Whitney Houston - Jesus Love Me

Did you know that jesus loves you?
I looked at the big open arms you have here
And i saw jesus christ stretching them out
With open arms, and warning us to come to him
Because one day we'll have to go to him anyway

I love the lord jesus and i'm not ashamed to tell the world
He saved my life many, many years ago

And he told me to tell you
That he loves you, my jesus loves you
Did you know he loves you? he loves you
More, more than you'll evеr know

C'mon wayne play for me baby
Oh yes, oh yеs, oh my my
Oh, oh yes, it does, uh

(ooh tells me, tells me)
Yes, jesus loves me, for the bible, the bible tells me and you so
(tells me so) oh, yes, it does (ooh, ooh, tells me so)

Listen to me, jesus loves me, this i know
For the bible, tells me so
All of us here night, to him belong
But you know jesus is strong

Sing: yes, jesus loves me (ooh)
Yes, jesus loves me (loves me)
Yes, jesus loves me
For the bible tells me and you so
(ooh, ooh, tells me so) did you know that?
(ooh, ooh) did you know?

That’s why i'm pressing on, oh lord, to the other way
Always guide me, dear lord i pray
And i know and stubbornly
But never failed to love, love me still, c'mon

Sing: yes, jesus loves me (ooh)
Oh yes, my jesus, he love you, (loves me, loves me) you and you
Sing, oh yes, jesus loves me
For the bible tells me so (yes, he loves me so and i know)
(loves me ooh)

Yes, jesus (loves me) loves me so
Alleluia, my, my, my, my, my, jesus loves me
For the bible, the bible, and tell you
Love to tell you so

(i know i am loved) oh, for the bible tells me so
(feels so good to know) that i'm never alone
See sometimes i'm lonely but never alone
For the bible, and tells
For the bible, the bible, the bible
And tells me, for the bible
I'm so glad, tells me you so

I say dad, i say dad (ooh, tells me so) did you know that? did you?
(ooh, tells me so) did you know he loves you? he loves you?
(ooh, tells me so) every day of my life, i call lord i call
Yeah, ye—alleluia, oh, oh, know, know, know, know
Know, know, that he loves you, did you know?, did you know?

Is i want you say!

(yes, he loves me so) c'mon (and i know) oh y'
(yes, he loves me so and i know) yes, he loves me so and i know
(yes, he loves me so and i know) yes, he loves me so—i say dad
(yes, he loves me so and i know) sing, he loves me
(yes, he loves me so and i know) yeah say dad, he loves me so
(yes, he loves me so and i know) i say dad, didn't you know he loves you?
(yes, he loves me so and i know) jesus loves me, here we go
(yes, he loves me so and i know) i say dad, raise your hands up in the air
(yes, he loves me so and i know) raise your hands now, c'mon
(yes, he loves me so and i know) yes, he love you, you got it to know that he loves you
(yes, he loves me so and i know) even did not doing right or wrong, yeah
(yes, he loves me so and i know) we serve a good god, we serve a miracle god
(yes, he loves me so and i know) he loves you, he loves you-c'mon
(yes, he loves me so and i know) yes i say dad, and i know it, yeah

(ooh, tells me so) yes dad, for the bible, and tell you say
(ooh, tells me so) sing love for know
(ooh, tells me so) love it yes i say dad oh, oh, oh
(ooh, tells me so) oh yes i say dad

Whitney Houston - Biography

Known across the pop culture spectrum as the “Queen of Pop” and “The Voice” for her mezzo-soprano octave, Whitney Elizabeth Houston left an indelible impression upon pop culture. She is one of the most successful artists of all time with more than 200 million albums sold worldwide.

Born August 9, 1963, Houston grew up singing as part of the gospel choir at her local church and she was surrounded by powerful voices in her own family (mother Cissy Houston, cousin Dionne Warwick, godmother Darlene Love, honorary aunt Aretha Franklin). After working as a model and commercial actress in the early 1980s, Whitney was discovered during a New York City nightclub performance, which led to her signing a contract with Clive Davis at Arista Records. Whitney’s first song was a duet in 1984 with Teddy Pendergrass on “Hold Me.”

She released her self-titled début album the following year, which catapulted her into superstardom as the album topped the Billboard 200 for 14 non-consecutive weeks before becoming the top-selling album of 1986, eventually achieving diamond status in the US and selling over 22 million copies worldwide. The singles “Saving All My Love For You,” “How Will I Know,” and “Greatest Love of All” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and achieved platinum status. The music video for “How Will I Know” received heavy rotation on MTV, which was uncommon for Black women at the time. She took home the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award for “Saving” in 1986; her performance at the Grammys of “Saving” later won her an Emmy award. She also won seven American Music Awards between 1986 and 1987.

1987’s Whitney only furthered her initial success. The album produced four more consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100–“I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” “Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” “So Emotional,” and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”–giving her a record seven consecutive #1 pop singles. She won another Grammy Award in the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category for “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” which was an international hit, topping the pop charts in several countries as the album sold over 20 million copies worldwide.

While gaining the status as a “pop princess,” Whitney faced some criticism from the Black community, so she decided to work with producers L.A. Reid and Babyface on her third album, I’m Your Baby Tonight, which yielded two more #1 pop hits: “I’m Your Baby Tonight” and “All the Man That I Need.” In 1991, at Super Bowl XXV, Houston delivered arguably the greatest performance of the Star Spangled Banner. The performance was sentimental as it occurred in the midst of the Persian Gulf War and a commercial single of the performance was produced, which reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 as the single’s proceeds were donated to the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund.

In 1992, Houston married R&B singer Bobby Brown and gave birth to their daughter Bobbi Kristina the following year. Whitney also pushed into the film industry in 1992 with her film The Bodyguard, which co-starred Kevin Costner. The film was a resounding success at the box office and its soundtrack–which featured Whitney’s signature song “I Will Always Love You”–sold 44 million units worldwide and brought Houston three Grammy awards, including Album of the Year.

In 1995, Houston starred in the film Waiting to Exhale with three other prominent black women, opening doors in the film industry for women of color. The Babyface-produced soundtrack was highly successful, giving her another #1 pop hit with the single “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)”. She also appeared in the movies The Preacher’s Wife and a revised version of Cinderella with singer Brandy.

Houston’s fourth album, My Love Is Your Love, was released in 1998 after an eight-year break from her previous studio album. In 1999, Whitney won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for her duet with Mariah Carey on the song “When You Believe” from The Prince of Egypt. Whitney would go on to release three more albums: Just Whitney (2002), One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003), and I Look to You (2009).

On February 11, 2012, Houston tragically passed away at the Beverly Hills Hotel days before the Grammy Awards ceremony, sending shockwaves through the general public and music community. She is one of the most celebrated artists in music history, winning over 400 awards, and she is acknowledged as a major influence on many R&B and pop singers who followed her.