Isaac Hayes — Ike’s Rap VII / This Time I’ll Be Sweeter

Hi, come on in Come on, it's ok Have a seat, relax Come on, relax, try and relax anyway I know you're lookin' at me strangely Because you... see I'm not ill No, I wasn't ill, not in the sense that you were told I was But I had to...use whatever means necessary To get you to come over here So I figured if I told you I was sick you'd come and see about me At least it shows you how desperate I am to talk to you And now that you're here Just here me out, ok And if you still stand on your conviction Then there's nothing else I can do or say about it Now, we were apart And it doesn't make any sense that we're apart Because we love each other And when two people love each other I don't think they should be apart, they shouldn't be suffering Of course, there are some things that we both failed to do One of the main things that's essential to any relationship is communication And we did not communicate You wouldn't talk to me and I wouldn't talk to you 'Cause you got a little paranoid We had a good thing going Of course when outsiders see that two people have got something going that's pretty good They tend to become envious and they drop little things You picked it up And you went for it Why did you go for it? Because I left a little too much slack in our relationship I wasn't...as attentive to your needs as I should have been I see it now Because I've been doing a lot of thinking since you've been gone, and I've missed you so much And at night when I lie in bed I sometimes find myself reaching over, and you're not there But you know, I din't even change the pillowcase because the sweet smell of you is still there I miss you I believe you miss me too So let's get it back together, and this time I'll be sweeter I promise you We thought we had something going on We'll have it now So relax Come on, relax Take me in your arms And let's pick up where we left off, the right way I love you ... Darlin', can't you see What losin' you has done to me? I'm not the same man I used to be Please have a change of heart Don't leave me standing in the dark Don't let confusion keep us apart Come back to me And I'll guarantee All the tenderness and love you'll ever need This time I'll be sweeter (sweeter, sweeter) Our love will run deeper (deeper, deeper) I won't mess around I won't let you down Have faith in me You gotta have faith in me Since you've been away I haven't seen the light of day I'm so lost without you I can't find my way So won't you please be fair (Please) And let me, let me show you how much I care Say you'll be mine And answer my prayer Come back to me And I promise I'll be Everything that's bright and new Your whole life through This time I'll be sweeter (sweeter, sweeter) Our love will run deeper (deeper, deeper) I won't mess around I won't let you down Have faith in me You gotta have faith in me Yes, this time I'll be sweeter (sweeter, sweeter) Our love, our love will run so much deeper (deeper, deeper) I won't mess around I won't, I won't, I won't let you down Have faith in me You gotta have faith in me Have faith in me (x3) I won't mess around And I won't let you down Have faith in me (x4) (Please) Please have faith in me (You gotta) You gotta have faith in me (Come on and) Have faith in me Have faith in me (x5) Our love will be sweeter (sweeter x4) So much deeper (deeper x4) Said sweeter, sweeter, sweeter, sweeter So much deeper (deeper x4)