My Baby (Lil' Romeo Song)
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"My Baby" is the first single by American rapper
Lil' Romeo Percy Romeo Miller Jr. (born August 19, 1989), also known by his stage name Romeo (formerly Lil' Romeo), is an American rapper, singer, actor and television personality. He gained fame as a rapper in the early 2000s after signing with his father, ...
from his self-titled debut album by
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. The song features Ms Peaches and samples "
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" by
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. It topped the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and is, to date, Romeo's biggest hit. It was featured in the video game '' Thrillville: Off the Rails''.


Music video

The music video for the song depicts Lil' Romeo being chased by fans throughout a mall. The video ends with Romeo escaping the crowd of fans after being picked up in a helicopter by
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and
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.


Lyrics

In "My Baby", Lil' Romeo rapped, "After high school, I'm going straight to the pros." In 2004, the ''
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'' referred to that lyric in an article about Romeo playing basketball at
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. Romeo accepted a full athletic scholarship to the
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in 2008. Romeo played for two seasons with the
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team.


Track listing

*Europe 12" ** A1. "My Baby" (Radio) – 3:42 ** A2. "My Baby" (Instrumental) – 3:39 ** B1. "My Baby" (Club Mix) – 3:42 ** B2. "My Baby" (A Cappella) – 3:30 *Europe CD maxi-single ** 1. "My Baby" (Radio) – 3:42 ** 2. "My Baby" (Club Mix) – 3:30 ** 3. "My Baby" (Instrumental) – 3:39 *Europe CD (Promo) ** 1. "My Baby" (Radio) – 3:42 ** 2. "My Baby" (Club Mix) – 3:30 *UK CD (Enhanced) ** 1. "My Baby" (Radio) – 3:42 ** 2. "My Baby" (Club Mix) – 3:30 ** 3. "That's Cool" (Remix) – 3:56 ** 4. "My Baby" (Video) *US 12" (Promo) ** A1. "My Baby" (Radio) – 3:42 ** A2. "My Baby" (Instrumental) – 3:39 ** B1. "My Baby" (A Cappella) – 3:42 ** B2. "My Baby" (Club Mix) – 3:30 *US CD (Promo) ** 1. "My Baby" (Radio Version) – 3:45 ** 2. "My Baby" (Instrumental Version) – 3:42 ** 3. "My Baby" (A Cappella Version) – 3:44 ** 4. "My Baby" (Club Mix) – 3:29


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


See also

* List of number-one R&B singles of 2001 (U.S.) *
List of Billboard number-one rap singles of the 2000s Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine ''Billboard'' which ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. Introduced by the magazine as the Hot Rap Singles chart in March 1989, the chart was initia ...


References

2001 songs 2001 debut singles Romeo Miller songs Songs written by Berry Gordy Songs written by Alphonzo Mizell Songs written by Freddie Perren {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub