LEELA JAMES - TELL ME YOU LOVE ME

TELL ME YOU LOVE ME

LEELA JAMES

SONGWRITERS: LEELA JAMES; ANDREA MARTIN; GORDON WILLIAMS & JOHN D. LOUDERMILK

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: MY SOUL

LABEL: STAX RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 2010

 

         Aleicha Janeice Campbell (born May 22, 1983), known professionally as Leela James, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter.

            My Soul is the third studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Leela James. It was released by Stax Records on May 25, 2010 in the United States, marking James' debut with the label. Her highest-charting effort to date, the album debuted and peaked at number 7 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at number 37 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

         Allmusic editor Andy Kellman found that "My Soul is James' best yet in every way. It does not feature quite as many big-name collaborators or eye-popping elements as her debut, but the material is stronger, more balanced between vintage and contemporary sounds, and James sounds more comfortable in her voice. Just as important is that she is coming into her own as a songwriter; four of the songs were written entirely by her, and they are among the album’s most affecting moments."

I unpacked my chest for you

Do everything that you want me to

Can't believe I gave you all my love

What in the world was I thinkin' of?

 

I just let it all slip away

With every minute, hour of the day

And if it really meant to be, just share with me

Why do I still feel incomplete?

 

Tell me, yeah

I need to know, baby

I got to know

Tell me, yeah

Tell me that you love me

 

If I give you what you need

Would you do the same thing for me?

'Cause I don't want to be alone

I want you here all night long

 

'Cause when you leave me, baby

I'm thinkin' about you always

I'm ashamed to say

How much I want you to stay

 

Baby, tell me, yeah

I need to know

Say it now

I got to know

Tell me that you love me

 

Now you see

I'm not tryin' to make a big fuss over this

But I'm just sayin', you need to let me know how you feel sometimes

Say it, it's not wrong, expressing yourself?

That's what wo- women like that, you know what I'm sayin'?

You know, you got to tap into your romantic side

Shoot, return the love, baby, return the love

 

I need to know, I want to know

I need to know, I want to know

I need to know, I want to know

 

I need to know, yeah baby

I got to know, oh, tell me

Tell me that you love me, love me, love me, love me

That you love me, love me, love me, love me.