Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, re… Read Full Bio ↴Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and author. Born in Coral Gables, Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Evans moved to Los Angeles in 1993 for a career in music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B. Sure, she became the first female artist to be signed to Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records label in 1994, on which she released three platinum-certified studio albums between the years of 1995 and 2001. In 2003, she left the label to sign with Capitol Records.

Next to her recording career, Evans is widely known as the widow of New York rapper Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, whom she married in 1994 two months after meeting at a photoshoot. The turbulent marriage led to Evans' involvement in the East Coast-West Coast hip hop feud, dominating the rap scene at the time, and ended with Wallace's murder in a yet-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in March 1997. A 1997 tribute single featuring Puff Daddy and 112, entitled "I'll Be Missing You," became Evans' biggest-selling hit to date and won her a Grammy Award in 1998.

After marrying Todd Russaw and having a third child, named Joshua, Evans released her long-awaited follow-up, Keep the Faith in 1998. Unlike the solemn approach to her first album, this album spoke of optimism, good times, and love. Among its biggest hits include the Chic-sampled track "Love Like This" (#7 US), the P. Diddy helmed "All Night Long" (#9 US), and Babyface lent her a number-one R&B hit song with "Never Gonna Let You Go". Outside of her own albums, Evans found another hit that year with Whitney Houston and Kelly Price on the song "Heartbreak Hotel".

Evans released her third album, 2001's Faithfully, which included the hit singles "You Gets No Love" (#8 R&B) and "I Love You" (#2 R&B). For the album's promotion, Evans went through a transformation in her physical appearance. Always a slightly full figured woman, Evans shed over fifty pounds and presented a sexier image that was present for the videos to "I Love You" and "Burnin' Up". Fatman Scoop also sampled her vocals on the song "Be Faithful" in 2003, which reached number one in the UK. Although the album wasn't as largely promoted as her first two, it was a moderate success. The album was certified platinum in January 2002, with over 1 million units sold.

Evans rebounded with a record that many of her fans have proclaimed as her strongest record to date, The First Lady (released on April 5, 2005) her Capitol record debut album. After finding success with her Twista collaboration, "Hope", Evans released her first song of new material in three years with "Again", a biographical account of her life struggles. Faith recorded "Say A Prayer" with gospel music star Donald Lawrence on his "I Speak Life" album in 2004. The First Lady came out commemorating her tenth anniversary in the industry and her first record on Capitol Records after leaving Bad Boy in 2003. With the help of "Again" reaching the top ten of Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and appearances on David Letterman, BET, Later... with Jools Holland and MTV the album entered the Billboard 200 at number two with 160,000 copies sold in its first week, marking the largest first-week total of her career. The First Lady was RIAA certified Gold selling over 600,000 copies to date. The second single, "Mesmerized", saw Faith going with a 70's retro-funk soul vibe. The track failed to crack top fifty R&B despite numerous remixes; however a dance remix by the Freemasons went on to hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

At the end of 2005, Evans released her fifth studio album, A Faithful Christmas, a Christmas collection of new material and covers of seasonal classics. She also made lots of appearances on holiday TV programming. In early 2006, Faith Evans' third single, "Tru Love" (produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox), gradually gained ground on urban/urban AC radio without any assistance from her label since they never promoted (sent to radio) or had a video for "Tru Love", becoming her twelfth solo R&B hit (Top 30). Also in 2005, Evans appeared along with Jessi Colter and Cece White as a feature vocalist on the Shooter Jennings song "Southern Comfort" from the album "Put the O Back in Country".

On October 5. 2010, Evans' sixth album, "Something About Faith." The album debuted at #4 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #15 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 23,586 copies in its first week. The albums' lead single "Already Gone" peaked at #22 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. The albums' second single and music video "Right Here" was released on February 14, 2011.
In 2012, Evans became a cast member of TV One reality show R&B Divas Atlanta alongside Nicci Gilbert, Syleena Johnson, Keke Wyatt and Monifah. Evans also co-executive produces the show.[25] The album R&B Divas Atlanta, led by Evans was released on October 2, 2012. Proceeds from the album will benefit the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative & Performing Arts in East Orange, New Jersey.

On August 6, 2013, Evans confirmed she had begun work on her 6th album, tentatively titled Incomparable. Evans also revealed guest appearances for the album are slated to include Missy Elliott, KeKe Wyatt, B.Slade and Karen Clark Sheard of The Clark Sisters. "I Deserve It", a record featuring recurring collaborator Missy Elliott and her protégée Sharaya J, was released via iTunes on August 25, 2014 as the album's lead single. Incomparable was released on November 24, 2014. On TMZ, Evans had announced that she is working on a posthumous Notorious B.I.G. album titled The King & I, which will feature duets with the two. She plans to release it sometime in 2015.

Back To Love
Faith Evans Lyrics

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You remind me of
Of a love I once knew before
I was so open for love
So in love with no experience
But I like this feeling
You're really bringing back the memories
Of someone I once knew
I feel you bring it all back to me

Bring me back to love
Cause real love is what I'm thinking of
It would be so nice if we could run away
Run away
It was hard to see
All the wrong my last love did to me
I was just a fool in love
That's not how it was supposed to be
But I like this feeling
And I don't want you to remind me of
Of someone I once knew
Just keep on bringing me back to love
Bring me back to love
Cause real love is what I'm thinking of
It would be so nice if we could run away
Run away
You make me feel so good
You treat me like I'm special baby
So take me back to love
Cause that is where I wanna be
Back to love
It's so good it's plain to see
The way that you keep loving me
Bringing back the memories
Of a love that used to be
It's so good it's plain to see
The way that you keep loving me
Bringing back the memories
Of a love that used to be
Bring me back to love
Cause real love is what I'm thinking of
It would be so nice if we could run away
Run away
Bring me back to love
Cause real love is what I'm thinking of
It would be so nice if we could run away
Run away
Bring me back to love
Cause real love is what I'm thinking of
It would be so nice if we could run away
Run away
Bring me back to love
Cause real love is what I'm thinking of

It would be so nice if we could run away
Run away

Overall Meaning

In Faith Evans's song "Back To Love", the lyrics tell a story of a person who has been hurt in love before and is fearful of opening up again. The lyrics start with the singer admitting that the new love interest reminds them of a love they once knew before. They acknowledge their openness to love before they were hurt and how they are now reliving that feeling of love with this new person. The lyrics describe the feeling of being brought back to loving memories of someone they once knew before. They hope that this new love will bring them back to love because that's what they are thinking of right now.

The second verse talks about how it was difficult for the singer to see the wrongdoings of their last love. They were blinded by love and ended up being a fool in love. However, they express that they like the feeling that this new love is bringing, and they don't want to be reminded of the person they once knew. They want to be taken back to love because that is where they want to be.

The chorus is an invitation to run away to a place where they can be free to love and be loved. The singer wants to be taken back to where they knew what it was like to be unconditionally loved. As the chorus repeats, it emphasizes the importance of bringing the singer back to love.

Overall, the song is an expression of vulnerability and hope for a new love. It acknowledges past experiences and the fear that comes with opening up again, while emphasizing the need for true love.

Line by Line Meaning

You remind me of
You resemble someone from my past

Of a love I once knew before
Of a relationship that I have already experienced in my life

I was so open for love
I was very open to experiencing love in my life

So in love with no experience
I was so in love despite having no prior experience in it

But I like this feeling
But I like the feeling of being in love again

You're really bringing back the memories
You are reminding me of the good memories from my past relationship

Of someone I once knew
Of someone I have been in love with before

I feel you bring it all back to me
I feel like you are bringing back all the good memories from my past to me

Bring me back to love
Bring me back to the feeling of being in love

Cause real love is what I'm thinking of
Because I am looking for real, genuine love and nothing else

It would be so nice if we could run away
It would be really great if we could just escape from our current reality and go somewhere else

Run away
To escape the present situation and start fresh

It was hard to see
It was difficult for me to realize

All the wrong my last love did to me
All the mistakes and pain my last relationship brought to me

I was just a fool in love
I was naive and foolish for being in love with the wrong person

That's not how it was supposed to be
That's not what I expected my last relationship to be

And I don't want you to remind me of
I don't want you to remind me of the negative aspects of my past relationship

Just keep on bringing me back to love
Just keep reminding me of the good memories from my past and bring me back to the feeling of being in love

You make me feel so good
You give me a very positive and warm feeling

You treat me like I'm special baby
You treat me with a lot of care and affection

So take me back to love
So bring me back to the feeling of being in love

Cause that is where I wanna be
Because being in love is where I want to be right now

It's so good it's plain to see
It's very evident that the feeling of being in love is so good

The way that you keep loving me
The way you constantly show me love is amazing

Of a love that used to be
Of a love that I have experienced before

Bring me back to love
Bring me back to the feeling of being in love

Because real love is what I'm thinking of
Because I am searching for a genuine, true love

Bring me back to love
Bring me back to the feeling of being in love

It would be so nice if we could run away
It would be really great if we could just escape from our current reality and go somewhere else

Bring me back to love
Bring me back to the feeling of being in love

Cause real love is what I'm thinking of
Because I am looking for a genuine, true love