Sweet Thing

Album

What's the 411?

Label

Uptown Records

Genre

Soul

Media Type

CD

Duration

3:44

Composer(s)

Chaka Khan;Tony Maiden

Entered Chart

Feb 13, 1993

Peak Date

Feb 27, 1993

Released

April 2, 1993

Recorded

1992

Catalog #

Uptown/MCA 54586

"Sweet Thing" is a song performed by American funk and R&B band Rufus with vocals by band member Chaka Khan. As a single, it peaked number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. Mary J. Blige recorded her version, which charted in the United States and New Zealand in 1993.

I will love you anyway, even if you can not stay
I think you are the one for me
Here is where you ought to be
I just wanna satisfy ya
'Cause you're not mine and I can't deny it
Don't you hear me talkin', baby?
Love me now or I'll go crazy

Whoa, sweet thing
Don't you know you're my everything?
Whoa, sweet thing
Don't you know you're my everything?
Yes, you are

I wish you were my lover, but you act so undercover
Love you child my whole life long, be it right or be it wrong
I'm more than what you make me, baby
Don't walk away, don't be so shady
Don't want your mind, don't want your money
These words I say, they may sound funny, but

Whoa, sweet thing, yeah
Don't you know you're my everything?
Whoa, sweet thing
Don't you know you're my everything?
Yes, you are
Yes, you are, baby

You are my heat, you are my fire
You make me weak with strong desire
Love you, child, my whole life long
Be it right or be it wrong
I just want to satisfy ya
'Cause you're not mine, I can't deny it
Don't you hear me talkin', baby?
Love me now or I'll go crazy

You're my heat, you are my fire
You're not mine, I can't deny ya
Don't you hear me talkin', baby?
Love me now or I'll go crazy
You're my heat, you are my fire
You're not mine, I can't deny ya
Don't you hear me talkin', baby?
Love me now or I'll go crazy

You're my heat, you are my fire
You're not mine, I can't deny ya
Don't you hear me talkin', baby? ('Cause you're my sweet thing)
Love me now or I'll go crazy (Sweet thing)
You're my heat, you are my fire
You're not mine, I can't deny ya
Don't you hear me talkin', baby?
Love me now or I'll go crazy (Talk to me, talk to me, baby)

C'mon, 'cause you're my sweet thing
I don't care what you do to me
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
You're mine, you're mine