Baby I’m Ready

Let me just start out by saying that I miss the old school music that used to talk about love and feelings and not just about sex, drugs and money. I liked that the artists and writers weren’t afraid to be vulnerable and express how they really felt without feeling like they would be giving up some so called advantage or whatever the hell it is that folks think they need to be protecting nowadays. I mean there were some classics! So there is this old school LeVert song that I play at least 4 times in a row every time it comes up on any of my music devices – Baby I’m Ready.  Listen, if a dude doesn’t love me like what Gerald Levert is singing about, I don’t want it. Check it:  

Baby it's time, for me,

To give you all the love you need.

Baby I know, that you deserve the best,

And I can't keep treatin' you, like I did the rest. Sang!

Chorus: Baby I'm ready, to give you all of my love, (All of my love)

Girl I'm tired of playin' games,

So many girls I can't even name.

Baby I'm ready(Baby I'm ready), to give you all of my love,

Baby not just a little bit,

I wanna give you all of it.

Baby I know, that you need mornin', noon, and evenin' love,

And I just ain't been givin' you my time.

But girl I wanna give you, every little bit

Every little piece, every little part of me,

Show you my love, just can't be beat. Naw, baby.

Chorus

All my kisses belong to you,

Take my heart in your hand,

And do whatever you wanna do with it baby, hey hey.

My love, my love, my love, my love, my love (goes deeper than the eye can see)

I've made mistakes before, so won't you please forgive me.

Oh baby, oh my sweet little baby!

I'll give you anything, *Girl I'm tired of playin' games*,

Just ask me and I'll give it to you baby.

So won't you give me one more chance,

Give me one more chance, (baby not just a little bit)

We can have an everlasting romance.

Baby, baby, baby I'm ready.

To give you all of my love, all of my kisses.

Girl I'm tired of playin' games, I don't wanna play no more,

I don't wanna play no more.

Baby I'm ready, to give you every little piece, every little part of me, baby.

Baby not just a little bit, (not just a little bit),

I wanna give you all of it.

Yo!! This man said he’s ready to give ALL of his love, not just a piece or a little bit, but he wants to give her all of it. That’s key. He even went so far as to tell her to take his heart in her hands and do whatever she wanted to do with it. If that ain’t about the utmost trust and the business! Now I have had a lot of dudes call me baby, but ain’t none of the dudes given me this level of love and trust here. That’s what I want, a man who isn’t holding some of his love back for whatever reason. I’m an all or nothing type of chick so I don’t want a man who is holding back a part of his love for an ex, or cause his momma said so, or cause his homeboys or his cousins/brothers/frat brothers/etc may call him soft or weak or whipped, or cause he’s been hurt in the past or cause he’s got whatever issues/insecurities in what I got versus what he got, I want 100 % of what he has to give cause I’m willing to give the same in return.

 What exactly is it that makes us hold something back and not give those we say we care about 100% of us? Is it that that we are always anticipating the worst? Do we not feel like we are deserving enough to get someone’s all and therefore don’t give someone ours? Are we willing to hurt someone else first in order to make sure we aren’t the ones hurt? I think it takes a very strong person to make themselves vulnerable enough to put themselves out there for no matter what may come. Will we get hurt sometimes? Sure. I know I have. But honestly, without risk there is no reward. The payoff can be so much greater when we open ourselves up to the possibility of something better by just letting go and seeing what happens. Right now I’m speaking about love but this can happen in all aspects of our lives. I know when I started looking for new opportunities and ways to get out of my comfort zone and expand my skill set, I was able to get a job that started to feed my love for travel (hey the way to my heart is with a plane ticket or something romantic 😉). I mean right now I’m in the middle of a 5 week, 7 city work travel tour and writing from one of my swings to the West Coast (What’s up LA!!). The payoff is getting the see all my folks in cities I’ve either lived in or visited and having new or great experiences, plus getting my skymiles, hotel and car points up lol.

At the end of the day, we all need to think about whether we want to live in a safe little box that we THINK we can control, or be willing to say, hey, I’m ready to give my all and see what happens.

I’m ready. Are you?

Peace.

 

Not too much to ask for is it? ;-)