Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa
You know you love me, I know you care
Just shout whenever and I'll be there
You want my love, you want my heart
And we will never, ever, ever be apart

Are we an item? Girl, quit playin'
We're just friends, what are you sayin'
Said, "there's another," and looked right in my eyes
My first love broke my heart for the first time

And I was like baby, baby, baby, oh
Like baby, baby, baby, no
Like baby, baby, baby, oh
I thought you'd always be mine, mine
Baby, baby, baby, oh
Like baby, baby, baby, no
Like baby, baby, baby, oh
I thought you'd always be mine, mine

Oh, for you, I would have done whatever
And I just can't believe we ain't together
And I wanna play it cool
But I'm losin' you
I'll buy you anything
I'll buy you any ring
And I'm in pieces, baby, fix me
And just shake me 'til you wake me from this bad dream
I'm goin' down, down, down, down
And I just can't believe my first love won't be around

And I'm like baby, baby, baby, oh
Like baby, baby, baby, no
Like baby, baby, baby, oh
I thought you'd always be mine, mine
Baby, baby, baby, oh
Like baby, baby, baby, no
Like baby, baby, baby, oh
I thought you'd always be mine, mine

Luda, when I was thirteen, I had my first love
There was nobody that compared to my baby
And nobody came between us or one could ever come above
She had me goin' crazy
Oh, I was starstruck
She woke me up daily
Don't need no Starbucks
She made my heart pound
And skip a beat when I see her in the street and
At school on the playground
But I really wanna see her on the weekend
She know she got me dazin'
'Cause she was so amazin'
And now my heart is breakin'
But I just keep on sayin'

Baby, baby, baby, oh
Like baby, baby, baby, no
Like baby, baby, baby, oh
I thought you'd always be mine, mine
Baby, baby, baby, oh
Like baby, baby, baby, no
Like baby, baby, baby, oh
I thought you'd always be mine, mine

I'm gone
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) now I'm all gone
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) now I'm all gone
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) now I'm all gone
(Gone, gone, gone, gone) I'm gone


Lyrics submitted by chanelraquel, edited by azrrl, DaGiBUS, Mellow_Harsher

Baby Lyrics as written by Justin Bieber Christopher Bridges

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  • +17
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    people always make fun of justin bieber. y? shes no different then the other pop star girls. just leave her alone.

    MetalMartyron June 15, 2010   Link
  • +14
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    It's a sad world we live in when this is considered music.

    picturechallenged11on June 24, 2010   Link
  • +10
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    This so called artist represents the downfall of a art and the exploitaition of it music these days is nothing but a money maker and you are all buying into it if music is art then it should be for making what ever you want it to be not have it sound exactly like the last person who came before you this shit is so fucking generic i cant stand to watch music die like this you are fucking with what i hold most dear n soon i will have nothing left so fuck you record companys fuck you radio and fuck all you people that willingly buy into this shit.

    puredeath123on July 08, 2010   Link
  • +5
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    I don't get it. How can this song exist, and then there are thousands of great songs throughout history that have been nearly, if not completely, forgotten? What about all the great artists in history that actually played instruments?

    What happened to songwriters like John Lennon? What happened to clever rhymes and clever lyrics and lyrics filled with fun innuendos? Are we really doomed to "Baby (x9) Thought you'd always be mine" as every song's chorus? What has the songwriting (and music world, in general) gone to?

    My last questions: Do you really think people are going to remember Justin Bieber in 25 years time? Will he make Rolling Stone's 100 Best Artists list, like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys and all the other great groups before "he" came along? Because we've remembered The Beatles for almost 50 years... Just making that a little point......

    NoPrideon August 29, 2010   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    Simple-This song has no meaning. It's just a teenager who hasn't yet hit puberty, sings like a laughing kookaboora (Spelling, sorry,), and has no talent whatsoever. This kid is fucking 15, hitting 16, maybe even 16 already. How the holy hearts does he know what love means? What a fucking loser.

    I'm also sick of all these fangirls bitching and saying "This song was wrote for me!!!!!11111". Dears, he doesn't even KNOW YOU. He's just another talentless lowlife/loser who plays his 'music' only for gaining money, not for putting time and effort into his so-called 'music'. This little poser doesn't give two shits about you, so fuck off and stop complaining. Sorry for my cussing, I just needed to get all this loserome out of my brain.

    Damn the music industry. DAMN IT ALL TO HELL!!!!!

    TOOLrule3on June 23, 2010   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    It is about the 'war on terror' and the reactionary nature of western democratic governments. The 'wake me' bit is about the people killed by the guns that are caught in the middle of the war they never wanted held in their country. After the 'first love still around' bit it switches perspectives to the western government where they claim the real reason to start all this is to get oil.

    HAHA. As if. In 20 years who will know Justin Beiber? Absolutely No-one.

    killakan46on June 06, 2012   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation

    Everyone is being so shallow about this song! Don't you know Justin Bieber only keeps his "hot teen that all the 12 year-old girls want to sleep with" image so that he can hide the darker side of his lyrics, because he can not go without saying the things that hurt him deep inside, but he also does not want anyone to know about what he feels because they would never understand anyway?

    But I understand Justin. I understand it all.

    This song is about the internal struggle of a boy with the meaning and purpose of the "self", after coming to the conclusion that nothing but Nihilism explains all of the questions and concerns he has about life and the universe.

    The song takes an especially strong view on the idea of "ignorance is bliss" and Justin's constant references to his childhood are about how he wish he could go back to a time when he did not understand or know anything, and did not have to suffer from the realisation that all life is without purpose.

    The "baby, baby" is referring not to a girl, but actually to himself as a baby, and the "ahhs and oooohs" are pathetic attempts to replicate the sounds he used to make at that time, because out of his desperation he is willing to try anything to go back to when he did not understand anything. The "thought you'd always be mine" is of course about his innocence and how he thought he could stay ignorant and blissful forever.

    The verses are about how he slowly lost his ignorance over the years, as he learned that the things society teaches us can make us happy (possessions, money, love) made him happy at first "I'll buy you any ring", but slowly he finds they are meaningless "When I was 13, I had my first love, There was nobody that compared to my baby (once again referring to how there was nothing like the ignorant bliss he had as a child)", and as he keeps living his life he finds that materials and emotions have no value, and Justin struggles to hold onto things but he can not stop a nihilistic view from taking hold of him, "And I wanna play it cool/But I'm losin' you".

    Finally the last verse is a bit ambiguous. The "I'm gone" could be referring to the "self", i.e. with Nihilsm completely taking over him he now has no conception of himself, and so he is now an empty shell without anyone inside (therefore he in essence is gone, even if his body is still there), OR it could also mean that in his struggle with Nihilism the only way out he could think of was suicide, so the "I'm gone" could refer to his falling into the pit of despair and killing himself, but I don't know for sure. You'd have to ask Justin in person to find out...

    Sehnsuchton August 21, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    Loveeeeeeeee Itttttttttttttt

    LILMAMMA99on August 24, 2012   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation

    IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE LYRICS IT'S NOT SAYING "GIRL" OR "HER," IT'S SAYING KURT. This song is about Kurt Cobain. I mean think about it: "Just shout whenever, and I'll be there." Little Justine Beaver found a time machine, hence whenever (even in the past because Kurt's already dead at this point) and he's asking Kurt to shout for him, a cry for help, like some of his songs. He will be there for Kurt. I don't have time to link all the references to Nirvana songs, but how could anyone miss the references to "Heart-Shaped Box," "You Know You're Right," "Lithium," "Come As You Are" and "Stay Away," among others. The whole part about the playground confused me until I realized it was a reference to "School." LIL JUSTINE IS TRYING TO GIVE KURT THE RECESS HE NEVER HAD!!!

    itmeanskurton March 05, 2024   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    OBVIOUSLY about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    TLUBWWBTRon November 30, 2010   Link

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