Anita Baker
Eight Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, four Platinum Albums, and two Gold Albums and more are credited to this vocal queen of Urban Adult Contemporary music.
Emerging from the Detroit soul group, Chapter 8 as lead singer, Baker never looked back when she launched her solo career. Her contralto voice resonates with beauty and style in every song she sings. When she plays on the lower octave, it's magic and then, she rises to her higher pitch with such ease and you are mesmerized. A thoroughbred of a songstress.
This talent has earned her 5 number one hits on the Billboards' Adult R&B Airplay and 13 top ten hits on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-hop songs. It challenging to select a song from her repertoire to highlight in this article. However, I have selected,"Giving You the Best That I Got" - released in 1988 This song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart. It also spent one week on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. Like a true classic, it's her voice that carries the song. Baker co-wrote this song with Skip Scarborough and Randy Holland. Here are the lyrics.
Giving You the Best That I Got.
Weeh-ah-ooh
Oh-oh-oh
Ain't something I can give
In exchange for everything
you gave to me
Read my mind just
let me feel just fine
When I think my peace of mind
is out of reach
The scales are sometimes unbalanced
And you bear the weight
of all that has to be
I hope you see that
you can lean on me
And together we can
calm a stormy sea
With love so strong
and so unselfishly
And I tell you now
that I made a vow
I'm giving you the
best that I got , baby
Yes I tell you
that I made a vow
I'm giving you the best
that I got, honey
Everybody's got
opinions
'Bout the way they
think our story's
gonna end
Some folks feel it's
just a superficial thrill
Everybody's gonna have
to think again
With love so strong
and so unselfishly
They don't bother me
So I'm gonna keep
on giving you the best
that I got, baby
They don't bother me
Said I'm gonna keep
on giving you the
best I got, listen baby
Somebody understands me
Somebody gave his
heart to me
I stumbled my whole
life long
Always on my own,
now I'm home
And my weary mind
is rested
And I feel as if my
home is in your arms
My fears are all gone'
I like sound of
your song
And I think I wanna
sing it forever
With love so strong
and so unselfishly
And I made a vow
so I tell you now: I'm
giving you the best
that I got, listen baby
I bet everything on
my wedding ring
I'm (giving you the
best that I got) giving
it to you baby
Mm-mm--mm(giving you the best
That I got)
Giving you the best
that I got
Giving you the best
that got
Giving you the best
that I got
Writers: Anita Baker/Randy Holland/ Skip Scarborough
Copyright©1988 Elektra
Eight Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, four Platinum Albums, and two Gold Albums and more are credited to this vocal queen of Urban Adult Contemporary music.
Emerging from the Detroit soul group, Chapter 8 as lead singer, Baker never looked back when she launched her solo career. Her contralto voice resonates with beauty and style in every song she sings. When she plays on the lower octave, it's magic and then, she rises to her higher pitch with such ease and you are mesmerized. A thoroughbred of a songstress.
This talent has earned her 5 number one hits on the Billboards' Adult R&B Airplay and 13 top ten hits on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-hop songs. It challenging to select a song from her repertoire to highlight in this article. However, I have selected,"Giving You the Best That I Got" - released in 1988 This song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart. It also spent one week on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. Like a true classic, it's her voice that carries the song. Baker co-wrote this song with Skip Scarborough and Randy Holland. Here are the lyrics.
Giving You the Best That I Got.
Weeh-ah-ooh
Oh-oh-oh
Ain't something I can give
In exchange for everything
you gave to me
Read my mind just
let me feel just fine
When I think my peace of mind
is out of reach
The scales are sometimes unbalanced
And you bear the weight
of all that has to be
I hope you see that
you can lean on me
And together we can
calm a stormy sea
With love so strong
and so unselfishly
And I tell you now
that I made a vow
I'm giving you the
best that I got , baby
Yes I tell you
that I made a vow
I'm giving you the best
that I got, honey
Everybody's got
opinions
'Bout the way they
think our story's
gonna end
Some folks feel it's
just a superficial thrill
Everybody's gonna have
to think again
With love so strong
and so unselfishly
They don't bother me
So I'm gonna keep
on giving you the best
that I got, baby
They don't bother me
Said I'm gonna keep
on giving you the
best I got, listen baby
Somebody understands me
Somebody gave his
heart to me
I stumbled my whole
life long
Always on my own,
now I'm home
And my weary mind
is rested
And I feel as if my
home is in your arms
My fears are all gone'
I like sound of
your song
And I think I wanna
sing it forever
With love so strong
and so unselfishly
And I made a vow
so I tell you now: I'm
giving you the best
that I got, listen baby
I bet everything on
my wedding ring
I'm (giving you the
best that I got) giving
it to you baby
Mm-mm--mm(giving you the best
That I got)
Giving you the best
that I got
Giving you the best
that got
Giving you the best
that I got
Writers: Anita Baker/Randy Holland/ Skip Scarborough
Copyright©1988 Elektra