(One) your smile, don′t have to say no more

(Two) your guidance and all the things you show me

(Three) the way you look at me

When you say "I love you"

(Four) your headstrong personality

(Five) your take-charge capability

(Six) I love the way you cook for me

Beef roast, white rice with gravy

I'll give you 25 reasons why I′m really in love with you, ooh

I can give you 25 reasons why I'm never leaving you

(Seven, eight, nine) the roses, the massages, the cards you give for no reason at all

(Ten) the way you spend on me even though I got my own money

(11) for always being yourself, regardless of how I or anyone else felt

(12) the way you don't trip on me when I′m in the studio real late

Like right now

25 reasons why I′m really in love with you (I got)

25 reasons why I'm re- (wait a minute)

I don′t need no backgrounds to tell you the rest, baby

(13) knowing just what I need even when I didn't make it clear for you to see

(14) for being understanding when that time comes, you know what I mean

(15) for your beauty, inside and out, and to close it out, 16 through 25 is for

All the tricks you could′ve hit, but you didn't because of your love for me

I can give you 25 reasons why I′m really in love with you, ooh

I can give you 25 reasons why I'm never leaving you

I can give you 25 reasons why I'm really in love with you, oh

I can give you 25 reasons why I′m never leaving you, oh

I had to catch my breath for a minute

′Cause so many emotions are coming out in this song, oh

Ooh, have you ever loved somebody?

Ooh, have you ever loved somebody?

Come on ladies, help me say

25 reasons why I'm really in love with you (I am so in love with you)

25 reasons why I′m never leaving you (oh, yeah, yeah)

25 reasons why I'm really in love with you (I′m so in love with you and it's really more than)

25 reasons why I′m never leaving you (oh, I am in love with you)

25 reasons why I'm really in love with you (oh, whoa)

25 reasons why I'm never leaving you (I′m never leaving you)