Babyface: Tiny Desk Concert

[Music] cause every time I close my eyes I think of you it don't matter what the season is [Music] and I Wanna Be With You forever [Music] what's that last day and night [Music] come on [Music] [Applause] I'll be looking [Music] a little different thing we didn't [Applause] and then this probably was more what people knew me for hey [Music] who told you somebody told me [Music] no one doesn't like me [Music] whatever you want baby [Music] baby baby a little bit sweet as kimchi again [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] keep it going so uh hold on let me set it up get my stuff ready so next song I'm Gonna Do um is a song that I wrote for a girl a woman a lady girl songs girl songs and get into the mind of girl songs right when I was a kid uh I was always like falling in love and getting my heart broke and stuff thank you me too yep I believe that so um but I was getting my heart broken so when I would do that I'd be writing like these sad songs and stuff and I just realized you know I was probably feeling the same hurt that you know that all the girls that you was hurting wow it's possible but anyway I was thinking that I was feeling that and so I started writing girl songs and and things like you know that I could feel and and and I think that this next song I think it only makes sense you know for Shantae to sing this song [Applause] this is like one of the first songs that you know after I wrote this song man I started getting a lot more women that wanted me to write songs for them you want y'all want to do it yeah that's right thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] all that's missing is that he used to greet me now you say the juice is sour it used to be so sweet I can't help but no wonder if you're talking about me eat on top the way where you used to talk it's hurting so deep I've gotten my pride I will not cry still it's making me weak [Music] don't you let me down [Applause] [Music] be there for you through good and bad times [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] yes you are yes yes yes [Applause] give it up to Chante some more come on you ready [Applause] [Music] getting older Curtains Down there's no one here [Music] do you mean what you say when there's no one around watching you watching me you're one love the Stars I've always been in love with you [Music] I guess you've always known this truth my love for granted a while why this show is over say goodbye goodbye [Music] show you goodbye goodbye [Music] very nice with them girl songs that was obviously a Madonna song that was crazy to get a call from Madonna because she's you know she don't call everybody and uh then let me make sure I've set up right for this so um then I had this project that I had a chance to work on it was a weighted XL I got to work with all these different women on the project and and it was so crazy because like everybody was so different from each other and I remember when I went to New York to work on this song um it was the first time for me working with the kind of a uh I don't know what I could say get a queen okay yeah exactly she's a queen and and fabulous and and she called me uh Mr face um Mr face and it was it was so cool to to work with her and she was like it was incredible incredible experience I love her I think she's she's the one and um I think I'm gonna need some help again come on man it's getting expensive [Laughter] [Applause] all right all right now [Music] while all the time that I was loving you you were busy loving yourself I would stop breathing if you told me now you're busy loving someone does [Music] of my life besides the kids I have nothing to show wasted my years [Music] [Music] now you'll never feel worse [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this song was honest to God it was originally and always plan to be written for this kid named Tevin Campbell are you sure you heard it here you sure positive I wrote it positive and uh I thought that you know it was great to I thought it was a great time to do this song here now because you know you had that challenge thing I did have a challenge that I was trying to win um and then he lost I lost uh who did you lose to well I mean he started it that's right he started I saw him sing the song it starts online I said man this should be a challenge and then scooped it up and I scooped it up and then I was like I should be able to win this and then he starts singing again that's what happened I don't like them understood still good I understand that why don't we do this y'all ready let's do it [Music] early early [Music] last night I saw you standing I started started [Music] thank you and just [Music] [Music] to say [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] don't make no sense [Applause] I don't know yeah true I just don't know wow wow I think this time tank I'm gonna ask you to help me on this one because I'm available are you available yes sir okay so um I think I'm good you all ready you wanna try this here we go [Music] thank you if I could reach the Stars who won down for you I shining on my heart [Music] so you could see the truth inside is everything it seems but for now I find [Music] it's only in my dream that I could change [Music] [Music] oh [Music] if I could be king even for a day I take you as my queen I'd have no other way [Music] this Kingdom we have made [Music] wishing for the day that I could change [Music] [Music] somebody help me place the world the world [Music] all right here we go it's beautiful it's a beautiful thing so another song you guys ready for this one yeah we got to get in that position because this is another song that I this is layers brother that I that I I produce um it was uh and I co-produced it with the this group called uh Fall Out Boy and uh and uh this is fun because look look at how excited he is he's ready to go you ready yeah yeah y'all ready y'all ready [Music] Good Times [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] this is fun to do because um I got such great singers to do it because I hate to sing these songs because they ain't easy you're such a great singer brother you're great anyway um let's uh you guys ready all right foreign [Music] make a wish and blow out But Candlelight for tonight is just your night we're gonna celebrate [Music] all through the night fight the fire girl your wish is my command I submit to your demand I would give anything girl you need only yes I'll make love to you like you want me too thank you only do baby tonight is [Music] [Applause] [Music] the love of God [Music] we belong together and you know that I'm right [Music] why do you play with my heart why do you play with my mind I said we'd be forever said we never die how could you love me and leave me and never say goodbye when I can't sleep at night without holding you tight cause each time I try I just break down and cry pain in my head would rather be dead to the end of the road still I can't let go it's a natural [Music] I belong to you [Music] belong to me I belong to you [Music] I'm good night [Applause] [Music] we have come to the end of our show [Music] but I want to take this charm to give a heartfelt thank you to these wonderful people that I have behind me to Avery Shantae tank also the guys in the van Reggie Walter Erskine and Tony we want to leave you with the song that I wrote for Whitney Houston Wayne EXO [Music] um Whitney I look at she's one of the greatest artists ever um and the funny thing about this song when I when I work with Whitney on Excel she originally when when we sat down to talk about doing the project she wasn't going to sing at all and she said well no I won't do this face I'm just gonna you know you you do the music we'll see see what happens and so for the longest time I hadn't even started to write this song because I didn't know whether she was going to sing and then finally she said she was going to sing so I started trying to put it together and that kind of explains why on the course there's no real lyrics because I hadn't got to that part yet and uh and then when we finally when she heard it and she said you finally ran out of words face you know finally ran out of words but it felt so good and I have to tell you the only reason why I felt so good because it was Whitney Houston yeah um so uh let's start a little bit everyone found In Love sometimes sometimes it's wrong [Music] and sometimes it's right for every win someone must fail that comes a point where when you exhale shoes [Music] sometimes [Music] you cry [Music] to wish you well you'll find a point where you exhale yeah [Music] she is [Music] [Music] ready [Applause] anything [Applause]

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Length: 29min 42sec (1782 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 09 2023