"What You Are" is a song by American singer Lionel Richie. It was written by

Jermaine Dupri Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and DJ. Early life Jermaine Dupri Mauldin was born on September 23, 1972, the son of Tina (Mosley) and Michael ...

Manuel Seal Manuel L. Seal, Jr. (born September 26, 1960) is an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, vocal coach, and arranger. His credits include artists as Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Usher, TLC, Aretha Frankli ...

and

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for Richie's eighth studio album '' Coming Home'' (2006), while production was helmed by Dupri and Seal. The song was released as the album's second single and reached number 15 on the US ''Billboard''

Adult R&B Songs The Adult R&B Songs chart (formerly called Adult R&B Airplay) is an airplay chart that is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The chart tracks and measures the airplay of songs played on urban adult contemporary radio stations, whose playl ...

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{{Lionel Richie 2006 singles Lionel Richie songs Song recordings produced by Jermaine Dupri Songs written by Jermaine Dupri Songs written by Manuel Seal 2006 songs