총 2천4백만명 이상이 투표에 참가한 [아메리칸 아이돌] 시즌 2 결승전에서 클레이 에이킨을 13만4천표 차란 간발의 차이로 누르고 우승컵을 거머 쥔 ‘벨벳 테디 베어’ 루벤 스터다드! 2003년 12월 출시된 데뷔앨범 [SOULFUL]은 선 주문 물량만 1백만장 가까이 치솟으며 빌보드 앨범차트 1위로 데뷔, 현재까지 2백만장 가량의 누적 판매고를 달성한 상태로서, 알 그린과 루더 밴드로스를 오가는 그루브 만점의 미드 템포 발라드로 정상에 섰다 평가받고 있다. 2004년 빌보드 연말결산 차트 가스펠 부문 1위를 차지했던 [I NEED AN ANGEL]에 이어 선보이는 최신앨범은 [THE RETURN]이라는 의미심장한 타이틀을 달고 있다. 정신 사나운 세상사들을 깨끗이 정리하고 간만에 가수로 복귀한 동시에, CCM 가수로의 외도 또한 잠시 접고 다시 대중 가수로 돌아왔다는 의미도 함께 담았다. 성숙하고 깊이있는 감동을 담은 14곡의 명품 R&B 발라드가 여기 있다. .... ....
K.L., Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Baby, I know it's been awhile since you seen me And there's a lot of things I wanna show you Most things you never knew I could do Listen, baby, boo, I wanna whisper in ya ear Tell you what I'm all about Re-introduce myself and remove all doubts You can let your hair down, you can let yourself go Cause I came back to let you know that
It's the return, it's the return of your velvet teddy bear Girls, I'm here It's the return, it's the return of your velvet teddy bear Have no fear Oh, are you ready Yes, are you ready, yes, are you ready Yes, are you ready for me Yes, are you ready for your velvet teddy bear Girls, I'm here
Shortie, the vibe you're giving me is straight sexy And I gotta do what your body tells me Cause I meet expectations better yet exceed em You best believe I'm a rider nova Casanova All of the above when it comes to making love
You can let your hair down, you can let yourself go Cause I came back to let you know that
It's the return, it's the return of your velvet teddy bear Girls, I'm here It's the return, it's the return of your velvet teddy bear Have no fear Oh, are you ready Yes, are you ready, yes, are you ready Yes, are you ready for me Yes, are you ready for your velvet teddy bear Girls, I'm here Girls I'm here
Shout out to little love music New Ruben, new look, new music Shot out to Larry Jackson that's big spit Oh, Jay records Return of the velvet teddy bear Girls, you should see him Whooo wee
It's the return, it's the return of your velvet teddy bear Girls, I'm here It's the return, it's the return of your velvet teddy bear Have no fear Oh, are you ready Yes, are you ready, yes, are you ready Yes, are you ready for me Yes, are you ready for your velvet teddy bear Girls, I'm here
It's the return, it's the return of your velvet teddy bear Girls, I'm here It's the return, it's the return of your velvet teddy bear Have no fear Oh, are you ready Yes, are you ready, yes, are you ready Yes, are you ready for me Yes, are you ready for your velvet teddy bear Girls, I'm here
How would you like it if I talked about your skin The way you wear your hair Would you like it if I talked about your butt Or once a month Turn into someone that was hard to love How would you like it if I didn't like you small Didn't like the polish you be wearing on your toes If I didn't like your neckalace Or what your cook for breakfast Would I be wrong Would I be wrong Why you wanna change me Flip all the things that really make me The way that I am used to make you happy Baby Why you wanna change me Girl You used to like your big old teddy bear Girl You used to let me get it anywhere Now baby its crazy Why why why you wanna change me Now what all I did was pick apart your friends Cause they ain't got no ends What if I talked about your face in the morning Cuz we know that you aint cute in the morning no What if I criticized the way that you be eating And when you sleeping you be doing the heavy breathin' What if I was to ask you about your house keepin' Would I be wrong Would I be wrong oh Why you wanna change me Flip all the things that really make me The way that I am used to make you happy Baby Why you wanna change me You used to like your big old teddy bear You used to let me get it anywhere Now baby its crazy Why why why you wanna change me We used to love breaking up Knowin' we be together again And we used to love the arguments Cause we makin love by the end How you goin' change everything and turn Turn it all around Cause I don't want to go If it ain't goin' be the same If it aint broke then why you wanna Change Why you wanna change me Flip all the things that really make me The way that I am used to make you happy Baby Why you wanna change me You used to like your big old teddy bear Girl You used to let me get it anywhere Now baby its crazy Why why why you wanna change me why you wanna change me why you wanna change me why baby tell me why why baby tell me why Why you wanna change me Why you wanna change me Why baby tell me why Girl why baby tell me why
Baby, first off let me start by saying I ain't trying to get in your jeans First I'd rather learn your ups and downs And everything in between
I wanna know you, your insecurities Secrets and your needs I want your mental and your physical too And once I've got it I won't stop Until you know you're beautiful
I just wanna make you feel beautiful Wanna make you feel beautiful Girl, that's all I wanna do Girl, just let me make you feel beautiful Let me make you feel beautiful Cause you are beautiful I just wanna make you feel beautiful Wanna make you feel beautiful Girl, that's all I wanna do Girl, just let me make you feel beautiful Let me make you feel beautiful Cause you are beautiful
Beautiful as Sunday in the Spring Saturday in the Fall, beautiful as poetry Oh, when you look at me Say nothing at all
I want you to know this Girl, I want you to see that it's real I want you to feel that you're my focus And girl that's what you'll be Until I make you see that you are beautiful
I just wanna make you feel beautiful Wanna make you feel beautiful Girl, that's all I wanna do Girl, just let me make you feel beautiful Let me make you feel beautiful Cause you are beautiful I just wanna make you feel beautiful Wanna make you feel beautiful Girl, that's all I wanna do Girl, just let me make you feel beautiful Let me make you feel beautiful Cause you are beautiful
There's so much for ya, girl I know that you're beautiful from your head to your toe You are so beautiful there's so much for ya, girl I know that you're beautiful from your head to your toe You are so beautiful
I just wanna make you feel beautiful Wanna make you feel beautiful Girl, that's all I wanna do Girl, just let me make you feel beautiful Let me make you feel beautiful Cause you are beautiful I just wanna make you feel beautiful Wanna make you feel beautiful Girl, that's all I wanna do Girl, just let me make you feel beautiful Let me make you feel beautiful Cause you are beautiful
Yeah, I got to do it to you Come on, baby, come with me Sit on the stoop
Girl, I see you across the road You're looking fly And I feel like coming through and saying hi Gotta check my swagger, get my pimping tight Gotta get you on that patron and get you feeling right
Girl, the way I feel it's your lucky day If you want you can push my whip to my place You're so inviting, I'm so excited To see what you got for me I'm gonna like it
You say you don't like to rush in You say you won't but I know you will Baby, don't front, you can let me in I won't be more than you can deal with
So, let's go, baby, step into my rangerover Push it to the crib, let's cut until we hangover You got the body, I got the do it do it juice Let's hit it and sip it Until it starts to get you loose
Now I know you're checking me It's in your eyes All the things you heard about me The other men don't lie Girl, if I'm coming off But girl, the way that you throw it Gave me an appetite
But it feels like I've been saving you for days Can't wait to take you out and meet you off my plain Your so inviting, I'm so excited to see what you got for me I know I'll like it
You say you don't like to rush in You say you won't but I know you will Baby, don't front, you can let me in I won't be more than you can deal with
So let's go, baby, step into my rangerover Push it to the crib, let's cut until we hangover You got the body, I got the do it do it juice Let's hit it and sip it until it starts to get you loose
I know you're willing to do whatever let me get you loose Keep on sipping and giving in Girl, go head get loose Don't trick yourself, girl Just treat yourself, girl I wanna hear you calling my name
Say
All you, your body my body gonna be friends I wanna you, wanna your body my body gonna be friends Girl, stop acting so confused, you know just what you wanna do
So, let's go baby, step into my rangerover Push it to the crib, let's cut until we hangover You got the body, I got the do it do it juice Let's hit it and sip it until it starts to get you loose
If your man don't know what to do Then let me help you get loose I got the do it do it juice This goes out to all the girls in your crew I got the do it do it juice This goes out to all the girls in your crew Come with me sip on this juice Until it starts to get you loose
I remember when I first saw ya I remember what ya had on I remember what I said to ya 'Scuse me miss how ya doing
I remember what you said You was doing fine but you was in a hurry So I gave ya my number and I didn't think you would call But you did, now here we are
And this is our story from beginning to end Baby listen, you'll see how we became lovers Turn it up, you'll hear how we became friends
Love is a part of our story Hate is a part of our story Making up breaking up It's all in here if you just turn it up It's our history to a beat And, girl, here is our story
Oh, baby, I remember the first kiss And how good your lips felt I can't forget, can't forget I's on your porch outside You put my hands on your thighs Us going up to your room and you giving me all of you I remember them tears that fell from your eye When you caught me red-handed in a lie I remember how you felt then, I remember how I felt then I remember how I prayed and girl I'm glad ya stayed
This is our story from beginning to end Baby listen, you'll see how we became lovers Turn it up, you'll hear how we became friends
Love is a part of our story Hate is a part of our story Making up breaking up It's all in here if you just turn it up It's our history to a beat And, girl, here is our story
Babygirl, it amazes me When I think of exactly how it came to be From day one until now Oh, rom now til forever Til forever from forever to eternity So if you ever need a reminder of why we're still together Play this song and it'll tell you
This is our story, this is our story, baby From beginning to end Baby listen, you'll see how we became lovers Turn it up, turn it up You'll hear how we became friends
Love is a part of our story Hate is a part of our story Making up, breaking up It's all in here if you just turn it up It's our history to a beat I put it all in here The good, the bad, the happy The sad and that is our story
One side of this story Your side of this story One side of this story Your side of this story
Uh, tell your mother, it's alright Tell your sisters and brothers, it's okay
Your friends are on the way Tell em calm down Cause they don't even know We going to work this out
Cause that's how it starts, right there Telling everybody round here What's going on between this We can't let em all in here
Cause everybody ain't for us Specially me When they only hear
One side of the story and that's your side of the story Then they make up their own story I wonder if they only heard my story That I love you only, baby, can't you see They don't know about you and me
I got an idea we should get away Somewhere with a view of the ocean for a couple days All night we could make make up to break up love And clear our minds, nobody there but us And if the phone rings, let it ring If there's a knock at the door, let em knock If it's the end of the world, let it end At least I'll be with my girl
Cause everybody ain't for us Specially me when they only hear
One side of the story and that's your side of the story Then they make up their own story I wonder if they only heard my story That I love you only, baby, can't you see They don't know about you and me
When they see ya cry They don't know I'm hurt When they feel your pain They don't know I"m worse off But I hold it in til I see you again 'Cause I don't wanna answer to nobody but you
One side of the story Your side of the story One side of the story They only hear one side of the story And that's your side of the story Then they make up their own story I wonder if they only heard my story That I love you only, baby, can't you see They don't know about you and me
They don't know what we know One side of the story and that's your side of the story Baby, tell them that they don't know what we know One side of the story and that's my side of the story
Tell me another lie Make me believe it's all in my mind Tell me you was out with your girls last night And that my boys didn't see you with another guy
Make me believe I'm tripping When your cell phone rings at three in the morning You get up and leave the room, Tell me another lie instead of the ugly truth
Baby girl, I'm not stupid When you talk to me like I don't know What kind of cologne I buy When I find the Dolce and Gabana, it ain't mine Baby, lie to me one more time
I don't want the truth, no, no, no I don't wanna have to forgive you for Anything that you might have done wrong Honestly I'd rather just not know I don't want the truth, no no no I don't wanna have to forgive you for Anything that you might have done wrong Honestly, I'd rather just not know
I can't sleep all night Trying to convince myself that we're alright And it's sad that the truth is I know that you're doing wrong But you're still my right
Make me believe I'm tripping When your cell phone rings at three in the morning You get up and leave the room, tell me another lie Instead of the ugly truth
Baby girl, I'm not stupid When you talk to me like I don't know What kind of cologne I buy When I find the Dolce and Gabana, it ain't mine Baby, lie to me one more time
I don't want the truth, no, no, no I don't wanna have to forgive you for Anything that you might have done wrong Honestly, I'd rather just not know I don't want the truth, no, no, no I don't wanna have to forgive you for Anything that you might have done wrong Honestly, I'd rather just not know, just not know
Girl, don't tell me how y'all met two months ago Sugar, I'd rather just not know I'd rather keep believing you still love me so I'd rather just not know
I don't want the truth, no, no, no I don't wanna have to forgive you for Anything that you might have done wrong Honestly, I'd rather just not know I don't want the truth, no, no, no I don't wanna have to forgive you for Anything that you might have done wrong Honestly, I'd rather just not know, just not know
Just can't, I don't know why I don't know why I can't stop loving you Na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, now Na, na, na, na, now Na, na, na, na, no
I was the one that said that we should take some time Told you I needed some space to clear my mind You do you and I'll do me for awhile And baby, it's just temporary
You swore up and down to me you understood Said it's cool and when I came back we'd be all good I did all I had to do and then came looking for you To tell you, to tell you
Ain't no party better than your love Ain't no party better than your love No club, girls that give it up Can do me like you can do me like you No party better than your love I came back like I said I would To tell you that nothing could Could do me like could do me like you
Na, na, na, na, no
Girl, you said you'd be here when I came back, but you not Word on the street is you shaking your ass up in the spot Every chance you get now, baby, that ain't you and that ain't cool
And I hear you saying if it's good for you Why ain't it good for me Now I regret my decision Cause I want us back how we used to be
But it's too late for that Cause we on different tracks Going different ways But girl let me say
Ain't no party better than your love Ain't no party better than your love No club, girls that give it up Can do me like you can do me like you No party better than your love I came back like I said I would To tell you that nothing could Could do me like could do me like you
No, na, na, na, na, no
Ain't no party not better than your love When I was all up in the club I found out that Ain't no party worth going to When I should have been with you
Ain't no party better than your love Ain't no party better than your love No club, girls that give it up Could do me like you could do me like you No party better than your love I came back like I said I would To tell you that nothing could Could do me like could do me like you
Na, na, na, na, now Na, na, na, na, no Na, na, na, could do me like you
Mmmmm, oooooh Baby girl, if you gonna move on that's fine Before you leave let me put something on your mind I never did wrong girl, I just made a mistake I learned from my lesson So now I gotta pay
I understand all that You leaving and all that Telling all your girls you hate me And how you ain't coming back
But tell me something shortie Do you still love me Cause nowadays it ain't cool to stay If a guy did you wrong
You don't wanna be nobody's fool But if deep inside you still wanna hold on
Listen to ya heart, do what it say If it's telling you to hold on Don't let go, baby, listen to your heart Let it lead the way, you just follow I hear it saying, I hear it saying You should be staying, you should be staying Baby, listen to your heart and don't let go
Don't listen to them girls They don't mean no good Misery love company and if they could Get with a dude like me you know that they would Jump at a chance to get up, get up out the hood But nevermind all that, they hating and all that It's up to you if you're gonna decide to take me back But it's no pressure, baby girl, I just want ya
Listen to ya heart, do what it say If it's telling you to hold on Don't let go, baby, listen to your heart Let it lead the way, you just follow I hear it saying, I hear it saying You should be staying, you should be staying Baby, listen to your heart and don't let go
Baby girl, I ain't trying to play with ya mind Baby girl, I ain't trying to waste ya time You welcome to leave, you welcome to stay As long as you do what ya heart say All you gotta do is think about it Tic tock, think about it Tick tock, keep thinking about it Whatever it is I'll do it
As long as you
Listen to ya heart, do what it say If it's telling you to hold on Don't let go, baby, listen to your heart Let it lead the way, you just follow I hear it saying, I hear it saying You should be staying, you should be staying Baby, listen to your heart and don't let go
It's that time of the year again I hate this time of the year Cause you ain't here If I had to sum it up I would say it just like this Uh
The sun is out, the block is hot The club is jumping but I'm not happy No I'm not happy You know it, girl
The girls are fly, they love my ride But I'm not smiling cause you're not with me No, I'm not happy
There was a time when I would wake up I would see your face with no makeup So beautiful, beautiful I miss it so
I would lay there thinking to myself I can share my life with nobody else I'm emotional, emotional Girl, I miss you so
And even though the sun is out The block is hot, the club is jumping But I'm not happy No, I'm not happy You know it girl
The girls are fly, they love my ride But I'm not smiling cause you're not with me You're not with me and I'm not happy
My Friday nights, let me tell you what they look like Blockbuster home alone movie night It used to be, it used to be you and me I still gotcha picture hanging on my wall Last summer in the Bahamas we had a ball Wish we could rewind when you were mine
And even though the sun is out The block is hot, the block The club is jumping but I'm not happy No, I'm not happy Aye, aye, you know it girl
The girls are fly, they love my ride But I'm not smiling cause you're not with me You're not with me and I'm not happy
When you hit it Hope you think about it What we used to do Baby girl, I'm sorry when you hit it Hope you think about it What we used to do Baby girl, I'm sorry
And even though the sun is out The block is hot and the block is hot, baby The club is jumping but I'm not happy No, I'm not happy I'm not, no, you know it girl
The girls are fly, they love my ride But I'm not smiling cause you're not with me You're not with me and I'm not happy, baby
Hey, there sexy lady over there Hey, girl, what's up Girl, you looking so good Girl I swear that I wanna have you on my team No bench baby girl, you can start for me Number one
It's okay if you wanna, girl If you wanna hold the bar down, girl Cause you stand out, girl Anywhere that you are, girl
You the number one stunna in here Girl, you got me thinking about getting outta here And going to da crib If you're wit me, baby girl, are you wit me You're like something outta a dream Face like Heliana and a body like freak Let's go to my crib If you wit me, baby girl, are you wit me
I'm telling you you won't forget it, girl Even though you thought he out the world See he wasn't me girl and I know I'm a pro at it
You can look from here to Toyko You'll never find a man That treats ya so good like I do, girl It'll be alright, girl, if you wanna Hold the bar down at the club, girl Stand at the wall at this club, girl Cause you stand out, girl Anywhere that you are, girl
You the number one stunna in here Girl you got me thinking about getting outta here And going to da crib If you're wit me, baby girl, are you wit me You're like something from outta a dream Face like Heliana and a body like freak Let's go to my crib, if you wit me
Hey, baby girl, it's really necessary Miss Stacy Jasmine or maybe Halle Berry You're looking like all three But all alone you stand as one Let's get this done. let's leave this club Cause shortie you the one from where I'm standing, girl You know that you're the champion You're killing all these chickens in here You plucking all of em You got the type of look that niggas only dream about Go tell all your friends cause girl we're leaving out
You the number one stunna in here Girl ,you got me thinking about getting outta here And going to da crib If you're wit me, baby girl, are you wit me You're like something from outta a dream Face like Heliana and a body like freak Let's go to my crib, if you wit me
Girl, you been on my mind all day And I been thinking of what I was gonna say When you got here, um, I want you to relax Let your hair down cause tonight is the night For me to blow your mind
It's time to relax, it's time to unwind Whatever's on your mind, girl, leave it outside, outside Tell me your fantasy cause I want you to be free to explore There's so much more if you let me
If you let me blow your mind tonight Baby, it'll be okay if you let go with me Baby, just let me take time control tonight Take ya body to another place, girl Somewhere that you can't explain, girl
I know that you've had your reservations Do ya wanna be with me and your speculations Of the things I did in the past But I wanna clear your mind out Leave all those things behind Now I'm behind, girl, I want to make you feel good
Let your hair down, baby Take your clothes off It'll be alright If you let me let me
If you let me blow your mind tonight Baby, it'll be okay if you let go with me Baby, just let me take time control tonight Take ya body to another place, girl Somewhere that you can't explain, girl
Now I want you all over me Do it on the table, freaking in the shower Have you in the kitchen, over by the window Let me play with your body Starting at your navel all the way to your toes Girl, I want you to reach your peak
I wanna blow your mind
Let me blow your mind tonight Blow your mind tonight, girl Take you to a fantasy Somewhere that you've never seen, yeah Baby, just let me take control tonight I wanna love ya from your toes to your back to your navel Let me lay with you, let me play with you Satisfy your every need, let me love on you, baby Baby, just let me control, oh you look so good girl
LET ME HOLD YOU TIGHT IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT LET ME KEEP YOU NEAR TO EASE AWAY YOUR FEAR IT WOULD BE SO NICE IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT
AND I WON'T TELL A SOUL NO ONE HAS TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE TOTALLY DISCREET I'LL BE AT YOUR SIDE IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT
IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT YOUR EYES SAY THINGS I NEVER HEAR FROM YOU AND MY KNEES ARE SHAKIN TOO BUT I'M WILLIN TO GO THRU I MUST BE CRAZY STANDIN IN THIS PLACE BUT I'M FEELING NO DISGRACE FOR ASKING LET ME HOLD YOU TIGHT IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT LET ME KEEP YOU NEAR TO EASE AWAY YOUR FEAR IT WOULD BE SO NICE IF ONLY FOR THWT ONE NIGHT
IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT I TELL YOU WHAT I NEED IS ONE NIGHT, ONE NIGHT OH WHAT I NEED IS YOU ONE NIGHT, ONE NIGHT OF YOUR LOVE, OF YOU LOVE
I'M ASKING LET ME TAKE YOU HOME I WANNA KEEP YOU SAFE AND WARM TILL THE EARLY DAWN WARMS UP TO THE SUN IT WOULD BE SO NICE IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT
IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT
IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT I DREAM ABOUT IT EVERY NIGHT IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT
IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT, NIGHT, NIGHT YEAH ONE NIGHT THAT'S RIGHT IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT FOR JUST ONE NIGHT. YOU SAY IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT, NIGHT, NIGHT IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT