Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Marcus Miller Luther Vandross

Producer: Luther Vandross

[Chorus]
Every girl wants my guy (My guy)
And I can understand it (They want my guy)
Well, they're never going to get him (My guy)
Why can't they see that the boy loves me?

[Verse 1]
Oh, I'm hot tonight like dynamite
So I know I can keep that man
When it comes to love I'm a cut above
Ooh, any other woman
I'm a rough and tough and ready girl (Ow)
So don't you even try it
He can never find any love like mine
So don't you know you're wasting time?

[Chorus]
Every girl wants my guy (My guy)
And I can understand it (They want my guy)
Well, they're never going to get him (My guy)
Why can't they see that the boy loves me?
Every girl wants my guy (My guy)
Ooh, and I can understand it (They want my guy)
They're never going to get him (My guy)
Why can't they see that the boy loves me?

[Verse 2]
Ooh, when they see my guy walking down the street
The other guys are mesmerized
He's the kind of guy that they want to be
Oh, but they know not to even try
He's a rough and tough and a ready guy (Ow)
So I don't even worry about
Any girl who thinks she can turn his eye
Huh, I feel bad for her when she finds out

[Chorus]
Every girl wants my guy (My guy)
Ooh ooh, and I can understand it (They want my guy)
Well, they're never going to get him (My guy)
Why can't they see that the boy loves me?
Ooh, every girl wants my guy (My guy)
Oh, and I can understand it (They want my guy)
They're never going to get him (My guy)
Why can't they see that the boy loves me?

[Bridge]
Check it out
Dig on it, dig on it

Hello? Hey, Kitty Girl - what's happening?
Oh, same old thing, girls trying to jerk me for my man
Mhm, oh yeah, mhm, Miss Thang is really after him
Uh huh, ha ha, yeah, but you know, I'm going for a black out with him
Oh yeah, girl, he's been snatched by me now
We are full sitch, for sure
He is so totally tubular (We want your guy)
Who is...who is that? Who else is on the line?
Kitty, do you have a party line?
Well, let me tell you all something (We want your guy)

[Verse 3]
I'm hot tonight like dynamite
Mmm, so I know I can keep that man
When it comes to love I'm a cut above
Ooh, any other woman
I'm a rough and tough and ready girl (Ow)
Ooh, so don't you even try it
He can never find any love like mine
Huh, so don't you know you're wasting time?

[Chorus]
'Cause very girl wants my guy (My guy)
Ooh, I can understand it (They want my guy)
Well, they're never going to get him (My guy)
Why can't they see that the boy loves me?
Ooh, every girl wants my guy (My guy)
I really understand it (They want my guy)
But they ain't never going to get him (My guy)
Why can't they see that the boy loves me?

[Outro]
And as for you, as for you, Dolly Poo
Don't even worry about it
Have you looked in your mirror lately?
You better dust it off because you are r-u-i-n-t
Ha ha

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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