Ari Lennox & Anthony Ramos – If You Want Me To Stay (Audio, Lyrics)

Ari Lennox & Anthony Ramos collaborate on “If You Want Me To Stay”. Listen, stream, buy, mp3 download and read the lyrics to the song produced by Elite & Will Wells.

Ari Lennox & Anthony Ramos If You Want Me To Stay

A collaboration you didn’t know that you needed has come courtesy of Ari Lennox and Anthony Ramos. The two talents have joined forces in partnership with Main Street Alliance and Crown Royal to help communities all over the country during this pandemic. The Dreamville singer and Hamilton star have blended their voices on a cover of Sly and the Family Stone’s 1973 hit “If You Want Me to Stay,” and Crown Royal will be donating $1 for every stream (up to $500K) to help small businesses, especially entertainment venues, stay afloat.

“I’m honoured that I could do this cool, amazing, legendary cover,” Ari Lennox told HNHH. When we asked what it was like working with Anthony Ramos, she couldn’t stop singing his praises. “It was easy. We are very serious about our crafts and wanting to respect Sly and the Family Stone, so we were serious about learning it. But once we got that together, it was so much fun! He is so funny, so sweet, so genuine. I just feel so blessed to have met a real-life angel. He’s just so nice!”

Ari Lennox & Anthony Ramos – If You Want Me To Stay (prod. Elite & Will Wells)

Lyrics

[Verse: Ari Lennox, Anthony Ramos, both]
If you want me to stay, I’ll be around today
To be available for you to see
But I’m about to go and then you’ll know
For me to stay here, I got to be me
You’ll never be in doubt, that’s what it’s all about
You can’t take me for granted and smile
Count the days I’m gone, forget reachin’ me by phone
Because I promise I’ll be gone for a while
And when you see me again I hope that you have been
The kind of person that you really are now
You got to get in straight, how could I ever be late
When you’re the woman taking up my time?
Whoa, oh, how could you ever allow? I guess I wonder how
How could you get out a pocket for fun
When you know that you’re never number two (Never number two)
Number one’s gonna be number one (Oh, ow, oh)
I’ll be good, I wish I could
Get this message over to you now
Oh, oh, ayy
Oh, baby, eh, eh, oh, ayy

[Outro: Ari Lennox, Anthony Ramos, both]
And when you see me again, I hope that you have been
The kind of person that you really are now
I’ll be so good, I wish I could
Get the message over to you now
Ow, eh
Oh
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Get the message over to you now (Babe)
Uh, oh, yeah, oh
Oh, yeah, yeah