At Your Best (You Are Love) Lyrics
Let me know
Let me know
Haah, haaaah, let me know, let me know
Let me know
[Verse 1]
When I feel what I feel
Sometimes it's hard to tell you so
You may not be in the mood
To learn what you think you know
There are times when I'll find
You wanna keep yourself from me
When I don't have the strength
I'm just a mirror of what I see, yeah
[Chorus]
But at your best, you are love, yes
You're a positive, motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why?
Let me know, let me know
Let me know, let me know
Let me, yeah
[Verse 2]
When you feel what you feel
Oh, how hard for me to understand
So many things have taken place
Before this love affair began
But if you feel, oh, like I feel
Confusion can give way to doubt
For there are times when I fall short of what I say
I'm all about, all about
But at your best, you are love, yes
You're a positive, motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why?
Let me know, let me know
Let me know, let me know
[Bridge]
Tell me what it is (Tell me what it is)
There's no need to make believe
Make believe, no need to make believe
Look beyond your own (Look beyond your own)
Try to find a place for me (Try and find, find a place for me)
'Cause
[Chorus]
At your best, you are love
You're a positive, motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why?
Let me know, let me know
[Outro]
Let me know
Let me know, let me know
Oh
See, stay at your best, baby
About
“At Your Best (You Are Love)” is a track off of Aaliyah’s debut album, “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number”. The song is a cover of “(At Your Best) You Are Love” by the American musical group, The Isley Brothers, released in 1976.
In a 1994 interview, when asked what is her favorite song from the album, Aaliyah responded saying,
My favorite song is At Your Best (You Are Love)… well because I love The Isley Brothers for one and all though I think the song is very special – the words and the lyrics are really heavy. The Isley’s – most of their songs, the lyrics are really something. You know you have to really listen and their songs are really deep and I thought that song was really special. When I first heard it, I fell in love with it – when Robert brought it to my attention and I loved it ever since."
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Guitarist Ernie Isley told Rolling Stone in 2021:
When I first heard it, I liked it. I had no idea that it would be such a big hit for her, much less a signature hit for her. And then she did two versions of the song. There was one that had a little bit more hip-hop feel in the music, then there was the first one that was similar to the Isley Brother version, but either way, she made the song hers. […] We had to give [Aaliyah’s cover] a green light — [lead singer] Ronald gave the green light. She did actually have a chance to meet and talk to Ronald. She expressed how much she loved the song.
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- 11.Try Again
- 12.Back & Forth
- 15.Miss You
- 16.At Your Best (You Are Love)
- 18.Messed Up
- 20.I Don’t Wanna
- 21.Man Undercover
- 22.John Blaze
- 23.I Am Music
- 25.Hold On
