Yeah Like the way I came here Rule Shanti Lin Baby I'm Helpless Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm Helpless, baby Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em I ain't ever been the type to try and grab the spotlight We were at the revel with some rebels on a hot night Laughin' at my sister as she's dazzling the room Then you walked in and my heart said Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom Everybody's dancin' and the bass top volume Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine Saying to myself, baby "This one's mine." Shorti made her way across the room to you And I got nervous, thinking "What's she gonna do?" She grabbed you by the arm, I'm thinkin' "I'm through" Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm Helpless, yeah Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm Helpless, baby Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em Helpless, yeah Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm Helpless, baby Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em One week later, I'm writin' a letter nightly Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me Laughin' at this girl, cuz she wants to form a harem ...No, I ain't sharin' Two weeks later, in the living room stressin' My father's stone-faced while you're asking for his blessin' I'm dying inside, as you wine and dine And I'm tryin' not to cry 'Cause there's nothing that your mind can't do My father makes his way across the room to you I panic for a second, thinking "we're through" But then he shakes your hand and says "be true" And you turn back to me, smiling, and I'm Helpless, yeah Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm Helpless, baby Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em Helpless, yeah Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm Helpless, (so helpless) baby Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em Ashanti, I don't have a dollar to my name An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame All I have's my honor, a tolerance for pain A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain Insane, your family brings out a different side of me Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me No stress, my love for you is never in doubt We'll get a little place in Queens and we'll figure it out I've been livin' without a family since I was a child My father died, my mother cried, I grew up buck wild But I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real And long as I'm alive, Ashanti, swear to God You'll never feel so... Baby I'm Helpless, yeah Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm Helpless, baby Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em Helpless, yeah (I'm so helpless) Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm (Cause you know that I'm) Helpless, baby Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em Baby I'm (Yeah) Mm, so into you (So into you Hahaha)