The Jackson 5

Released: January 1, 1973

Songwriter: Johnny Bristol Wade Brown David H. Jones Jr.

Producer: Johnny Bristol

[Spoken Intro Dialogue: The Jacksons]
- Like I said, you're such a wonderful audience
- Wait a minute, Jackie, look at Jermaine
- What are you doing?
- I'm fixin' to do my thing
- Wait a minute, wait a minute, now, you know, when the Jackson 5 sings, we always lineup one, two, three, four, five in a straight line. And here you are, gon' try and takeover the stage, man
- Know what, I'm comin' up there with you
- Hold up, wait, wait, wait
- The line is back there, fellas, I'm about to get in my show
- This cat is dangerous
- Hey, wait a minute, what you mean by "your show," man?
- I'm fixin' to give them my show, I'm gonna do my thing
- Uh-uh, no
- Mike, Mike, don't you see my line?
- See it, ain't got to tell what I see when it's there
- That's right, man, it's there. But dig, man, and to get back to you, blood. What you doin' pushin' on him. You wanna push on somebody, come over here and push on me
- I'm finna get in my show. Aren't you ready for my show?
- Wait a minute now, how come every time we come out here, you come out here with this same old thing, trying to takeover the stage, tryin' to get in front of everybody? You always talkin', "It's my time to do my thing. I'm gettin' ready to do my thing. I wanna do my thing. Hey baby, what's wrong with you?"
- Haha, I just want them to know that I have an album and a single out
- Oh, now you tell us
- And the next tune I'm fixin' to do is entitled, from my album, "That's How Loves Goes"

[Verse 1: Jermaine Jackson]
Girl, you walk around
With your head up in the sky
Yes you do, now
'Cause you hurt so many before
And never had to cry, no
But you better stop, honey
And realize, yeah
That one day soon
You're gonna have to be penalized
OH...

[Chorus: The Jackson 5]
That's how love goes
You gotta reap just what you sow
You'll get those tears and run free
Happen to you, like it's happened to me, ah yeah
That's how love goes
You gotta reap just what you sow
You'll get those tears and run free
It's gonna happen to you
Just like it's happened to me, girl

[Verse 2: Jermaine Jackson]
Because you made me cry
You think you're the baddest of them all, yeah
Well, I hope I'm around, my dear
When he sets you free and you fall, yeah
Then you'll find it's not such a laugh
When tears run 'til you can't see, no no no
Your heartaches are gonna come
And so is your misery, yeah

[Chorus: The Jackson 5]
That's how love goes
You gotta reap just what you sow
You'll get those tears and run free
Happen to you like it's happened to me, baby
That's how love goes
You gotta reap just what you sow
You'll get those tears and run free
It's gonna happen to you
Just like it's happened to me, girl

[Bridge: Jermaine Jackson & (The Jacksons)]
Everybody clap your hands
Ooh yeah
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
(Ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby, baby)
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
(Ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby, baby)

[Chorus: The Jackson 5]
That's how love goes
You gotta reap just what you sow
You'll get those tears and run free
Happen to you like it's happened to me (Ooh baby)
That's how love goes
You gotta reap just what you sow
You'll get those tears and run free
It's gonna happen to you
Just like it's happened to me

[Collision over Chorus: Jermaine Jackson]
See, see, now wait a minute, let me tell you something
Girl, you better stop
And take a real good look at yourself, mama
'Cause when those heartaches find you, child
You're gonna wish you were somebody else
Ooh, the smile that you're wearin'
Is gonna turn to a frown, yeah
You'll find someone that you love
And he's gonna put you down, down, down, down
Da-down, da-down, down, da-down
Oh ho ho, that's how it goes

[Chorus: The Jackson 5]
That's how love goes
You gotta reap just what you sow
You'll get those tears and run free
Happen to you like it's happened to me
That's how love goes
You gotta reap just what you sow
You'll get those tears and run free
Happen to you like it's happened to me
That's how love goes
You gotta reap just what you sow
You'll get those tears and run free
It's gonna happen to you like it's happened to me

[Outro: Jermaine Jackson]
Thank you

The Jackson 5 were originally formed in 1963 under the name, The Jackson Brothers. The founding members were Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon. Michael would join the group as the lead singer a year later, a move which pushed Jermaine to sing the backing vocals and play the lead guitar.

After participating in a series of talent shows, they entered the professional music scene in 1967, signing with Steeltown Records and releasing ten singles. In 1969, they left Steeltown Records in order to sign with Motown.

In 1975, most of the Jacksons had opted out of recording any more music for Motown, expressing desires to have creative control over their songs, as well as royalties. Learning that they were earning only 2.8% of royalties from Motown, Joe Jackson, the father and manager of the group, began to negotiate a lucrative contract with Epic records, which offered a royalty rate of 20% per record. The deal was completed in June 1975. As Motown owned the name The Jackson 5, the group simply renamed themselves The Jacksons.

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