[Intro]
Ooh, I do I do I do I do, hey
Ooh, I do I do I do
Boy you got me
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky s the limit
I m helpless, down for the count and I m drowning in em
I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
Laughing at my sister as she s dazzling the room
Then you walked in and my heart went "Boom!"
Trying to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
Everybody s dancing and the band s top volume
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
Grab my sister and whisper "Yo, this one s mine."
My sister made her way across the room to you
And I got nervous, thinking "What s she gonna do?"
She grabbed you by the arm, I m thinking "I m through"
Then you look back at me and suddenly I m
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky s the limit
I m helpless, down for the count and I m drowning in em
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky s the limit
I m helpless, down for the count and I m drowning in em
One week later, I m writing a letter nightly
Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me
Laughing at my sister cause she wants to form a harem
N.C.
I m just saying if you really loved me you would share him
Ha!
Two weeks later in the living room stressin
My father s stone faced while you re asking for his blessin
I m dying inside as you wine and dine
And I m trying not to cry cause there s nothing that your mind can t do
My father makes his way across the room to you
I panic for a second thinking "we re through"
But then he shakes your hand and says "Be true"
And you turn back to me, smiling, and I m
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky s the limit
I m helpless, down for the count and I m drowning in em
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky s the limit
I m helpless, down for the count and I m drowning in em
Eliza, I don t have a dollar to my name
An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame
All I have s my honor, a tolerance for pain
A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain
Insane, your family brings out a different side of me
Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me
No stress, my love for you is never in doubt
We ll get a little place in Harlem and we ll figure it out
I ve been livin without a family since I was a child
My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild
But I ll never forget my mother s face, that was real
And long as I m alive, Eliza, swear to God
You ll never feel so?
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky s the limit
I m helpless, down for the count and I m drowning in em
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky s the limit
I m helpless, down for the count and I m drowning in em
In New York, you can be a new man
In New York, you can be a new man
In New York, you can be a new man