Jennifer Hudson

Released: March 22, 2011

Songwriter: Ester Dean Tony Macaulay Alicia Keys

Producer: Alicia Keys Swizz Beatz

Everybody needs some love
Needs someone whom they can trust
Someone they can love for life!
Even when the times get rough
We can make it work
And we can find love!
If we try we can fly high and touch the sky!
Oh, yes we can!
We can do it if we try
It's up to you and I
Sing:

Everybody, everybody
Somebody who needs love!
If you want it, you can get it
Just trust and believe love!
Wave your hands in the air
Scream more, I need love!
I need love!

Only wants to be loved
Lonely nights been at home
Waitin by the phone, oh no!
All we gonna do is trust
We can make it work
We can find love!
If we try we can fly high and touch the sky!
Oh, yes we can!
We can do it if we try
It's up to you and I
Sing:

Everybody, everybody
Somebody who needs love!
If you want it, you can get it
Just trust and believe love!
Wave your hands in the air
Scream more, I need love!
I need love!

If you work hard every day, let me hear you say
I need love, need love!
If you're sick and tired to be lonely, let me hear you say
I need love, need love!

I know it's a lot of you out there
Who think they can't find love
But I'm here to tell you
If you want it, you can have it!
Just believe it!

Everybody, everybody
Somebody who needs love!
If you want it, you can get it
Just trust and believe love!
Wave your hands in the air
Scream more, I need love!
I need love!

Everybody, everybody
Somebody who needs love!
If you want it, you can get it
Just trust and believe love!
Wave your hands in the air
Scream more, I need love!
I need love!

Jennifer Hudson first entered the public consciousness as a 22-year old from Chicago trying out for American Idol. Her American Idol tenure ended in 2005, after finishing in seventh place.

Since the show, she’s gone on to have successes as a singer, theater actor, and movie star. Her first big break was her role as Effie in the 2006 film Dreamgirls. She starred alongside Beyoncé and won 29 awards for her performance—including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007. She went on to star in numerous films as well as the theater production The Color Purple, based on the novel by Alice Walker.

Hudson released her first album in 2008 entitled Jennifer Hudson. That same year, she suffered a major loss while on tour when her mother, brother, and nephew were killed by her sister’s estranged husband. She released subsequent albums I Remember Me in 2011, and JHUD in 2014.

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