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Artist: Cleopatra
Canonical path: /cleopatra/i-want-you-back
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I Want You Back
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I Want You Back
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When I say what.
When I say what.
When I say what.
When I say what.
Uhh-uhhhh-uhhhh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh a
let me tell you now (ooo-ooo-honey-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-ooo-ooo-ooo) uhh-uhh.
When I had you to myself I didn't want you around.
Those pretty faces always made you stand out in the crowd.
(But) someone picked you from the bunch, one glance was all it took.
Now it's much too late for me to take a second look
(ooo-ooo-ooo).
Oh baby give me one more chance
(to show you that I love you).
Won't you please let me
(back in your heart).
Oh darling I was blind to let you go
(let you go baby),
but now since I see you in her arms
(I want you back)
yes I do now
(I want you back)
ooo-ooo baby
(I want you back)
yea, yea, yea, yeah
(I want you back)
now, now, now, now.
Trying to live without your love is one long sleepless night.
Let me show you boy that
(I know wrong from right).
Every street you walk on I leave tear stains on the ground,
following the boy
(I didn't even want around ooo-ooo-ooo).
A ?let me tell you now.
Oh baby all I need is one more chance
(to show you that I love you).
Won't you please let me
(back in your heart).
Oh darling I was blind to let you go
(let you go baby),
but now since I see you in her arms
(I want you back, I want you back),
(I want you back, I want you back),
(I want you back, I want you back),
(I want you back, I want you back).
Ba-mm-ba-bow, Ba-mm-ba-bow, Ba-mm-ba-bow, Ba-mm-ba-bow, Ba-mm-ba-bow, Ba-mm-ba-bow, Ba-mm-ba-bow.
All I want, all I need, all I want, all I need.
Baby just one more chance
(to show you that I love you).
Baby (baby, baby, baby) baby, baby,
(I want you back).
Forget what happened then, let me live again.
Oh baby I was blind to let you go
(ooo-ooo-ooo, honey), but now since I see you in her arms
(I want you back).
Spare me of this cost
(I want you back).
Give me back what I lost.
Oh baby I need one more chance, ha,
I tell you that I love you,
Baby, ohh, ohh, ohh, I want you back,
(I want you back),
(I want you back).
I want you back for the 9-8
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha yeah, y'all, I want you back,
I want you back 1998 y'all, 1998 y'all.
I want you back now baby, baby,
I want you back now baby, I want you back now baby,
I want you back now baby, I want you back now baby,
I want you back now baby,
oo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooooo-ooo,
(I want you back, baby),
I want you back, 1998 y'all,
I want you back now baby, ow, ow, ow.
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