Aretha Franklin

Released: June 19, 2020

Featuring: The Boys Choir of Harlem

[Verse 1]
My Lord, I have read this book so many times
But nowhere can there I find the page
That says what I experienced today has any grace
Now I know that life was meant to be hard
And that's how I learned to appreciate my God
Though my courage may be tried
I can tell you I won't hide
Because the footprints show you were by my side

[Chorus]
You can lie to a child with a smiling face
Tell me that color ain't about a race
You can cast the first stone
You can break my bones
But you never gonna break
You're never gonna break my faith
And hope ain't yours to give
Truth and liberty are mine to live
Steal a crown from a king, break an angel's wings
But you never gonna break
Never gonna break my faith

[Verse 2]
My Lord, won't you help them?
Help them, help them to understand
That when someone takes the life of an innocent man, woo
Well, they never really won
And all they really done is set the soul free
Where it's supposed to be

[Chorus]
You can lie to a child with a smiling face
Tell me color ain't about a race
You can cast the first stone, you can break my bones
But you're never, ever, ever
You're never gonna break my faith
And hope ain't yours to give
Truth and liberty are mine to live
Steal a crown from a king, break an angel's wings
But you're never, ever, ever
You're never gonna break my faith

[Outro]
For those we lose before their time
I pray that their souls will find a light
And I know that the day will surely come
Oh, when it will, it will
Will be done, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
Never, yeah
Oh, yeah, it will, will be
It will be done
Oh, yeah, it will be, yeah
It, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah
You're never gonna break my faith
Oh, no, you won't, you won't
You're never, never, never
You'll never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never gonna break my faith
No, you ain't gonna break my faith

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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