Alicia Keys

Songwriter: Alicia Keys

Producer: Alicia Keys Black Eyed Peas

[Verse 1: Alicia Keys]
Some people live for the fortune
Some people live for the fame
Some people live for the power
Some people live for the game
Some people think
Physical things
Define what's within
And I've been there before
That life's a bore
So full of the superficial

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you, baby
If I ain't got you, baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything, everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah

[Verse 2: Alicia Keys]
Some people search for a fountain
Promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
Just to prove you love them
Hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be
With no one to share
With no one who truly cares for me

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you, baby
If I ain't got you, baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything, everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, you, you
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you, baby
If I ain't got you, baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
Everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah

[Outro: Alicia Keys & will.i.am]
You got me baby, and I got you
You got me baby, and I got you
If I ain't got you with me, baby, oh, ooh
I wouldn't be the same dude without you
I got everything cause I got you
You got me baby, and I got you
Said nothing even matters
You got me baby, and I got you
I wouldn't be the same dude without you
If I ain't got you with me, baby

Gifted with one of the finest voices of the early 21st century and exceptional talent, the famed Alicia Keys is a recognized, award-winning R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. She was born on January 25, 1981 in New York.

Her debut album Songs in A Minor launched her career as she became the best-selling new artist of 2001. Her follow-up album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003) and her album for the MTV Unplugged series in 2005 further cemented her at the top of the pop and R&B game. Her biggest hits are powerful ballads like “Fallin',” “If I Ain’t Got You,” and “No One.”

On January 15, 2019 Pop/R&B legend and 15-time GRAMMY winner Alicia Keys was announced as the host of the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. This will be the first time Keys has been the master of ceremonies for Music’s Biggest Night.

more tracks from the album

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From the albums

If I Ain’t Got You - EP (2004)
Remixed (2008)

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