Aretha Franklin

Released: July 1, 1972

Songwriter: Marvin Gaye Renaldo Benson Al Cleveland

[Intro]
(Woo-wooo-wooo-wooo)

[Verse]
Whoa-ho-ho-ho Holy Wholly
Come together wholly
People we have got to come together
With all of the strength
Have all of the feeling ooo-yeah
Why Holy Wholly
Come on check out the water now now
Water Holy Wholly
We should believe
Believe in each others dreams
Jesus left along time ago
And said he would return
But he left us a book to believe in
And in it we've got a whole lot to learn
Yeah-yeah-whoa Holy Wholly
He can't talk out
Can't walk out now
Holy Holy Holy
We can rock this earth's foundation
Yes we can (glory)
Can't you see us (glory)
Brothers and sisters
Talking about love
(Love-love-love-love-love[x3])
Holy Wholly
We can rock
We can rock this earth's foundation
Uum hum (Holy Wholly)
Wholly Wholly (Wholly-Wholly)
Can't you see us (Wholly)
Coming together
Talking 'bout love (Wholly)
Moving and grooving with a-love
Let it get men with a-love (Wholly Wholly)
Doing and moving it with love
Love-love-love-love-love
Whoa- Holy Wholly
He proclaimed love[x2]
About his salvation oh-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (Wholly)

[Bridge]
Whoa (Wholly) Wholly Wholly Wholly
Wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly
Wholly-wholly
Wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly
Wholly-wholly
Wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly
Wholly-wholly
Wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly
Wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly
Wholly-wholly-wholly-wholly

[Outro]
Love right now-love brother
Love right now-love

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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