“Lady” is a collaboration between soul men D'Angelo and Raphael Saadiq that was released as the third single from Brown Sugar. The gold single peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was later remixed by DJ Premier and featured D'Angelo’s EMI la...
[Chorus]
You're my lady
You're my lady
You're my lady (My, oh, baby)
You're my lady (Yeah)
[Verse 1]
Don't think I don't see them lookin' at ya
All of 'em wishin' they could have ya
And as a matter of fact, uh
A bunch of them are itchin' for you to scratch them
I'm tired of hidin' what we feel
I'm tryna come with the real
And I'm gonna make it known
'Cause I want them to know
[Chorus]
You're my lady (You're my lady, yeah, yeah)
You're my lady (You're, oh)
You're my lady (Lady, yeah, my divine, my divine lady)
You're my lady (Oh, oh, yeah)
[Verse 2]
You're my little baby (Baby), my darling baby (Baby)
I swear you're the talk of the town
And everybody wants to know what's goin' down
Babe, I know they've seen us before
Maybe at the liquor store (Maybe at the liquor store)
Maybe at the health food stand (Yeah)
They don't know that I'm your man (Yeah)
[Chorus]
You're my lady (You're mine, you're mine, hey)
You're my lady (Baby, ooh, you're my lady)
You're my lady (Oh, my divine, my divine)
You're my lady (Yeah, yeah, oh)
I can tell they're lookin' at us
[Bridge]
I pick you up every day from your job (You're my lady)
Every guy in the parking lot wants to rob me of my girl
And my heart and soul, and everybody wants to treat me so cold
But I know I love you and you love me (Yeah)
There's no other lover for you or me (You're my lady)
[Vamp]
I can tell they're lookin' at us
I can tell they're lookin' at us
I can tell they're lookin' at us
[Outro]
You're my lady
My divine lady
You're my lady
Such a wonderful lady
I can tell they're lookin' at us
You're my lady (You're my lady)
Oh, oh, oh (You're my lady)
My divine lady
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah (Oh, yeah)
You're my lady (You're my lady)
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah
You're my lady (Such a wonderful lady)
I can tell they're lookin' at us (You're my lady)
Everybody, everybody wants to know, baby, oh (You're my lady)
Oh, everybody wants to know what's goin' down, sugar (You're my lady)
Ayy, ooh, yeah, hey, oh (You're my lady)
(Such a beautiful lady)
I can tell they're lookin' at us (You're my lady)
Lookin' at us (You're my lady)
You're my lady (My divine lady)
Yeah, my, my divine, my divine lady (You're my lady)
You're my lady
(Such a beautiful lady)
I can tell they're lookin' at us (Oh, baby)
You're my lady (Oh, baby, oh, you're my)
You're my lady (My divine lady)
My divine, my divine baby (You're my lady)
(You're my lady)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh (You're my lady)
(Such a beautiful lady)
I can tell they're lookin' at us (You're my lady)
My divine lady
(You're my lady)
(My divine lady)
Lady was written by D’Angelo & Raphael Saadiq.
Lady was produced by D’Angelo & Raphael Saadiq.
I wrote ‘Lady’ in a Marriott Hotel lobby in Connecticut. There was a piano sitting there, and I just sat down and started writing this song about a girl I knew who lived in Long Island. I originally played it for the members of Tony! Toni! Toné!, but they didn’t like it. I remember them saying, ‘Eve...
“Lady” peaked at #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.