Aretha Franklin

Released: October 12, 1968

Songwriter: Otis Redding

Producer: Jerry Wexler

Thank you

What you want
Baby, I got it
What you need
You know I got it

All I'm askin'
Is for a little respect
When you come home
(Just a little bit)
Hey, baby
(Just a little bit)
When you get home
(Just a little bit)
Mister
(Just a little bit)

I ain't gon' do you wrong
While you're gone
I ain't gonna do you wrong
Because I don't wanna

All I'm askin'
Is for a little respect
When you come home
(Just a little bit)
Hey baby
(Just a little bit)
When you get home
(Just a little bit)
Mister
(Just a little bit)

I'm about to give you all of my money
And all I'm askin' in return, honey
Just give me my propers
When you get home

(Just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah, baby
(Just a, just a, just a, just a)
When you get home
(Just a little bit)
Ah yeah
(Just a little bit)
Ooh

[Bridge]

Your kisses
Sweeter than honey
Guess what?
So is my money

All I need
Is just a little respect when you get home
(Re, re, re, re - re, re, re, re)
Baby, when you get home
(Respect, just a little bit)
Lay it on me
(Just a little bit)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB, oh

(Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect
(Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)
Yeah, baby
(Just a little bit)
I want a little respect
(Just a little bit)
Now, I get tired
(Just a little bit)
But I keep on tryin'
(Just a little bit)
You're runnin' out of fools
(Just a little bit)
And I ain't lyin'
(Just a little bit)
Yeah, respect
(Re, re, re, re)
All I need
(Re, re, re, re)
Oh, a little respect
(Just a little bit)
All I want
(Just a little bit)
Ooh, yeah
(Just a little bit)
I want a little respect
(Just a little bit)
Yeah, baby
(Just a little bit)
A little respect
(Just a little bit)
Oh
(Just a little bit)
Sock it to me
(Just a little bit)
Oh, truly
(Just a little bit)
Lay that on me
(Just a little bit)
Ooh
(Just a little bit)
I want a little respect
(Just a little bit)

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much
For being so very wonderful to us here in Paris
Being so hospitable, so warm
Thank you, thank you, thank you
Bye-bye, we love you

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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