All right, so look I just want y'all to know something (know something) D'angelo (d'angelo) That man is a godsend (godsend) He is truly a godsend Not was truly, but is truly a godsend (a godsend) Yeah One (one), yeah (yeah) I just want to have a little conversation with the room tonight, you know Let me share some shit (some shit) Let me share truth (let me share truth) Let us share d'angelo (d'angelo), yeah I was up in a session with tribe and I was moody yo Working on scenario in battery studio Q-tip, phife dawg, jerobe, ali shaheed, and bob power We split phillies, white owls, roll up front door and smoked the sour While we sat in the same rooms together, the focus was the devour The beats that q-tip and ali pulled up, it was the plan for the hour Collar turnt up, but a soft lover Pair of tims and trousers Cornrows, soft spoken, persona, but captivated, it's louder There's nothing d'angelo didn't do that couldn't have made us prouder The man never needed a co-sign He never needed a voucher He touched them keys like escobar and the medellin And then he touched the souls of the people and everything between See, we gotta feel it And embrace all of his spirit From the music whenever we hear it Huh, share it For those who was left at the door The man was conceived February eleventh, nineteen seventy-four His comet hit the earth, it was something we never saw His dominance since birth later on resonated so pure The shit he did cut deep in the soul, hit the center of your core Oh, yes, we wanted more Damn right we wanted more We could not get enough of the God Damn, he was so charismatic Everybody at work, he contributed to culture Ended up being a classic Type shit that made a nigga romantic Together with his woman, climactic Thank God he gave you to us as a gift That kept giving us this magic (this magic) I know some things have changed since the last I've seen you Some was good, some for the bad, baby, bad, baby All and all, I can't complain, that's what I've been through, baby But seeing you reminds me of the precious times we've had And I wondered all this time 'bout how you been And I hoped by chance, I'd see you once again I'd love to kiss your lips, baby, once again I long to hold you tight, girl, one mo' gin Yeah, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Oh-oh (uh) I know you got someone and I got somebody too But I'm unhappy and I miss the shit we used to do Yeah, yeah, yeah I miss your smile, your mouth, your laughter, baby Never bumped into your kind before or after (And I'm wonderin', baby) (And I'm wonderin', baby) And I wondered all this time 'bout how you been (oh, oh) (Said I've been wonderin') And I hoped by chance I'd see you once again (how you been, girl?) (Would it be alright?) I'd love to kiss your lips, baby, once again (kiss you, baby, yeah) (Oh-oh, yeah, baby, baby) I love to hold you tight, girl, one mo' gin (gin) Yeah (mm) Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh (hey) Ooh-ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah I know you gotta be gettin' back to your own thing (oh-oh-oh, you got your own thing) (Baby) Baby, you got yours, I got mine I hope you know that you could call me, girl, if things change (yeah, yeah) And if you wanna, we could catch up on some lost time (And I'm wonderin', baby) And I wondered all this time 'bout how you been (oh, oh) (Said I've been wonderin') And I hoped by chance I'd see you once again (how you been, girl?) (And would you mind if I kiss you, baby? Oh, yeah) I'd love to kiss your lips, baby, once again (yeah, yeah) I love to hold you tight, girl, one mo' gin (gin) Gin Oh-oh-oh (oh) Oh-oh-oh