Alicia Keys — You Dont Know My Name Live from VH1 Storytellers

[Spoken Intro] So, in the studio we were And the dudes was on the mic The one mic, right And so we're like, "It's gotta be like a conversation, you know? So how we gon' drop it?" So, we're kinda freestylin' a couple of ideas And my favorite word in the whole world is "Baby" I put "baby" in a song any chance I get "Baby" just sings good; you can sing "baby" in any way I'll show you See, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby — it just works, right? Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby See that one, I coulda done that one and made it work But instead, you know, we said... [Verse 1] Baby, baby, baby From the day I saw you I really really wanna catch your eye There's something special 'bout you And I must really like you 'Cause not a lotta guys are worth my time, no Ooh baby, baby, baby It's gettin' kind of crazy 'Cause you are takin' over my mind [Chorus] And it feels like ooh ooh But you don't know my name And I swear it feels like ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh But you don't know my name (Round and round and round we go, will you ever know) [Verse 2] Oh, baby baby baby I see us on our first date You're doin everything that makes me smile And when we had our first kiss It happened on a Thursday Ooh, it set my soul on fire Oh, baby baby baby I can't wait for the first time My imagination's runnin' wild [Chorus] It feels like ooh But you don't know my name And I swear, it feels like ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh But you don't know my name (Round and round and round we go, will you ever know) [Bridge] You see, he don't even know what he's doin' to me He's got me feelin' all crazy inside I mean, I'm feelin' like, oh, oh oh Doin' more than I've ever done for anyone's attention Take notice of what's in front of you 'Cause did I mention you're 'bout to miss a good thing And you'll never know how good it feels to have all of my affection And you'll never get a chance to experience my lovin' [Chorus] 'Cause my lovin' feels like ooh ooh But you don't know my name And I swear it, baby, it feels like ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh But you don't know my name (Round and round and round we go, will you ever know) [Interlude] So, then we got the part of all this talking, right? So we decided, like Kanye was like, "You know you're gonna have to talk on this record You're gonna have to do it" And I said, "You want me to get on the record and talk?" He's like, "You know all the bad records..." Like, bad, not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good "...got talking on 'em. Like, if you bad, you stop and you talk, especially on these type of records" So we're sitting there in the control room, and you know, we're vibing on some different things I was like, "Yeah, okay, if you're in a diner, like, maybe he gets a special thing." He's like, "Yeah, some hot chocolate." And I'm like, "Um, and, you know, maybe like I put some extra something in there." He's like, "Yes, yes, all that." And he's like, "Oh, oh, and you gotta tell him that, you know, you gotta meet him outside the restaurant 'cause you look better outside your work clothes." And I was like, "Ah, okay. Well let me hop in the booth." So I went in the booth — here go the booth And, um, I just started freestylin' I just started coming off of the top of my head And I'm like, "Alright, well, let's get on the phone or something" Like, "Hello? Oh, hey, how you doin'? Um, you, you don't know me but I work at the,um, the diner on 137th and Lennox Yeah, you know, the one with the braids?" So I'm coming off the top of my head with all these things I'm talking about the cream and the sugar inside the hot chocolate And I'm going in, and I'm like, "Okay, hold up, I can't, wait, hello? Wait my phone breaking up, my phone, hello? Oh, hey, how you doin'?" 'Cause, you know, when you finally get the nerve to call someone If the phone breaks up, you feel crazy You're like, "Don't, this was my chance" So we did all of that and we finally end up like the guy's gonna meet me and we talk through the whole conversation And I came out the booth and we did it two times And I was like, "I think we got it" And that was exactly how we did it, we just left it exactly how it was And it's from top to bottom, talking all that thing And the amount of hours that me and Peter spent editing that thing to make it good for radio, we won't even talk about it [Outro] And it feels like ooh ooh ooh ooh But you don't know my name And I swear on my mother and father it feels like Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh do do do do do do Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh (Will you ever know?) Will you ever know my name? (Name) Thank you Let's do it like this