Chaka Khan

Released: September 25, 2007

Featuring: Tony Maiden

Songwriter: Ray Parker Jr. Tony Maiden Chaka Khan

Producer: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

[Part I: "Pack'd My Bags"]

[Intro]
Mm-mm-mm-mm
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh (Say it again)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh (Mm-mm)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-oh

[Verse 1]
I can tell by the look that's in your eyes
And I'm not surprised
You got to move on like the sun got to rise
I'm just holdin' you down

[Refrain]
But the universe is calling you, oh
You are one, chosen few, you got to pay your due, woah

[Verse 2]
Me and Milini are gonna miss you, ahh
See your smile in her face
Lord, I only wish we were with you now
It's a lonely, lonely place

[Refrain]
Universe is calling you, oh
Oh, you're one of chosen few, yeah
Ohh, you got to pay your due, woah

[Chorus]
Hey, packed my bags, put 'em at the door
Hey, packed my bags, put 'em at the door, hey, yeah
Packed my bags, put 'em at the door (Put them up, it's time to say)
Packed my bags, put 'em at the door (Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Packed my bags, put 'em at the door (I don't wanna see you go)
Packed my bags, put 'em at the door (No, no, no)
Packed my bags, put 'em at the door

[Verse 3]
I know you'll make it (Yes, baby)
You deserve it, you know you do, oh, yeah
Blues, you'll shake it, oh
I'll focus on you

[Outro]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
God is watchin' you, babe

[Part II: "You Got The Love"]

[Verse]
Love me right
What's the matter with you?
Hold me tight
Why must I tell you what to do?
Smilin', smilin'
Comes as no surprise, no
Smile ain't hidin'
What I'm seein' in your eyes
The story goes a little bit deeper
Than the eye can see, oh, yes it do
Stop runnin' a game
I can tell you're avoiding me, uh-huh
Oh, ain't nothin', nothin'
I wouldn't pay
Woah, wanna hear you, oh
Hear you say

[Pre-Chorus]
I love you (Ooh, good God, almighty)
I need you

[Chorus]
You got the love
To give me the strength
To keep on livin'
Yeah
Whatever it is (Uh, ooh)
I can't do without (I can't do without it)
What you're givin' (Oh, Lord)
Uh-uh (Oh)

[Outro]
You got the love (Oh, you)
To give me the strength (Ahh, you)
To keep on livin' (Yes, you do)
Yeah (Ooh)
Whatever it is (Uh-uh)
I can't do without (I don't wanna do it)
What you're givin' (Oh, Lord)
Uh-uh

Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens, March 23, 1953) is an American recording artist whose career has spanned five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist and focal point of the funk band Rufus. Known as the Queen of Funk, Khan was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with “I Feel for You” in 1984. Khan has won ten Grammys and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide. Ms. Stevens has two children, Milini Khan, and Damien Holland.

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