Released: May 5, 1976

Songwriter: Curtis Mayfield

Producer: Curtis Mayfield

(Shoo doo.) Shoo doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
(Shoo doo.) Shoo doo, shoo doo, shoo doo, doo
(Shoo doo.) Oh, shoo doo, doo, doo
(Shoo doo.) Oh, oh, oh

Many say that I'm too young
To let you know just where I'm coming from
Oh
But you will see that it's just a matter of time
My love will surely make you mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Living in a world of ghetto life
Everybody around seems so uptight
Nothing's wrong, it's alright with my man, my man
I like the kind of ways we have our fun
His loving ways send me on and on
Yeah, hey, with my man
People out there can understand

I'm giving him something he can feel, ah, ah, ah
To let him know (this love is real.) my love is real
Yeah, hey, hey, hey, I'm giving him, him something he can feel
Yes I am, baby
(To let him know this love is real.) To let you know my love is real
(This love is real.) Mmmm, hmmm, hmmm, mmmm

So much joy for us it seems
So much hope for material things
(Only in my dreams.) Are they only in my dreams
Well. So I write this song for you
To prove that real things do come true
(Tell me what it means.) Tell me, tell me what it means
I wanna know, baby

Living in a world of ghetto life
Everybody around here seems so uptight
Nothing's wrong, it's alright with my man
I like the kinds of ways we have our fun
His loving ways send me on and on, oooh, with my man
(People out there can understand.)
People out there, can you understand

(Giving him something he can feel)
I sure want you to have it, baby
To let you know (this love is real.) my love is real
My love is real, real, real, real
(Giving him something he can feel) Oooh, oooh, oooh, baby
Oooh, baby
(To let him know this love is real.)
I want you to know my love is real
(This love is real.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Giving him something he can feel) Can you feel it?
Can you feel it? Oh, can you feel it?
(To let him know this love is real.) Oooh, oooh, baby
I love you, I love you, I love you. (This love is real.)

(Giving him something he can feel.) Yow!
Let me give you what you, what you really need, baby
(Giving him something he can feel.)
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Feel it, feel it, feel it
(Giving him something he can feel.) Yeah, I feel it
Oooh, we feel it, baby
(Giving him something he can feel.)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Giving him something he can feel.)
Feel it, baby. Feel it, baby. Feel it, baby

(Giving him something he can feel) Yeah, feel it, baby
Feel it, feel it
(To let him know this love is real.)
You're gonna know my love is real. Yeah, baby
Giving him something he can feel every day, baby
To let him know this love is real
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You know, baby
I just can't get enough of your funky stuff. No, no
Oh, oh, baby
You make it so good, you turn a woman around
Yes you is
And I wanna run it and tell it all over town

Living in a world of ghetto life
Everybody around seems so uptight
Nothing's wrong, it's alright with my man
I like the kind of way we have our fun
Oooh, his loving ways send me on and on, yeah, with my man
(People out there can understand.)
People out there, can you understand

(Giving him something he can feel)
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, yeah, yeah, eh, eh
(To let him know this love is real.)
Hey, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, yeah
(Giving him something he can feel)
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
(To let him know this love is real.) Oooh, do you know
Do you know, do you know, do you know, do you know my love is real
(Giving him something he can feel.)
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
(Giving him something he can feel.)
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh. Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
(Giving him something he can feel.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Giving him something he can feel.) Uh huh, uh huh
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, yeah, yeah
(Giving him something he can feel.) Oooh!
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

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.