Aretha Franklin

Released: March 23, 1998

Songwriter: Daryl Simmons

Producer: Daryl Simmons

[Intro]
Hear me, baby
Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me
Hear me, boy

[Verse 1]
Nobody knows me
Not like the way you know me
Nobody showed me
The ways of love
So now when you hold me
And you promise you won't control me
My mama told me
To always be for sure

[Chorus]
I want to know
Will you love me
I want to know
Will you care
In the morning
Oh, I want you to treat me right
I don't want you to play with my life
I don't want to be the other woman
I want us to matter and mean something
I want to be with you
But before I do...

[Verse 2]
I want you to fill me
I'm ready and oh so willing
I'm willing to give you
Every part of me
So come on and soothe me, baby
I want you to touch and move me
You can consume me
Take all of me, my love

[Chorus]
I want to know
Will you love me
I want to know
Will you care
In the morning
Oh baby, I want you to treat me right
Oh, you can't, you can't, you can't play with my life
I don't want to be the other woman
No no no no no no
I want us to matter and mean something
I want to be with you
But before I do...

[Bridge]
I want to know
Do we have an understanding?
I've got to know
Are you giving or demanding?
I can't give you no more
'Cause I've poured out my soul
All for you
All for you
I wanna to know
Is there someone else you're loving?
Tell me, have you got another woman?
Would you be a good man?
Come on and make a true stand
Can we share our lives?

[Outro]
I want to know
Will you love me
I want to know
Will you care
In the morning
In the morning, baby; in the morning, baby
In the morning, baby, baby, baby, yeah yeah yeah
I want to know, yeah
I don't want to be the other woman
I want us to matter and mean something
I want to be with you
Oh, but before I do...
I want to know
Will you love me
I want to know
Will you care
In the morning
In the morning, baby; in the morning, baby
I want you to treat me right
I'm ain't gon' let you play with my life
I don't want to be the other woman
I want us to matter and mean something

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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