I Got You

Album: I Look To You (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • This mid-tempo cut is from Whitney Houston's seventh album, I Look to You. The song was written and produced by the Senegalese-American musician Akon and his frequent collaborator Giorgio Tuinfort. Claude Kelly and Whitney herself also have writing credits on this track.
  • Lyrically this song is about the love the singer still has for her former romantic partner.

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