On Dec. 18, Monica will release her eighth album Code Red. She has already previewed several songs including the Missy Elliott-assisted title track and “Hustler’s Ambition” featuring Akon. Now she professes her loyalty to her man on the heartfelt ballad “I Know.”

“When I told you I love you, I mean it / For the first time, I’m not afraid of needing you so / No matter what, I’m not leaving you, no,” she sings.

Monica is currently on her “Code Red Experience” tour, which wraps Dec. 13 in New York.