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Can U Handle It? by USHER

TRACK

USHER

Can U Handle It?

Release date: 1st November 2024

From Confessions (20th Anniversary Edition)
Track 14
4:39
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

A seduction laid bare, 'Can U Handle It?' finds Usher testing the ground between confession and proposition. The track moves through layers of hesitation, each verse peeling back another reason to hold back, another fear that vulnerability might cost him the person he's trying to draw closer. He asks repeatedly whether his partner can meet him at that deeper level, whether she'll match his honesty with her own. The song turns on a simple tension: the desire to be fully known against the terror of being rejected once you are. Usher sketches a lover caught between the impulse to reveal everything and the voice in his head asking what if he says too much. The production, courtesy of Robin Thicke and Pro-Jay, sits in the pocket of mid-2000s R&B, letting his voice carry the weight of the question. By the final chorus, the uncertainty hasn't resolved so much as transformed into something like determination, a willingness to risk the exposure the song has spent four and a half minutes circling.

"Can U Handle It?" is a track by USHER, from the album Confessions (20th Anniversary Edition), released 1st November 2024. The track is 4:39 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about USHER.

About the Artist

USHER

USHER

Lyrics

Can U Handle It?

What's up baby?
I'm so glad I got you here
I'm so in love with you
And I don't ever wanna lose you
I wanna take this to the next level
I hope you ready

Now that you're here
I got somethin' to say baby
I think that you should know
You're doin' the most, sugar
So don't worry 'bout the situation
I'd never let you go

Can you handle it
If I go there baby with you?
I can handle it
I can go there baby with you
Oh I hear you talkin' babe
Can you handle it?
Can I go there baby with you?
We gon' set it off
We gon' tear it up
Baby can you handle?

Wooooo baby
You say all the time
You only want the best of my love
Now I can see that
There's only one way to tear it up
Yeah
I'm willing to tell you
Everything I let stand between us
But what if I tell you too much

What about you babe
Will you tell me
All the freaky things you are
Before I do?
Need you to know
If we make it through
Our love will grow
Oooh ho ho
Imagine how amazing things would be?

Can you handle it?
Can I go there baby with you?
We gon' set it of
We gon' tear it up
Baby can u handle?
I can handle it
I can go there baby with you
Oh I hear you talkin' babe
We gon' set it out
We gon' work it out
Baby can you handle?

Oooh hey yeah baby
I fear sometimes in my mind
That you won't wanna stay with my love
Oh baby
If I can be sure
Inside out that you know exactly
The man that comes to see you
I'll go deep as I can
Giving you the rest of my love
But what if I tell you too much

Uh
So much to explore
So much we have yet to discover
I ask myself
Should I go there
Should I do it
Yeah ooh
Can I give it to you fully?
Can you handle it?

Can you handle it
If I go there baby with you? (Can I go there?)
We gon' lay it out
We gon' tear it up
Baby can u handle?
I can handle it
I can go there baby with you
We gon' set it out
We gon' make it out
Baby can you handle?

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Track details

From Confessions (20th Anniversary Edition)

4:392024
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Album
Confessions (20th Anniversary Edition)
Confessions (20th Anniversary Edition)
USHER
1st November 2024
Track number
14
Release year
2024
  1. 1Intro
    0:47
  2. 2Yeah! (feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris)
    4:10
  3. 3Throwback (feat. Jadakiss)
    4:47
  4. 4Confessions
    4:21

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  • 5Confessions, Pt. II
    3:31
  • 6Burn
    3:52
  • 7Caught Up
    3:45
  • 8Superstar (Interlude)
    1:05
  • 9Superstar
    3:11
  • 10Truth Hurts
    3:38
  • 11Simple Things
    4:40
  • 12Bad Girl
    4:22
  • 13That's What It's Made For
    4:38
  • 14Can U Handle It?
    4:39
  • 15Do It To Me
    3:34
  • 16Take Your Hand
    2:46
  • 17Follow Me
    3:14
  • 18My Boo
    3:43
  • 19Red Light
    4:49
  • 20Seduction
    4:34
  • 21Confessions, Pt. II Remix (feat. Shyne, Twista & Kanye West)
    4:29
  • 22Superstar (Orchestral Mix)
    3:27
  • 23Burn (Orchestral Mix)
    3:51
  • —Burn
    3:52

    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Pro-Jay, Robert Daniels, Robin Thicke, USHER
    Producer
    Pro-Jay, Robin Thicke
    Additional Keyboards
    Larry Cox II
    Background Vocals
    Paula Patton, USHER
    Instrumentation
    Pro-Jay, Robin Thicke
    Mixing Engineer
    Manny Marroquin
    Recording Engineer
    Pro-Jay
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