Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Whitney Houston
Lead Vocals
Rodney Jerkins
Performer
Loren Dawson
String Instrument
Sharlotte Gibson
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Toni Estes
Songwriter
Fred Jerkins III
Songwriter
Lashawn Daniels
Songwriter
Rodney Jerkins
Songwriter
Whitney Houston
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rodney Jerkins
Producer
Brad Gilderman
Mixing Engineer
Tony Dawsey
Mastering Engineer
Clive Davis
Executive Producer
Harvey Mason, Jr.
Editing Engineer
Wes Naprstek
Assistant Engineer
Whitney Houston
Executive Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Y'all ready?
Uh
Whitney
Dark Child
Could get it back
Could get it back
Uh, yeah
Check it out
Come on
[Verse 2]
Remember when it all began?
We were all in love, uh
Then came the friends telling you when
Your time for me was good enough
[Verse 3]
I constantly had to compete
With your crew and their schemes
Remembering back in the day
I used to mean everything
[Verse 4]
(If we could just get it back)
To the way it used to be
(My only wish would be that)
Nothing would change with you and me
[Verse 5]
(I remember how it was)
And I know that for a fact
(We were, oh, so deep in love)
If we could just get it back
[Verse 6]
Now tell me why so many nights
You had so much to do, baby
When you said bye, sometimes I tried
I tried to make you choose
[Verse 7]
Now tell me how you can allow
Your boys to control, darlin'
The time we shared, it was unfair
But now you need to know
[Verse 8]
(Now if I told you)
That I'm moving on
(Boy, what would you do?)
Oh, things just ain't the same
[Verse 9]
(We were supposed to) Oh baby
Conquer everything, yeah
(Boy, let me tell you)
You've got to make a change, oh boy
[Verse 10]
(If we could just get it back) Oh, darlin'
To the way we used to be
(My only wish would be that)
Nothing would change for you and me
[Verse 11]
(I remember how it was)
And I know that for a fact
(We were, oh, so deep in love)
If we could just get it back
[Verse 12]
(If we could just get it back)
Can we do it? Can we do it? Can we do it? Can we do it now, baby?
(My only wish would be that)
Nothing would change for you and me, boy
[Verse 13]
(I remember how it was)
And I know that for a fact
(We were, oh, so deep in love)
If we could just get it back
[Verse 14]
Remember how we used to dance?
I liked the way we used to dance
Girl, let me see you dance
Just dance with me, dance with me
[Verse 15]
Uh, remember how we used to dance?
I liked the way we used to dance
Girl, let me see you dance
Just dance with me, dance with me
[Verse 16]
If we could just get it back
(If we could just get it back)
Ohhh
(My only wish would be that) Come on, now
Nothing would change for you and me, boy
[Verse 17]
(I remember how it was)
And I know that for a fact
(We were, oh, so deep in love)
If we could just get it back
[Verse 18]
(If we could just get it back) Ohh
To the way we used to be, baby
(My only wish would be that)
Nothing would change for you and me
[Verse 19]
(I remember how it was) Ohh
To the way we used to be, baby
(We were, oh, so deep in love) I remember
If we could just get it back
[Verse 20]
(If we could just get it back)
Just getting on back to the way we used to be, uh
(My only wish would be that)
If we could just get it back
[Verse 21]
(I remember how it was)
Oh baby, come on now
(We were, oh, so deep in love) Show me, show me
(If we could just get it back) Show me, show me
[Verse 22]
If we could just get it back
If we could just get it back
Written by: F. Jerkins III, Fred Jerkins, Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Toni Estes