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Artist: Kehlani
Canonical path: /kehlani/i-wanna-be
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Wanna Be
Read I Wanna Be lyrics by Kehlani on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Wanna Be
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Tell me what I gotta do to make you fall in love
Tell me what I gotta do to make you want this love
Tell me what I gotta do to keep you coming my way
Tell me what I gotta do, I'll come and pick you up
Oh I would like
(Oh I would like)
To get to know
(To get to know)
If this could be
(If this could be)
Be what we want
(Be what we want)
Oh I would like
(Oh I would like)
To get to know
(To get to know)
If I could have
(If I could have)
You for my own now
I wanna be (I wanna be) the only girl that you ever need
(I wanna be) I wanna be the only place that you wanna be
(I wanna be) I want this to be for forever
I know that you're with it but you can do better
I want a lifetime love, I want a guarantee baby
Tell me what I gotta do to keep laying down my lane
Tell me how you like it, I'm a put them hoes to shame
I'll do what I gotta do to keep you coming my way
I know what I gotta do to make you call my name
Oh I would like
(Oh I would like)
To get to know
(To get to know)
If this could be
(If this could be)
Be what we want
(Be what we want)
Oh I would like
(Oh I would like)
To get to know
(To get to know)
If I could have
(If I could have)
You for my own now
I wanna be (I wanna be yeah, I wanna be) the only girl that you ever need
(I wanna be) I wanna be the only place that you wanna be
(I wanna be) I want this to be for forever
I know that you're with it but you can do better
I want a lifetime love, I want a guarantee baby
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be
Who you pull up and slide in for, yeah
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be
Be the one that you riding for
Needing love, I'll be the one who you providing for
Know I'm the one, what they trying for? Yeah
What you want, what you hiding for?
Pull up, let me get you in the zone
(And I wanna be)
I wanna be the only girl that you ever need
(I wanna be the only girl that you ever need)
(I wanna be) I wanna be the only place that you wanna be
(I wanna be the only place that you wanna be)
(I wanna be) I want this to be for forever
I know that you're with it but you can do better
I want a lifetime love, I want a guarantee baby
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Uh, huh
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Kehlani performs "I Wanna Be", and this lyric page sits inside the Kehlani catalog on LyroVerse.
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