I absolutely LOVE this song, and I'm surprised I haven't written about it prior to now. It's a song that I loved upon hearing it and have smiled at every time I heard it since. Let's start with my favorite part of the song:
"I've been waiting all day to wrap my hands around your waist and kiss your face - wouldn't trade this feeling for nothing, not even for a minute. And I'll sit here long as it takes to get you all alone, but as soon as you come walking my way, you gon hear me say, 'there goes my baby (oo girl look at you). You don't know how good it feels to call you my girl. There goes my baby. Loving everything you do. Ooo girl, look at you." When I hear this part, I think about the tender moments and the anticipation of shared physical intimacy. But not only that, I think about how proud Usher is to call his girl just that. He's genuinely excited about the privilege of calling this lovely lady his love and his girl.
"Bet you ain't know that I be checking you out when you be putting your heels on. I swear your body's so perfect, baby. How you work it, baby, yeah. I love the way that you be poking it out, girl, give me something to feel on. So please believe we gone be twerking it out by the end of the night baby.
I get the chills whenever I see your face and you're in the place girl. Feel like I'm in a movie, baby, I'm like oowee baby oh. Like waterfalls your hair falls down to your waist - can I get a taste, girl? No need to keep this baby, I ain't ashamed of calling your name, girl." These 2 verses talk about the admiration that he has for her physical appearance and presence. He likes to watch her, appreciating her shape, her movement, her flow, and he is still impressed, even entranced by her beauty. And he wants to make it clear again that she is the one, so there's no need to hide or creep, because she is his girl and none other.
"And girl I feel like it's our first time every time we get together. Baby, loving you feels better than everything, anything. Put on my heart, you don't need a ring, and I promise our time away won't change my love." This may be my second favorite part of the song. There is a sweetness that says that their love, though it's been going on for a while, still invigorates him and feels new. And the commitment that he has to her needs no ring as proof or manifestation - his covenant love is in his heart. And it appears that he believes the old adage - "absence makes the heart grow fonder." Even in their time apart (presumably because he's a singer), his love remains her, and she will still be his girl whether he's on the road or in her arms.
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