"Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me" is a statement of trust so absolute it reads like a dare. Stevie Wonder wrote it as a ballad about a love that has been tested and found solid. He knows, with a certainty that borders on arrogance, that the person he loves is incapable of betrayal. A declaration, not a question. He is not asking if she would hurt him. He is telling her he knows she will not. That kind of confidence is rare because it is almost always wrong. The song treasures the exception.