your game on me?
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart
Heartbreaker, you've got the best of me
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
Oh, why did you have to run your game on me?
I should have known right from the start
You'd go and break my heart (Gimme your love, gimme your love, gimme your love, gimme your love)
Written by: JAY-Z, Jeffrey Cohen, Lincoln Chase, Mariah Carey, Narada Michael Walden, Shirley Elliston