# 1’s

 

 

SWEETHEART

WHEN YOU BELIEVE

WHENEVER YOU CALL

MY ALL

HONEY

ALWAYS BE MY BABY

ONE SWEET BABY

FANTASY

HERO

DREAMLOVER

I’LL BE THERE

EMOTIONS

I DON’T WANNA CRY

SOMEDAY

LOVE TAKES TIME

VISION OF LOVE

I STILL BELIEVE

Bonus Tracks for Intl. Editions

DO YOU KNOW (WHERE YOU’RE

           GOING TO)

WITHOUT YOU (Instead of I DON’T

           WANNA CRY)

 

 

 

 

 

Lyrics

 

SWEETHEART

 

 

My personal favorite song in the album.  The rap and the music are perfectly dosed and Mariah’s voice sounds tempting, different, more fun.  This is a great track and a Top Five hit. 

 

SWEETHEART featuring JD

Lyrics & Music: R. Davis – P. Warner

 

JD’s Rap:

JD y'all
MC y'all (What ya think about)
I'm the man to fulfill your needs
Get you everything that you see in your dreams
Baby, let nothing and nobody tear us apart
And forever you'll be my sweetheart

Boy haven't you noticed
A gleam in my eye
Because of you
I'm a little hypnotized
But every time you're with me
I feel so positive
Now with a little luck
Something's got to give

A full moon
Is waiting in the twilight
Maybe soon
You will come to be my night
Here we are
Hoping that we never part

Stay with me

Baby, won't you be my sweetheart
We could share a storybook romance
Won't you be mine
Won't you be my sweetheart
We could share a storybook romance

You are no Casanova
I know that you'll be true
And that's why
I'm so in love with you
For each romantic ending
You leave me at my door
But tonight
I'd like us to explore

A full moon
Is waiting in the twilight
Maybe soon
You will come to be my night
Here we are
Hoping that we never part
Stay with me

Baby, won't you be my sweetheart
We could share a storybook romance
Won't you be mine
Won't you be my sweetheart, oh, yeah
We could share a storybook romance
 
JD’s Rap:
See I saw you at the party with your eyes on me
Fittin' the description of what I want my bride to be
As live as me
Don't know the same guys as me
A lot of style unusual wild name like Ivory
I agree with my nigga's
You the baddest I done seen in a long time
A woman with her own shine
Is one time and don't hit
'Cause I'm tired of dealin' with the wrong kind
Gettin' nothin' but the bullshit
She gotta playa tryin' to think of new things to say
She's in the corner sippin' Don P Rose
Shakin' it up with her home girls
Payin' no attention to us
They in they own world
A yo girl I'm the man to fulfill your needs
Get you everything that you see in your dreams
Baby, let nothing or nobody tear us apart
And forever you'll be my sweetheart

Stars are bright
Mood is right
To keep me warm
Away from harm
Nowhere better than my baby's arms
Stars are bright
Mood is right
To keep me warm
Away from harm
Won't you be mine

Sweetheart
We could share a storybook romance
Do you like how it's going down - Won't you be mine
Won't you be my sweetheart, oh, yeah
We could share a storybook romance

Sweetheart (Now let's get together)
We could share a storybook romance (Live happily ever after)
Won't you be mine
Sweetheart (No one to make us sad)
We could share a storybook romance (Oh, baby)
Mariah, you're on fire
Just you and I

 

You know I need your love

romance

 

WHEN YOU BELIEVE (From The Prince Of Egypt Soundtrack)

 

                      

 

A nice message and an Oscar-winning song put together.  The two voices are powerful yet they interpret subdued vocals and reveal their longtime work as singers.  I especially like it because it isn’t presumptuous, I mean there you got, two superstars apparently competing for the throne, but what you get here is a good combination of two styles and team work.

 

WHEN YOU BELIEVE Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston

Lyrics & Music: S. Schwartz – Additional Music: Babyface

 

Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we know we could

chorus:
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
And now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

chorus:
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

They don't always happen when you ask
And it's easy to give in to your fear
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way to get through the rain
Thought of a still resilient voice
Says love is very near

chorus:
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

 

You will when you believe

 

WHENEVER YOU CALL Mariah Carey & Brian McKnight

Lyrics: M. Carey – Music: M. Carey – W. Afanasieff

 

Love wandered inside
Stronger than you
Stronger than I
And now that it has begun
We cannot turn back
We can only turn into one

I won't ever be too
Far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remember
The part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call

And I'm truly inspired
Finding my soul
There in your eyes
And you
Have opened my heart
And lifted me inside
By showing me yourself
Undisguised

And I won't ever be too
Far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remember
The part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call...
Ooh... yeah

And I will breathe for you each day
Comfort you through all the pain
Gently kiss your fears away
You can turn to me and cry
Always understand that I
Give you all I have inside

And I won't ever be too
Far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
I won't ever be too far to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call

I'll always remember
The part of you so tender
And be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call

 

Whenever you call


FANTASY REMIX featuring ODB

Lyrics: M. Carey – C. Frantz – T. Weymouth – Music: M. Carey – D. Hall – C. Frantz – T. Weymouth – A. Belew – S. Stanley

 

I STILL BELIEVE

 

                                        

 

Nostalgic as no other, I Still Believe, first made famous by singer Brenda K. Starr (I think you know who she is) is really one of the best works in this album.  A tribute to a friend turned into a world sensation. 

 

I STILL BELIEVE

Lyrics & Music: A. Armato – V. Cantarelli

 

You look in my eyes
And I get emotional inside
I know it's crazy, but
You still can touch my heart
And after all this time
You'd think that I
Wouldn't feel the same
But time melts into nothing
And nothing's changed

chorus:
I still believe
Someday you and me
Will find ourselves
In love again
I had a dream
Someday you and me
Will find ourselves
In love again

Each day of my life
I'm filled with all the joy
I could find
You know that I
Am not the desperate type
If there's one spark of hope
Left in my grasp
I'll hold it with both hands
It's worth the risk of burning
To have a second chance

No…
I need you, baby
I still believe that we can be together
No…
If we believe that true love
Never has to end
Then we must know that we will love again

chorus:
I still believe
Someday you and me
Will find ourselves
In love again
I had a dream
You and me

Will find ourselves
In love again

I still believe
Someday you and me
Just give me one more try
In love again
I had a dream

I miss your love
Someday you and me
Will find ourselves
In love again

I still believe
Someday you and me
Will find ourselves
In love again
I had a dream

 

  

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#1’s is an interesting compilation, mostly because it brings new material along with the classics it pretends to remember.  The hip-hop version of Fantasy (featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastar’) is great and so are the duets, respectively with mega-superstar Whitney Houston and with R&B star Brian McKnight.  Definitely not the Greatest Hits album as Mariah says in the CD booklet letter but, in my opinion this is a wiser and more serious track listing than the GH.  LC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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