Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Ronald Isley Rudolph Isley O’Kelly Isley The Isley Brothers

Producer: Aretha Franklin Luther Vandross

Oooh yeah
Get out (Get out)
We’re gonna throw down, yeah (Throw down)
Get out (Get out)
Oh, we’re gonna throw down (Oh, we’re gonna throw down)

Oohoohoo, it’s your thing, do what you wanna do
And I can’t tell you who to sock it to
Said it’s your thing (Thing, thing, thing)
Do what you wanna do with it now
I can’t tell you who to sock it to

If you want me to love you, maybe I will
Believe me, baby, it ain’t no big deal
Oh, you need love now, just as bad as I do
Makes me no difference, ah, who you give your stuff to

Oh, yeah, it’s your thing (Thing, thing, thing)
Do what you wanna do with it
'Cause I can’t tell you who to whip it to

It’s your thing (Thing, thing, thing)
Do what you wanna do now
But I can’t tell you who to whip it to

I’m not trying to run your life
I know you wanna, you wanna do what’s right
Oh, give your love to whomever you choose
How can you lose with the stuff you use?

Oohoohoohoohoohoohoo (Thing, thing, thing)
Can not tell you, boy, boy, who to sock it to
Oooh, oh, it’s your thing (Thing, thing, thing)
Do what you wanna do with it
I can’t tell you who to sock it to

Oooh, it’s your thing, do what you wanna do, boy
I said I can’t tell you who to give it to

Get out (Get out)
Throw down (Throw down)
Get out (Get out)
Throw down (Oh, throw down)

It’s your thing, it’s your thing, it’s your thing, really your thing
It’s your thing, it’s your thing, it’s your thing, really your thing
It’s your thing, it’s your thing, it’s your thing, really your thing
It’s your thing, it’s your thing, it’s your thing, really your thing

It is your goody (It is)
Do what you want me to (It is)
'Cause I can’t tell you (To, to, to)
Who to whip it to (who to sock it to)
Oh, yeah

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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