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What You GotJohn Lennon

Released: September 26, 1974

Songwriter: John Lennon

Producer: John Lennon

[Intro]
One...
Hey, hey!

[Verse 1]
Don't want to be a drag
Everybody got to bag
I know you know
About the emperor's clothes

[Chorus]
You don't know what you got until you lose it
You don't know what you got until you lose it
You don't know what you got until you lose it
Oh, baby, baby, baby, give me one more chance

[Bridge]
Well, it's Saturday night and I just got to rip it up
Sunday morning, I just got to give it up
Come Monday, momma, and I just got to run away
You know it's such a drag to face another day

[Chorus]
You don't know what you got until you lose it
You don't know what you got until you lose it
You don't know what you got until you lose it
Oh, baby, baby, baby, give me one more chance

[Verse 2]
You know the more it change
The more it stays the same
You got to hang on it
You got to cut the string

[Chorus]
You don't know what you got until you lose it
You don't know what you got until you lose it
You don't know, you don't know what you got until you lose it
Oh, baby, baby, baby, give me one more chance
Come on, girl, hey, alright
Hey, alright

John Lennon

As the founding member of The Beatles, John Winston Lennon (1940-1980) is one of the most recognizable cultural icons of the 20th Century. He is also the other half of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership, alongside fellow Beatle, Paul McCartney.

As a solo artist and through his relationship and collaboration with avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, he became just as recognizable for his political activism.

Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, outside of his New York apartment, The Dakota. Since then, his music and message remain timeless.

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