If you’re anything like us, you can still remember where you were when Aaliyah passed. The 22 year old left a huge mark and memory within the music industry. From her countless hits to her style and choreography, she set the tone for future generations of R&B. Since no one has (yet) filled the void she created when she left, we constantly find ourselves inspired by her lyrics for our every day living.
Flip the page to see 30 quote-worthy lyrics “baby girl” left with us.
1. “Age ain’t nothin’ but a number.”
Song: “Age Ain’t Nothin But a Number”
Album: Age Ain’t Nothin But a Number
2. “If you down with the clique, let me hear you say, I’m down with it”
Song: “Down With The Clique”
Album: Age Ain’t Nothin But a Number
3. “At your best you are loved; you’re a positive motivating force within my life”
Song: “At Your Best”
Album: Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a Number
4. “No one knows how to love me quite like you do”
5. “You know just how to satisfy me, you pick me up when I’m down, you put my feet on solid ground and you make me your first priority”
6. “When there are clouds on a rainy day, you know how to bring sunshine to my life. And I’ve never felt this way before, you make me feel like I’m your goddess”
Song: “No One Knows How to Love me Quite Like You Do”
Album: Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a Number
7. “It’s just the little things you do that turns me on”
Song: “I’m So Into You”
Album: Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a Number
8. “It’s Friday and I’m ready to swing; pick up my girls and hit the party scene.
Song: “Back and Forth”
Album: Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a Number
9. “I wanna be the one that’s giving you more”
Song: “Giving You More”
Album: One in a Million
10. “Your love is a one in a million. It goes on and on and on. You give me a really good feeling, all day long.”
11. “Turn me inside out, make my heart speak. Need no one else, you’re all I need. Personality, everything you do, makes me love everything ’bout you.”
12. “Your smile, your style, you’re so fly. I can’t deny. I got a crush on you.”
13. “No one else loves me like you do, that’s why I don’t mind to spend my life with you”
Song: “One in a Million”
Album: One in a Million
14. “Women always wonder how I keep a man. They’ve been tryin’ for so long, and still don’t understand”
Song: “I Gotcha Back”
Album: One in a Million
15. “I hate a jealous man, one who doesn’t understand that I’m attractive, so of course men wanna take my hand”
16. “You’re only jealous cause you know the ish you put me through, I might turn right around and do that ish right back to you”
Song: “What If”
Album: Aaliyah
17. “Love just ain’t my thang, but half of you might be”
Song: “I Can Be”
Album: Aaliyah
18. “Sometimes I’m goody goody, right now I’m naughty naughty.”
Song: “Are You That Somebody”
Album: I Care 4 U
19. “Don’t compare me to your last one. I can’t help it she was a fast one, a sassy one; I’m a classy one”
Song: “Don’t Know What to Tell Ya”
Album: I Care 4 U
20. “If at first you don’t succeed, brush yourself off and try again”
Song: “Try Again”
Album: I Care 4 U
21. “Now you’re gone and I’m lost without you here now. But I know I gotta live and make it somehow.”
22. “Is your heart still mine? I wanna cry sometimes. I miss you.”
Song: “Miss You”
Album: I Care 4 U
23. “How could you just walk out the door? How could you not love me anymore?”
Song: “One I Gave My Heart To”
Album: One in a Million
24. “There’s no need to worry ‘bout what I do when I’m away”
Song: “Don’t Worry”
Album: I Care 4 U
25. “You know I’m looking out for you, ’cause you be looking out for me.”
Song: “Back in One Piece”
26. “Starting here, my life begins.”
Song: “Journey to the Past”
27. “All I ever wanted, was the love that we found. When I look back, you’re everywhere. Turn the page, you were there.”
28. “A special smile, a certain touch. I never had a love that I loved so much”
Song: “Turn The Page”
29. “No days go by I’m not thinking of you. And no way can I forget, the thing you do”
Song: “No Days Go By”
30. “If your girl only knew that you was dissin’ her to talk to me”
Song: “If You Girl Only Knew”
Album: One in a Million