If You Let Me
by Eddie Kendricks
From the album: People...Hold On
Track 1 of 10 on People...Hold On (1972).
Duration: 3:21
Lyrics for If You Let Me
Baby, I know I blew your mind Oh, I just kept on hanging 'round you I thought you needed me near Oh, yes, I did, now Thought someday we'd settle down, oh yeah Tried to run my game on ya, no, baby No, no Just trynna make you know If you let me, I know I can I can sail a ship on dry land Hey, if you let me I know I can (Ooh) be a man (I wanna), aw (oh yeah!) I know you told me from the start how you felt Whoa, my mind was already made up, yes, it was, now I was gonna take care of you, oh yeah Instead, I made things just a little rough for ya, oh yeah Tried to run my game on ya, no, baby No, no Just trynna make you know If you let me, I know I can I can build a house on quick sand, quick sand, baby If you let me, I know I can Be a man I wanna (oh) Whoa (whoa, yeah!), yeah, yeah, yeah Ah Oh, baby Oh! (help, help!), whoo! Tried to run my game on ya, no, baby No, no, no, no Just trynna make you see My mind done over left me My heart's givin' in with you, yeah Baby, I miss you Oh, if you let me, I know I can I can sail a ship on dry land Oh, if you let me, I know I can I can build a little house on quick sand Hey, hey, hey If you let me, I know I can I'll do anything you want me to, baby All you got to do is let me (if you let me, I know I can) Oh, talk to me, baby