Aretha Franklin

Released: July 1, 1972

Songwriter: Joseph M. Scriven Charles Crozat Converse

Producer: Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Aretha Franklin

What a friend we have in Jesus
All our sins and grieves to bear
What a privilege it is to carry
Everything to God in prayer

Let's do that one more time...

What a friend we have in Jesus
All our sins and grieves to bear
What a privilege it is to carry
Everything to God in prayer

Oh what peace we often forfeit
Oh what needless pain we're to bear, oh yes we do
All because we don't, we just don't carry
Everything to God in prayer

Oh what peace we often forfeit
Oh what needless pain we're to bear, oh yes we do
All because we just don't carry
Everything to God in prayer

Chorus:
What a friend we have in Jesus
And all my sins, sins and grieves to bear
What a privilege it is to carry
Everything to God in prayer
Everything to God in prayer
Ev-, everything (everything, everything, everything)
To God in prayer

Bridge:
(Oh what peace we often forfeit)
(oh what needless pain we're to bear)
All because we, we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer
Everything to God in prayer
Ev-, everything (everything,everything,everything)to God in prayer

(Oh what peace we often forfeit)
(oh what needless pain we're to bear)
All because we, we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer
Everything to God in prayer
Ev-, everything(everything,everything,everything) to God in prayer
Oh...

Everything
Everything to God in prayer

Everything to God in prayer

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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