Written by 98 Degrees and Bernard Grubman
Spoken:
Welcome to 98 Degrees
Nick, Jeff, Justin, and Drew
Come and feel the heat
Come and feel the passion
This is our world
This is 98 Degrees
Are you ready?
Are you ready, baby?
98 Degrees - 98 Degrees and Rising Album Lyrics
98 Degrees - 98 Degrees and Rising Lyrics
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Heat It Up
Baby let me love you
To the 98th degree girl and heat it up
I'm down, girl let's heat it up, I'm down
I can give you all my lovin'
If you're only down for me, girl
Let's heat it up, I'm down
Come on heat it up, I'm down baby
Late at night I fantasize, girl
That you and I, you you were rockin' my world
I can't deny the way I'm feeling
Think about you girl, again and again yeah
Whenever I'm with you my fantasies come true
So tell me what you want to do
Just hold me close, don't let me go
Baby show me how the 98 will flow
I want to know how it can be
With 98?, you gotta know
I'm down for you,
baby show me what the 98 can do
Boy lead the way to ecstasy
But only if you're down for me
[Chorus]
This urgency of what I'm feeling is killing me
When will this lovin' begin
I wanna be the one you run to
Girl you know there is nothing I wouldn't do
The very thought of you is like a dream come true
So tell me what you want to do, yeah
Just hold me close don't let me go
Baby show me how the 98 will flow
I want to know how it can be with 98 Degrees
You gotta know I'm down for you
Baby show me what the 98 can do
Boy lead the way to ecstasy
Baby come get down with me
[Chorus]
Heat it up just a touch
Are you down for my love
Heat it up just a touch
Are you down for my love
Heat it up just a touch
Are you down for my love
Heat it up
Only if you're down
[Chorus]
To the 98th degree girl and heat it up
I'm down, girl let's heat it up, I'm down
I can give you all my lovin'
If you're only down for me, girl
Let's heat it up, I'm down
Come on heat it up, I'm down baby
Late at night I fantasize, girl
That you and I, you you were rockin' my world
I can't deny the way I'm feeling
Think about you girl, again and again yeah
Whenever I'm with you my fantasies come true
So tell me what you want to do
Just hold me close, don't let me go
Baby show me how the 98 will flow
I want to know how it can be
With 98?, you gotta know
I'm down for you,
baby show me what the 98 can do
Boy lead the way to ecstasy
But only if you're down for me
[Chorus]
This urgency of what I'm feeling is killing me
When will this lovin' begin
I wanna be the one you run to
Girl you know there is nothing I wouldn't do
The very thought of you is like a dream come true
So tell me what you want to do, yeah
Just hold me close don't let me go
Baby show me how the 98 will flow
I want to know how it can be with 98 Degrees
You gotta know I'm down for you
Baby show me what the 98 can do
Boy lead the way to ecstasy
Baby come get down with me
[Chorus]
Heat it up just a touch
Are you down for my love
Heat it up just a touch
Are you down for my love
Heat it up just a touch
Are you down for my love
Heat it up
Only if you're down
[Chorus]
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If She Only Knew
If she only knew
What I knew but couldn't say
If she could just see
The part of me that I hid away
If I could just hold her in my arms again
And just say "I love you"
But she's gone away, maybe she'd stay
If she only knew
If she could just feel
What I feel here in my heart
She'd know it was real
Pure and true right from the start
But I'm just a man who didn't understand
What she was going through
But she's gone away, maybe she'd stay
If she only knew
And how, how did I let her go away
'Cause love, love is so easy to feel
But the hardest thing to say
If she could just see
What I see when I close my eyes
All that I dream
Surely she would realize
But like a fool I waited much too long
To let her know the truth
She's gone away, maybe she'd stay
If she only knew
Tell me, tell me how
How did I let her get away (Tell me)
Cause I guess that love Love is so easy to feel
But the hardest thing to say
[Chorus]
What I knew but couldn't say
If she could just see
The part of me that I hid away
If I could just hold her in my arms again
And just say "I love you"
But she's gone away, maybe she'd stay
If she only knew
If she could just feel
What I feel here in my heart
She'd know it was real
Pure and true right from the start
But I'm just a man who didn't understand
What she was going through
But she's gone away, maybe she'd stay
If she only knew
And how, how did I let her go away
'Cause love, love is so easy to feel
But the hardest thing to say
If she could just see
What I see when I close my eyes
All that I dream
Surely she would realize
But like a fool I waited much too long
To let her know the truth
She's gone away, maybe she'd stay
If she only knew
Tell me, tell me how
How did I let her get away (Tell me)
Cause I guess that love Love is so easy to feel
But the hardest thing to say
[Chorus]
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I Do (Cherish You)
I do, I do
I do, I do
Mmm
All I am, all I'll be
Everything in this world
All that I'll ever need
Is in your eyes
Shining at me
When you smile I can feel
All my passion unfolding
Your hand brushes mine
And a thousand sensations
Seduce me 'cause I
I do cherish you
For the rest of my life
You don't have to think twice
I will love you still
From the depths of my soul
It's beyond my control
I've waited so long to say this to you
If you're asking, do I love you this much?
I do
Oh baby, oh
In my world before you
I lived outside my emotions
Didn't know where I was going
'Til that day I found you
How you opened my life
To a new paradise
In a world torn by change
Still with all my heart
'Til my dying day
I do cherish you (I'll cherish you, my baby)
(This much I know is true)
For the rest of my life
You don't have to think twice
I will love you still
(I will always love you, baby, this much I promise you)
From the depths of my soul
It's beyond my control
I've waited so long to say this to you
If you're asking, do I love you this much?
Yes, I do
(I really love you, baby, I really love you, baby)
If you're asking, do I love you this much?
Baby, I do cherish you (I'll cherish you, my baby)
(This much I know is true)
From the depths of my soul
It's beyond my control
I've waited so long to say this to you
If you're asking, do I love you this much?
Baby, I do
Oh-oh, I do
I do, I do
Mmm
All I am, all I'll be
Everything in this world
All that I'll ever need
Is in your eyes
Shining at me
When you smile I can feel
All my passion unfolding
Your hand brushes mine
And a thousand sensations
Seduce me 'cause I
I do cherish you
For the rest of my life
You don't have to think twice
I will love you still
From the depths of my soul
It's beyond my control
I've waited so long to say this to you
If you're asking, do I love you this much?
I do
Oh baby, oh
In my world before you
I lived outside my emotions
Didn't know where I was going
'Til that day I found you
How you opened my life
To a new paradise
In a world torn by change
Still with all my heart
'Til my dying day
I do cherish you (I'll cherish you, my baby)
(This much I know is true)
For the rest of my life
You don't have to think twice
I will love you still
(I will always love you, baby, this much I promise you)
From the depths of my soul
It's beyond my control
I've waited so long to say this to you
If you're asking, do I love you this much?
Yes, I do
(I really love you, baby, I really love you, baby)
If you're asking, do I love you this much?
Baby, I do cherish you (I'll cherish you, my baby)
(This much I know is true)
From the depths of my soul
It's beyond my control
I've waited so long to say this to you
If you're asking, do I love you this much?
Baby, I do
Oh-oh, I do
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Fly with Me
[Chorus:]
So won't you fly with me
I want to make you feel alright, alright with me
Let me mend your broken wings, and set you free girl
It's alright, girl can't you see.
[End Chorus]
Let me take you to a place
That you've never seen, never been on a dream,
Where I can take away your love you pain
Girl I promise that you'll never hurt again,
And I can make you feel the world belongs to you
You're the one all I need, and you know that it's true.
[Chorus]
Let me turn your night to day
Let me be the one to bring in the sun,
I know it must be hard for you to see things clear
But baby you've got nothing to fear, oh no
Together we can touch the moon and kiss the sky,
Make you feel how I feel when I look in you eyes, oh yeah
[Chorus]
All I need in my life is you at my side
Let me be the one to hold you close
Your hand in mine girl, and together we'll fly
[Chorus]
So won't you fly with me
I want to make you feel alright, alright with me
Let me mend your broken wings, and set you free girl
It's alright, girl can't you see.
[End Chorus]
Let me take you to a place
That you've never seen, never been on a dream,
Where I can take away your love you pain
Girl I promise that you'll never hurt again,
And I can make you feel the world belongs to you
You're the one all I need, and you know that it's true.
[Chorus]
Let me turn your night to day
Let me be the one to bring in the sun,
I know it must be hard for you to see things clear
But baby you've got nothing to fear, oh no
Together we can touch the moon and kiss the sky,
Make you feel how I feel when I look in you eyes, oh yeah
[Chorus]
All I need in my life is you at my side
Let me be the one to hold you close
Your hand in mine girl, and together we'll fly
[Chorus]
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Still
Love, I see forever in your eyes
I can see heaven in your smile
And when I hold you close
I don't want to let go
Because deep in my soul I know girl
You are the only light I see
Your love means everything to me
I know that we'll never part
'Cause you'll always be in my heart
Chorus:
If the sun, should refuse to rise
And the moon, doesn't hang in the night
The tides won't change, seasons rearrange
When the world is through
I will still love you
Girl, you're like an angel from above
Sent here to shower me with your love
Hold me beneath your wings
Tell me all of those things
All the hopes and the dreams we can share
'Cause I'll be your shelter from the storm
I'll be the fire that keeps you warm
I'll be your light in the dark
'Cause you'll always be here in my heart oh girl
Chorus
If anything could last forever
It's what I feel for you
(That's what I feel for you)
Oh baby, you touch my heart in ways
That words could never say
That's why I'll always love you
Chorus
Yes I will love you still baby
(I will still love you)
Girl believe
You're All I need
I will still love you
I can see heaven in your smile
And when I hold you close
I don't want to let go
Because deep in my soul I know girl
You are the only light I see
Your love means everything to me
I know that we'll never part
'Cause you'll always be in my heart
Chorus:
If the sun, should refuse to rise
And the moon, doesn't hang in the night
The tides won't change, seasons rearrange
When the world is through
I will still love you
Girl, you're like an angel from above
Sent here to shower me with your love
Hold me beneath your wings
Tell me all of those things
All the hopes and the dreams we can share
'Cause I'll be your shelter from the storm
I'll be the fire that keeps you warm
I'll be your light in the dark
'Cause you'll always be here in my heart oh girl
Chorus
If anything could last forever
It's what I feel for you
(That's what I feel for you)
Oh baby, you touch my heart in ways
That words could never say
That's why I'll always love you
Chorus
Yes I will love you still baby
(I will still love you)
Girl believe
You're All I need
I will still love you
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Because Of You
You're my sunshine after the rain
You're the cure against my fear and my pain
'Cause I'm losing my mind when you're not around
It's all (It's all)
It's all because of you
You're my sunshine, oh yeah
Baby I really know by now
Since we met that day
You showed me the way
I felt it then
you gave me love, I can't describe
How much I feel for you
I said baby I should have known by now
Should have been right there
whenever you gave me love
And if only you were here
I'd tell you, yes I'd tell you (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
Honestly could it be you and me
Like it was before neither less or more
'Cause when I close my eyes at night
I realize that no one else could ever take your place
I still can feel and it's so unreal
When you're touching me, kisses endlessly
It's just a place in the sun where our love's begun
I miss you, yes I miss you baby, oh yeah
[Chorus]
If I knew how to tell you what's on my mind
(Make you understand)
The I'd always be there right by your side
[Chorus]
You're my sunshine
You're my sunshine
Oh yeah
You're the cure against my fear and my pain
'Cause I'm losing my mind when you're not around
It's all (It's all)
It's all because of you
You're my sunshine, oh yeah
Baby I really know by now
Since we met that day
You showed me the way
I felt it then
you gave me love, I can't describe
How much I feel for you
I said baby I should have known by now
Should have been right there
whenever you gave me love
And if only you were here
I'd tell you, yes I'd tell you (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
Honestly could it be you and me
Like it was before neither less or more
'Cause when I close my eyes at night
I realize that no one else could ever take your place
I still can feel and it's so unreal
When you're touching me, kisses endlessly
It's just a place in the sun where our love's begun
I miss you, yes I miss you baby, oh yeah
[Chorus]
If I knew how to tell you what's on my mind
(Make you understand)
The I'd always be there right by your side
[Chorus]
You're my sunshine
You're my sunshine
Oh yeah
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Give It Up
Hey yeah
Now here's a story
One we both know
About two people
When they lost their self control
If we're not careful
It might be you and me
When things are good
You gotta let them be, oh
Whey you wanna play me around
Why you wanna mess with this love that we've found
Whey you wanna tear us apart
If you're trying to break my heart
You better give it up, give it up
'Cause I'm not gonna take anymore
Yeah my heart has made mistakes like this before
So if you don't start treating me right
I'm gonna give it up, give it up, give it up
Starting with tonight
Oh baby, oh yeah
Starting with tonight I'm gonna make it right
Oh, oh yeah
Why you wanna play me
Play me around, oh baby calm down
Now here's a story
One we both know
About two people
When they lost their self control
If we're not careful
It might be you and me
When things are good
You gotta let them be, oh
Whey you wanna play me around
Why you wanna mess with this love that we've found
Whey you wanna tear us apart
If you're trying to break my heart
You better give it up, give it up
'Cause I'm not gonna take anymore
Yeah my heart has made mistakes like this before
So if you don't start treating me right
I'm gonna give it up, give it up, give it up
Starting with tonight
Oh baby, oh yeah
Starting with tonight I'm gonna make it right
Oh, oh yeah
Why you wanna play me
Play me around, oh baby calm down
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Do You Wanna Dance
Baby I gotta ask you
Do you wanna dance
Because I'm in the mood
I've been watchin' ya from across the room
The way you're moving
I could get into you
Tonight is the night I want to dance with you
My heart is beating faster than I want it to
The music is right and the groove starts to move
Can I find a way to get down with you
Put your hand in mine
Let me look into your eyes
Let's not waste any time girl
'Cause this feeling's so strong that I can't deny
[Chorus]
I look in your eyes and my world starts to shake
Intoxicating me with every move you make
Come and get down with your favorite tune
I feel the need to get with you soon
Ooh you're looking so fine
And I'm liking the way that you move
Girl you're making me high
And there's nothing I wouldn't do to you
[Chorus]
So what you wanna do
Do you wanna dance
So what you gon' do
Do you wanna get down
So what you wanna do
Do you wanna dance
So what you gon' do
Do you wanna get down
Get down on it
Girl I love the way you move
Get down on it
Girl I gotta dance with you
Get down on it
Girl I love the way you slide
Get down on it
Won't you dance with me tonight
[Chorus]
Do you wanna dance
Because I'm in the mood
I've been watchin' ya from across the room
The way you're moving
I could get into you
Tonight is the night I want to dance with you
My heart is beating faster than I want it to
The music is right and the groove starts to move
Can I find a way to get down with you
Put your hand in mine
Let me look into your eyes
Let's not waste any time girl
'Cause this feeling's so strong that I can't deny
[Chorus]
I look in your eyes and my world starts to shake
Intoxicating me with every move you make
Come and get down with your favorite tune
I feel the need to get with you soon
Ooh you're looking so fine
And I'm liking the way that you move
Girl you're making me high
And there's nothing I wouldn't do to you
[Chorus]
So what you wanna do
Do you wanna dance
So what you gon' do
Do you wanna get down
So what you wanna do
Do you wanna dance
So what you gon' do
Do you wanna get down
Get down on it
Girl I love the way you move
Get down on it
Girl I gotta dance with you
Get down on it
Girl I love the way you slide
Get down on it
Won't you dance with me tonight
[Chorus]
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True To Your Heart
(feat. Stevie Wonder)
Baby, I knew at once
That you were meant for me
Deep in my soul I know
That I'm your destiny
Though you're unsure
Why fight the tide
Don't think so much
Let your heart decide
Baby, I see your future
And it's tied to mine
I look in your eyes
And see you searching for a sign
But you'll never fall
'Til you let go
Don't be scared
Of what you don't know
True to your heart
You must be true to your heart
That's when the heavens will part
And baby, shower you with my love
Open your eyes
Your heart can tell you no lies
And when you're true to your heart
I know it's gonna lead you straight to me
(Got to be true to your heart)
Baby, I knew at once
That you were meant for me
Deep in my soul I know
That I'm your destiny
Though you're unsure
Why fight the tide
Don't think so much
Let your heart decide
Baby, I see your future
And it's tied to mine
I look in your eyes
And see you searching for a sign
But you'll never fall
'Til you let go
Don't be scared
Of what you don't know
True to your heart
You must be true to your heart
That's when the heavens will part
And baby, shower you with my love
Open your eyes
Your heart can tell you no lies
And when you're true to your heart
I know it's gonna lead you straight to me
(Got to be true to your heart)
Writer: MATTHEW WILDER, DAVID JOEL ZIPPEL
Copyright: Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
Copyright: Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
To Me Youre Everything
Baby, baby to me you're everything
It's just the love and joy that you bring
No one can take the place I've given you,
Ooh, girl, you're like an angel in disguise
You are the dream that never will die
'Cause, baby, to me you're everything
(Ooh, girl)
I've been thinking 'bout you lately
(Show me, show me love)
And it just troubles my mind
(Got my mind on you)
'Cause the things you said
Right before you walked away
It brought so much pain (Girl)
I've been walking in these four walls
(Thinkin' about your love)
Trying to find my way out
(Trying to find a way)
Got a picture of you
Deep inside my heart
And you know
[Chorus]
There is nothing like the real thing
(Show me, show me love)
And girl I'll always be true
(Always true to you)
I've got no time to waste
I know there is no better place
Than right here with you
And yeah, you've got that thing
And I want it (And I want it)
And I know it by now (ooh, ooh)
There's nothing I ain't gonna do to you
(ooh, ooh)
[Chorus]
It's just the love and joy that you bring
No one can take the place I've given you,
Ooh, girl, you're like an angel in disguise
You are the dream that never will die
'Cause, baby, to me you're everything
(Ooh, girl)
I've been thinking 'bout you lately
(Show me, show me love)
And it just troubles my mind
(Got my mind on you)
'Cause the things you said
Right before you walked away
It brought so much pain (Girl)
I've been walking in these four walls
(Thinkin' about your love)
Trying to find my way out
(Trying to find a way)
Got a picture of you
Deep inside my heart
And you know
[Chorus]
There is nothing like the real thing
(Show me, show me love)
And girl I'll always be true
(Always true to you)
I've got no time to waste
I know there is no better place
Than right here with you
And yeah, you've got that thing
And I want it (And I want it)
And I know it by now (ooh, ooh)
There's nothing I ain't gonna do to you
(ooh, ooh)
[Chorus]
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The Hardest Thing
We both know that I shouldn't be here
This is wrong
And baby it's killin' me, it's killin' you
Both of us tryin' to be strong
I've got somewhere else to be
Promises to keep
Someone else who loves me
And trusts me fast asleep
I've made up my mind
There is no turning back
She's been good to me
And she deserves better than that
It's the hardest thing
I'll ever have to do
To look you in the eye
And tell you I don't love you
It's the hardest thing
I'll ever have to lie
To show no emotion
When you start to cry
I can't let you see
What you mean to me
When my hands are tied
And my heart's not free
We're not meant to be
It's the hardest thing
I'll ever have to do
To turn around and walk away
Pretending I don't love you
I know that we'll meet again
Fate has a place and time
So you can get on with your life
I've got to be cruel to be kind
Like Dr. Zhivago
All my love I'll be sending
And you will never know
'Cause there can be no happy ending
[Chorus]
Maybe another time, another day
As much as I want to, I can't stay
I've made up my mind
There is no turning back
She's been good to me
And she deserves better than that
[Chorus]
This is wrong
And baby it's killin' me, it's killin' you
Both of us tryin' to be strong
I've got somewhere else to be
Promises to keep
Someone else who loves me
And trusts me fast asleep
I've made up my mind
There is no turning back
She's been good to me
And she deserves better than that
It's the hardest thing
I'll ever have to do
To look you in the eye
And tell you I don't love you
It's the hardest thing
I'll ever have to lie
To show no emotion
When you start to cry
I can't let you see
What you mean to me
When my hands are tied
And my heart's not free
We're not meant to be
It's the hardest thing
I'll ever have to do
To turn around and walk away
Pretending I don't love you
I know that we'll meet again
Fate has a place and time
So you can get on with your life
I've got to be cruel to be kind
Like Dr. Zhivago
All my love I'll be sending
And you will never know
'Cause there can be no happy ending
[Chorus]
Maybe another time, another day
As much as I want to, I can't stay
I've made up my mind
There is no turning back
She's been good to me
And she deserves better than that
[Chorus]
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Shes Out Of My Life
Ooh, she's out of my life
She's out of my life
I don't know whether to laugh or cry
I don't know whether to live for die
And it cuts like a knife
She's out of my life
Ooh, she's out of my hands
She's out of my hands
To think for two years that she was here
And I took her for granted
I was so cavalier
Now the way that it stands
She's out of my hands
So I've learned that love is no possession
And I've learned that love won't wait, won't wait
Now I've learned love needs expression
But I've learned much too late
And she's out of my life
Out of my life
Damned indecision and cursed pride
Kept my love for her locked deep inside
And it cuts like a knife
She's out of my life
Ooh, she's out of my life
She's out of my life
I don't know whether to laugh or cry
I don't know whether to live for die
And it cuts like a knife
She's out of my life
Ooh, she's out of my hands
She's out of my hands
To think for two years that she was here
And I took her for granted
I was so cavalier
Now the way that it stands
She's out of my hands
So I've learned that love is no possession
And I've learned that love won't wait, won't wait
Now I've learned love needs expression
But I've learned much too late
And she's out of my life
Out of my life
Damned indecision and cursed pride
Kept my love for her locked deep inside
And it cuts like a knife
She's out of my life
Ooh, she's out of my life
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98 Degrees and Rising is the second album released by American boy band 98 Degrees. Released by Motown on October 20, 1998, it features the Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 singles "Because of You" (#3) and "The Hardest Thing" (#5), cover versions of Mark Wills' "I Do (Cherish You)" and Michael Jackson's "She's Out of My Life", the duet "True to Your Heart" with label mate Stevie Wonder, which was featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 Disney film Mulan, and the song "Fly with Me", which was featured on the soundtrack album for the 1999 film Pokémon: The First Movie (although it does not appear in the film itself).
The album has sold over four million copies in the United States alone, becoming the band's best-selling album. This was also the band's last album on Motown (not counting the Japanese release of This Christmas) before they left for Motown's parent company, Universal Records.
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98 DegreesThe album has sold over four million copies in the United States alone, becoming the band's best-selling album. This was also the band's last album on Motown (not counting the Japanese release of This Christmas) before they left for Motown's parent company, Universal Records.
Genre(s): Pop, R&B
Producer(s): 98 Degrees, Trackmasters, Dane Devillier & Sean Hosein, Keith Thomas, Pras Michel, Jerry Wonda, Matthew Wilder, Anders "Bag" Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson, David Frank, Steve Kipner, Devon Biere
Released: October 20th, 1998
Year: 1998