You Gotta Believe
Producers
Nov. 29, 19941 viewer11.4K views
You Gotta Believe Lyrics
[Intro]
Mmm
Oh oh, you must believe, you must believe
Hey, yeah
[Chorus]
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
[Verse 1]
I told you once before
That I love you and I need you
But let me tell you once again
You are my closest friend
I'll never leave you
So hold me tight all through the night
Caress me with your tender care
Anytime or anywhere
[Pre-Chorus]
Anytime, anywhere, I will go, when and where
Please won't you trust me, baby?
Won't you trust in me, baby?
Stay with me
'Til death do us part
'Til death do us part
You'll always be right in my heart (Oh)
Won't you please stay with me? (Oh oh)
Baby, please believe in me
Please believe in me
Mmm
Oh oh, you must believe, you must believe
Hey, yeah
[Chorus]
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
[Verse 1]
I told you once before
That I love you and I need you
But let me tell you once again
You are my closest friend
I'll never leave you
So hold me tight all through the night
Caress me with your tender care
Anytime or anywhere
[Pre-Chorus]
Anytime, anywhere, I will go, when and where
Please won't you trust me, baby?
Won't you trust in me, baby?
Stay with me
'Til death do us part
'Til death do us part
You'll always be right in my heart (Oh)
Won't you please stay with me? (Oh oh)
Baby, please believe in me
Please believe in me
[Chorus]
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(You must believe in me, baby)
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(You must believe me)
You gotta believe me that
Mary, Mary, I hear you loud and clear
[Verse 2]
Why don't you believe in me?
Tell me why you don't see
That you can put your trust in me
And let me lead the way
Please, baby, take my hand
I don't need another man
But if you wanna hold on tight
You cannot be afraid
[Chorus]
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(You must believe me, baby, yeah)
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you (You gotta believe)
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(Oh, you got to believe in me, yeah)
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(You must believe in me, baby)
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(You must believe me)
You gotta believe me that
Mary, Mary, I hear you loud and clear
[Verse 2]
Why don't you believe in me?
Tell me why you don't see
That you can put your trust in me
And let me lead the way
Please, baby, take my hand
I don't need another man
But if you wanna hold on tight
You cannot be afraid
[Chorus]
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(You must believe me, baby, yeah)
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you (You gotta believe)
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(Oh, you got to believe in me, yeah)
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
[Bridge]
Take me, boy, by my hand (Take me)
Let me make you understand
(Make you understand)
That I can never let you down (Oh oh)
Baby, just believe in me (Oh oh oh)
Take me, boy, by my hand (I said take me)
Let me make you understand (Take me, yeah yeah)
That I can never let you down (Never let)
Baby, just believe in me
(Please believe)
[Chorus]
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
You gotta believe (Oh, yeah yeah)
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(You got to believe)
You gotta believe in me
(You gotta believe, you gotta believe, yeah)
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you (I)
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me (Yeah, yeah)
You gotta believe in me
(You got to believe)
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you (You)
You gotta believe (Oh ho, ah yeah)
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me (Ah yeah yeah)
You gotta believe in me (Hey hey hey, yeah)
You gotta believe in me (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
You gotta believe
Take me, boy, by my hand (Take me)
Let me make you understand
(Make you understand)
That I can never let you down (Oh oh)
Baby, just believe in me (Oh oh oh)
Take me, boy, by my hand (I said take me)
Let me make you understand (Take me, yeah yeah)
That I can never let you down (Never let)
Baby, just believe in me
(Please believe)
[Chorus]
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
You gotta believe in me
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
You gotta believe (Oh, yeah yeah)
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me
(You got to believe)
You gotta believe in me
(You gotta believe, you gotta believe, yeah)
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you (I)
You gotta believe
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me (Yeah, yeah)
You gotta believe in me
(You got to believe)
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you (You)
You gotta believe (Oh ho, ah yeah)
You gotta believe, gotta believe in me (Ah yeah yeah)
You gotta believe in me (Hey hey hey, yeah)
You gotta believe in me (Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
You gotta believe me that I won't ever hurt you
You gotta believe
[Outro]
Yes, yeah, you got to believe, oh-oh
(You gotta believe in me, baby)
Oh, oh oh oh yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, oh yeah
(You gotta believe)
I don't want you to go away
(You gotta believe, gotta believe in me)
Yes, yeah, you got to believe, oh-oh
(You gotta believe in me, baby)
Oh, oh oh oh yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, oh yeah
(You gotta believe)
I don't want you to go away
(You gotta believe, gotta believe in me)
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Genius Annotation
“You Gotta Believe” is the 8th track on Mary’s My Life album. The song is about a woman persuading her man to trust the woman’s loyalty. Basically telling her man to have faith that she is loyal.
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- 2.Intro
- 14.My Life
- 16.You Gotta Believe
- 20.I’m Goin’ Down
- 24.Be With You
- 26.Mary’s Joint
- 28.Don’t Go
- 30.I Love You
- 32.No One Else
- 34.Be Happy
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Publisher
Mary J. Blige Music, Justin Combs Music, Ninth Street Tunnel Music, Chyna Baby Music, LBN Publishing, Big Herb’s Music, Davone Ravone Lee Publishing, Embassy Music, Janice Combs Music, EMI Music Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music, Kobalt Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Universal - Songs of Polygram International & Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
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Executive Producer
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Label
Recorded At
The Hit Factory (New York City)
Released on
November 29, 1994
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