Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: David Cole Robert Clivillés

Producer: Clivillés & Cole

[Intro]
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
Woah woah woah woah
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
Woah woah woah woah

[Verse 1]
People let me tell you I work hard every day
I get up out of bed, I put on my clothes
'Cause I've got bills to pay
Now it ain't easy but I don't need no help
I've got a strong will to survive
I've got a deeper love, deeper love
Deeper love inside and I call it

[Chorus]
Pride (a deeper love)
Pride - a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
Woah woah woah woah
It's the (pride) power that gives you
The (pride) strength to survive
(Pride - a deeper love)
(Woah woah woah woah)

Yeah ooh yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

[Verse 2]
Now I've got love in my heart, it gives me the strength
To make it through the day
Pride and love (pride is) oh respect for yourself
And that's why I'm not looking for
Handouts, charity, welfare, I don't need
Stealin', killin', not my feelin'
No backstabbin', greedy grabbin'
Lyin', cheatin' 'cause I've got a
Deeper love, a deeper love
A deeper love inside, I I yeah yeah
I've got a deeper love (deeper), a deeper love (deeper)
Deeper love inside, whoa

[Chorus]
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride - a deeper) love
Woah woah (woah woah)
It's the (pride) power that gives you
The (pride) strength to survive
(Pride - a deeper love)
(Woah woah woah woah)

[Verse 3]
And I wanna thank you for helping me see
There's a power that lives deep inside of me
Give me the strength (give me the strength)
To carry on (to carry on), always be strong
Whoa oh oh oh whoa

[Chorus]
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Woah woah woah woah)

[Verse 4]
People let me tell ya I work hard every day
I get up outta bed, put on my clothes
'Cause I-I-I-I-I got bills to pay
And it ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy yeah, oh oh

[Chorus]
I've got a deeper love, a deeper love
A deeper love inside
I've got a deeper love (deeper), a deeper love (deeper)
A deeper love inside

(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
Woah woah woah woah
It's the (pride) power that gives you
The (pride) strength to survive
(Pride - a deeper love) woah yeah
(Woah woah woah woah)

(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Woah woah woah woah) hey hay yeah
(It's the (pride) power that gives you)
The (pride) strength to survive
(Pride) ow ow ow ow (a deeper love)
(Woah woah woah woah) woah

(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Pride) a deeper love
(Woah woah woah woah)
(It's the (pride) power that gives) you
The (pride) strength to survive
(Pride) ow ow ow ow ow ow (a deeper love)
(Woah woah woah woah) oh

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.

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