How Come, How Long
Babyface

There was a girl, I used to know, she was, oh, so beautiful

But she's not here anymore, she had a college degree

Smart as anyone could be, she had so much to live for

But she fell in love with the wrong kind of man

And he abused her love, treated her so bad

There was not enough education in her world

That could save the life of this little girl

How come, how long, it's not right, it's so wrong

Do we let it just go on, turn our backs and carry on

Wake up, for it's too late, right now, we can't wait

She won't have a second try, open up your hearts as well as your eyes

She tried to give a cry for help, she even blamed things

On herself, but no one came to her aid

Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell

That's what we'd like to tell ourselves, but no, it wasn't that way

So she fell in love with the wrong kinda man

And she paid with her life for loving that man

So we cannot ignore, we look for the signs

And maybe next time, we may save somebody's life

How come, how long, it's not right, it's so wrong

Do we let it just go on, turn our backs and carry on

Wake up, for it's too late, right now, we can't wait

She won't have a second try, open up your heart as well as your eyes

I, on occasion met that guy

He stirred up feeling deep inside, something about him wasn't right

The way he proves himself a man

By beatin' his woman with his hands, oh, I wish that she was still alive

How can someone like that call himself a man, he's not a man

'Cause in reality, he's far more less than that

And we cannot ignore at all, whenever we see the signs

'Cause any kind of abuse, God knows is a crime

How come, how long, it's not right, it's so wrong

Do we let it just go on, turn our backs and carry on

Wake up, for it's too late, right now, we can't wait

She won't have a second try, open up your hearts as well as your eyes

How come, how long, it's not right, it's so wrong

Do we let it just go on, turn our backs and carry on

Wake up, for it's too late, right now, we can't wait

She won't have a second try, open up your heart as well as your eyes

Say, open up your eyes, today

Don't let it be too late

Open up your hearts and do it right away


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Eric Clapton   Chivalry   Chivalry (The Characters Remix)   Comfortable   Could You Learn To Love   Count On Me   Damn Thing Called Love   Dear Lie   Diary   Diggin' On You   Don't Be Cruel   Don't Cha' Think   Don't Take It So Personal   Don't Wanna Love You   Don't Waste Your Time   Don't You Deserve Someone   Drama love and 'lationships   Drama, Love & 'Lationships   Drama, Love & 'lationships   Drama, Love, Relationships   Dream Away   Dream Away [*]   Dream Away [*]   Dreamin'   Dry Your Eyes   End Of The Road   End Of The Road (Live on MTV Unplugged)   Every Little Bit Of My Heart   Every Little Step   Every Time I Close My Eyes   Every Time I Close My Eyes (Timbaland Remix)   Every Time I Close My Eyes [Timbal & Remix][*]   Everytime   Everytime I Close I Eyes   Everytime I Close My Eyes   Exceptional   Exhale   Exhale (Shoop Shoop)   Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)   Eyes Of A Stranger   Fairweaher Friend   Faithful   Fall For You   Fight for Love   Find Me A Man   Fire   Fire & Rain   Fire and Rain   Fire and Rain   Fire and Rain   Fire And Rain   Fire And Rain (Radio Edit)   Flashback   Fly Away   Follow My Rainbow   For The Cool In You   For the Cool in You (Quiet Storm Vocal Mix)   For the Cool in You [Midnight Luv Instrumental Mix...   Forbidden Love   Girl In The Life Magazine   Girlfriend   Give U My Heart   Give U My Heart (Featuring Toni Braxton)   Give U My Heart"(feat. Toni Braxton   Given a Chance   Giving You The Benefit   God Must Love U   God Must Love You   Goin' Outta Business   Going Out Of Business   Gone To Soon   Gone Too Soon   Good Enough   Good To Be In Love   Grown & Sexy   Grown & Sexy   Grown And Sexy   Hard to Say I'm Sorry   Have I Never   Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas   Heart And Soul   Heart Attack   Heat Of The Moment   Here Comes The Pain Again   Here He Comes Again   Ho Of My Own   Honey   Honey (Oh How I Need You)   How Can I Not Love You   How Can U Be Down   How Can You Be Down   How Come, How Long (feat. Stevie Wonder)   How Could an Angel Break My Heart   How Could You Call Her Baby   How Did He Love You   How Do You Tell The One   How Many Times   How Many Times (Will You Let Him Break Your Heart)   How Often   Humpin' Around   Hurt You   I Bow Out   I Care 'bout You   I Care About You   I Choose You   I Don't Understand   I Don't Want To Be Lonely   I Don't Want To Know   I Dream, I Dream   I Honestly Love You   I Hope That You're Okay   I Keep Callin'   I Love You Babe   I Love You Babe   I Love You Babe (Reprise)   I Love You Babe (The Ghostbrothers & Rodney Ascue ...   I Miss You So Much   I Need A Love Song   I Said I Love You   I Still Love You   I Surrender   I Wanna Be Your Baby   I Want You   I Wish   I'd Rather Be Broke   I'll Always Love You   I'll Be Home For Christmas   I'll Be There   I'll Make Love to You   I'll Make Love To You (Live on MTV Unplugged)   I'll Send You Roses   I'm Ready   I'm Your Baby Tonight   If   If ever   If Only In Heaven's Eyes   If We Try   Illusions   In The Late Of The Night   Isn't It Scary   It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / The First Noel   It Came Upon A Midnight Clear \/ The First Noel   It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/The First Noel   It Hurts Like Hell   It's No Crime   It's No Crime (Blaze Remix)   Jazzy Belle   Just For A Day   Just Hold On   Just My Imagination   Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)   Just My Luck   Kissing You   Knocked Out   Knockin' On Heaven's Door   Lady, Lady   Last Night   Last Song   Let It Flow   Let No One Separate Us   Let's Be Romantic   Let's Do It Again   Let's Get The Mood Right   Loneliness   Longer   Love and Devotion   Love By Day, Love By Night   Love Hurts   Love Makes Things Happen   Love Makes Things Happen (Duet With Pebbles)   Love Makes Things Happen (Eric Schilling & Nick Ma...   Love Saw It   Love Saw It (Duet With Karyn White)   Love Saw It (Eric Schilling & Nick Martinelli Remi...   Love Should Brought You Home   Love Shoulda Brought You Home   Love Song   Love Will Be Waiting   Love Will Be Waiting at Home   Lover And Friend   Lovers   Lovers   Lovers (Jazz Lover's Mix)   Lovers (Roger S Remix)   Loves Been So Nice   Mad, Sexy, Cool   Mary Mack   Mary Mack   Mary Mack (3 Boyz From Newark Remix)   Melt Away   Miracle   Miss You Like Crazy   Missin' You(It Will Break My Heart)(English Versio...   Missin' You(It Will Break My Heart)(Original Versi...   Missing You   My First Night With You   My Funny Valentine   My Heart Is Calling   My Kinda Girl   My Kinda Girl (James Alfonso & Yvonne Turner Remix...   My Kinda Girl [12-Inch Version][*]   My Love, Sweet Love   MY NAME IS NOT SUSAN   My, My, My   Never   Never Forget You   Never Gonna Let You Go   Never Keeping Secrets   Never Love You   No Deposit, No Return   No Doubt About Love   Nobody Knows   Nobody Knows It But Me   Not Going Nowhere   Not Gon' Cry   Nothin   Nothin (That Compares 2 U)   On Our Own   On The Line   One Love   Ordinary Girl   Our Love   Outside In / Inside Out   Outside In/Inside Out   Pants Off   Please Come To Boston   Power Of The Dream   Pretty Girl   Pretty Little Girl   Pride & Joy   Pride Joy   Queen Of The Night   Ready or Not   Reason For Breathing   Rebel   Rebel (With A Cause)   Red Dress   Red Light Special   Reunited   Rock Bottom   Rock Wit'cha   Roller Coaster   Roni   Roses Are Red   Rudolph The Red - Nosed Reindeer   Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer   Sadder Than Blue   Sara Smile   Saturday   Saved For Someone Else   Say What's In My Heart   Sayonara   Secrets   Seven Seas   Seven Whole Days   She   She's International   Shock Dat Monkey   Shower The People   Silent Night   Simple Days   Sittin' Up In My Room   Sleigh Ride   Slow Jam   Slow Jams   Slow Jams (Remix)   Smile   So Hard To Say Goodbye   So Many Thangz   So Sexual   Somebody To Love Me   Someone to Love   Someone to Love [Single Version]   Somethin' You Wanna Know   Something Bout You   Something In Your Eyes   Soon as I Get Home   Sorry For The Stupid Thing   Sorry For The Stupid Things   Southern Girl   Sprung On It   Standing Ovation   Still In Love With U   Still My Boo   Stressed Out   Sugar Bear   Sunshine   Sunshine (Jay-Z Featuring Babyface & Foxy Brown)   Superwoman   Sweat   Sweet November   Swing It   Take A Bow   Take It Back   Take Your Time   Talk to Me   Talk To Me (Featuring Eric Clapton)   Talk to Me [Instrumental]   Tears   Tell Me Where   Tender Lover   THAT SOMEBODY WAS YOU   That's All I Want   The Best Of Love   The Christmas Song   The Color of Love   The Color of Love(Boyz II Men)   The Color of Love(Sam Salter)   The D Word   The Day   The Day (that You Gave Me A Son)   The Gettin' to Know U   The Impossible Dream   The Little Drummer Boy   The Loneliness   The Lonliness   The Lover In Me   The Soldier Song   There See Goes   There She Goes   There's No Me Without You   These Are The Times   This Is For The Lover In You   This Is for the Lover in You (Honey Lookin' Laced ...   This Is for the Lover in You [Honey Lookin' Laced ...   This Is How It Works   This Time Next year(Shola Ama, 1999)   This Time Next Year(Toni Braxton, 2001)   Time In A Bottle   Time To End The Story   Tonight   Tonight It's Goin Down   Tonight It's Goin' Down   Treat You Right   True Colors   True Lovers   Truly Something Special   Turn Down The Lights   Two Occasions   Two Occasions (Live)   Two Occasions [Live][#]   U Should Know   Until You Come Back   Walking on Air   Water Runs Dry   We're Making Whoopee   We're Not Making Love No More   We've Got Love   We\u2019ve Got Love   We've Got Love   Well Alright   Well Alright (Featued In The Motion Picture "Poeti...   Well Alright [From Poetic Justice]   Wey U   Wey U [Waiting to Exhale]   What I Like About You   What I like about you Jon b   What I like about you Jon b Ft. Babyface   What If   What U R 2 Me   WHATEVER   When Can I See You   When Can I See You Again   When Can I See You Again - Babyface   When Can I See You Again?   When I Can See You   When Men Grow Old   When Will I See You Again   When You Believe   When Your Body Gets Weak   Where Did We Go Wrong   Where Did We Go Wrong?   Where Is My Love?   Where Will You Go   Where You Are   Whip Appeal   Whip Appeal (Blaze Remix)   Whip Appeal [12-Inch Version][*]   Whipappeal   White Christmas   Why   Why Do I Believe   Why Does It Hurt So Bad   Why Me   Why Should I Care   Winter Wonderland   Wish That I Could Tell You   Wish U Was My Girl   With All My Heart   With Him   Wonderful Tonight   Word To The Badd!!   Work It Out   You Are So Beautiful   You Are So Beautiful [*]   You Are The Man   You Can't Run   You Got The Love I Want   You Make Me Feel Brand New   You Mean The World To Me   You Said, You Said   You Were Loved   You Were There   You Were There [From Simon Birch]   You'll Never Stand Alone   You're Makin' Me High   Young Girl   Your Eyes

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