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What Y’All Came To DoAretha Franklin

Released: November 12, 2007

Featuring: John Legend

Songwriter: John Legend Devo Springsteen Isaac Hayes David Porter

Producer: Devo Springsteen

[Intro]
I want everybody to get up off your seat
And get your arms together and your hands together
And give me some of that old soul

[Verse 1: Aretha Franklin]
I been workin' graveyard shifts eight days and no breaks
This ain't livin', somethin's missing
Friday night the weekend's here, it's right on time
I'm on a mission for somethin' different (Come on, come on)
Ain't no time to waste, girl, it's gettin' late
Let's show them what we can do
My work is done, the weekend's just for fun
Get out of your seat and let's move

[Chorus: John Legend & (Aretha Franklin)]
What y'all came to do? (What y'all came to do?)
Put on your dancin' shoes (Oh)
Yeah, we about to burn it up (We 'bout to burn it up)
Come on everybody burn it up (Everybody burn it up)
I ain't got nothin' to prove (Yeah)
Ain't got nothin' to lose (Nothin' to lose)
Yeah, we about to turn it up (We 'bout to turn it up)
Come on everybody turn it up (We gon' turn it up)

[Verse 2: Aretha Franklin]
I've been down and back and forth and side to side
Now you're groovin', let's keep it movin'
All around the world, let's get down tonight
You gotta use it before you lose it, hey hey
Don't forget to treat each day as if it were the last
Life's too short for the blues
Get your light to the fire
Get this party started right
It's time to break all of the rules

[Chorus: John Legend & (Aretha Franklin)]
What y'all came to do?
Put on your dancin' shoes (Hey)
Yeah, we about to burn it up
Come on everybody burn it up
I ain't got nothin' to prove (Yeah yeah)
Ain't got nothin' to lose
Yeah, we about to turn it up (Turn it up)
Come on everybody turn it up

[Bridge: Aretha Franklin & (John Legend)]
John, you've got a chance, get up and dance now
All you got to do is get up and move

[Chorus: John Legend & (Aretha Franklin)]
What y'all came to do? (What y'all came to do?)
Put on your dancin' shoes
Yeah, we about to burn it up (We 'bout to burn it up)
Come on everybody burn it up (Everybody burn it up)
I ain't got nothin' to prove
Ain't got nothin' to lose (Nothin' to lose)
Yeah, we about to turn it up (We 'bout to turn it up)
Come on everybody turn it up (We gon' turn it up)
What y'all came to do? (What y'all came to do?)
Put on your dancin' shoes (Yes, sir)
Yeah, we about to burn it up (We 'bout to burn it up)
Come on everybody burn it up (Everybody burn it up)
I ain't got nothin' to prove
Ain't got nothin' to lose (I ain't got nothin' to lose)
Yeah, we about to turn it up (We gon' turn it up)
Come on everybody turn it up (Turn it up, John, turn it up)

[Outro: Aretha Franklin & John Legend]
I'm feeling good, yeah
Oh yeah, it ain't all bad hanging out with you
Gotta hook up one more time

Aretha Franklin

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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