• Lalah Hathaway – all vocals (1, 4, 6–10), lead vocals (2, 3, 5), backing vocals (3, 5) •
Randy Kerber – keyboards (1) •
Larry Williams – synthesizers (1, 7) •
Derek Bramble – keyboards (2), bass (2), drum programming (2) • Monty Seward – keyboards (2) •
Angela Winbush – keyboards (3, 8), synthesizers (3, 8), drum programming (3, 8), backing vocals (3, 8), arrangements (3, 8) •
Jeff Lorber – additional synthesizers (3), additional programming (3, 8),
flutes (8), strings (8) •
Russell Ferrante – keyboards (4, 7) • Craig T. Cooper – all instruments (5, 10), arrangements (5, 10) •
Gary Taylor – keyboards (6),
Oberheim DMX programming (6), arrangements (6) • Marc Hugenberger – synthesizers (6) • Larry Steelman – synthesizers (8) •
Chuckii Booker – all instruments (9), arrangements (9) •
Dean Parks – guitars (4) •
Michael Thompson – guitars (6) • Donald Griffin – guitars (7) •
Neil Stubenhaus – bass (1, 7) •
Jimmy Haslip – bass (4) •
Jeff Porcaro – drums (1) •
Will Kennedy – drums (4, 7) •
Luis Conte – percussion (4) •
Marc Russo – saxophone (1, 4, 7) • Sam Riney – saxophone (8) •
Andre Fischer – arrangements (1, 4, 7), drums (6), percussion (6), additional arrangements (6, 8), additional keyboards (8), additional synthesizers (8), additional drum programming (8) •
Jerry Hey – arrangements (1, 4, 7) •
Jean McClain – backing vocals (2) •
Deborah Cooper – backing vocals (5) •
Natalie Cole – backing vocals (uncredited, 7) '''The "Gowin' On" Handclappers (Track 5)''' • Antoinette Brown, Robbie Casey, Deborah Cooper, Jai Diamond, Gerald Farwell,
Robert "Bullet" Harris, Cat Miller, Kirtland, Maria A. Manning, Kelvin McKisic and Denise Stewart • For Real (Josina Elder, Phaenicia Grant, Shiro Stokes and Wendi Williams) == Production ==