Aretha Franklin

Released: June 14, 1968

[Verse 1]
I don't care what they say
I don't care what they do
Take all of my loving
Come on and get it
I've been loving you too long
And I can't quit it
Little boy, how do you do
What you do when you do it?
All I know is it's so doggone good

[Chorus]
You're sweet, babe
(Sweet your my sweet sugar for my honey)
You're sweet, babe
(Sweet sweet baby sugar sugar honey)

[Verse 2]
You've got enough sugar
To start a sugarcane mill
And oh-oh-oh, when you hold me, baby
I'm thinking of a lifetime deal
Little boy, how do you say
What you say when you say it?
It sounds so good I just got to okay it (Woo)

[Chorus]
You're sweet, babe
(Sweet your my sweet sugar for my honey)
You're a sweet man
(Sweet sweet baby sugar sugar honey)

[Bridge]
When you kiss me I have to give on in
But I tried hard not to let it show
But then you hauled off and you kiss me again
Hold it right there, I got to have you, I swear

[Outro]
Oh, Lover
You can love me forever
I'm gonna hold on to your hand
'Cause you're a sweet, sweet, sweet man
Take care, take care, take care of my heart please
Baby take care of all my needs
I'm going to hold on to your hand
Because baby, baby, baby, baby, you're a sweet, sweet man

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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