[Intro: Anita Baker]

Oh, oh

Oh, oh

[Verse 1]

Oh, oh

Ooh, wee

Oh, my

You thought it was Anita?

No, it’s I

Just thought I’d stop by and say

“Damn girl, you looking good

Been about 45 years since you left the hood

How you been?

I been misunderstood

And I tried to explain every time I could

But nobody listens

Like I’m talking to wood

I’m saying, ‘look at this, look at that’

Found myself on this soap box

And there I stood

I called you hope

Some don’t see you cuz the dope

Well I used you as a rope

Off this slope

But you dipped

And now we’re looking everywhere else

Don’t know that knowledge of the self

Is the truth wealth

Come back girl

I need you in my world

Like an Uncle Tom need a master

And a Jerry need a curl

Man it’s nasty out here

And it make me wanna hurl

Said I need you in my life

Ask why?

Because you oh, so thurl”

[Chorus]

Uh, ah Anita (Anita)

You know that I need ya (Know that I need ya)

Anita

Uh

Ah, you know that I need ya (Know that I need ya)

Anita, uh

Ah, I need her (I need her)

I need her (I need her)

Uh, Anita

[Verse 2]

Gettin’ it, gettin’ it

And I’m rollin’

Social media the devil

But I be scrollin’

I see a lot

All them drugs you got

And gun you holdin’

Tough with that piece

Without it, y’all be foldin’

A thousand likes

Damn girl, you famous

But tell your views on life

Show me where ya brain is

Fat butt and you pretty

But so what, you brainless

That’s why I need Anita back

Like my spine is broke

And don’t mind this smoke

It’s just how I cope

Rich man in my mind

But in my pockets, nope

This for my oldheads, know what I’m dealing with

This for my youngins that’s out here getting it

This for my women working overtime

Real hard

This for my niggas living lavish

With no job

It’s all games, all fun

I’m just tryna spray the peace

Like a Mac

4 One Love ‘til I’m done, hun

Hun

[Chorus]

Uh, ah Anita (Anita)

You know that I need ya (Know that I need ya)

Anita, oh

Ah, you know that I need ya (Know that I need ya)

Anita, uh

Ah, I need her (I need her)

I need her (I need her)

Uh, Anita

[Outro]

Money go, but knowledge don’t go

It can only grow

Uh Anita

People go, but knowledge don’t go

It can only grow

Ah, Anita

Please don’t sue me

[Outro 2: Anita Baker]

If I could, I’d give you the world

Wrap it all around you

Won’t be satisfied with just a piece of this heart

My Angel

Oh, angel

You’re my angel

Oh, angel