Aretha Franklin

[Intro]
If you should loo-oo-se me
Oh, yeah, you'll lose a good thing
If you should loo-oo-se me
Oh, yeah, you'll lose a good thing

[Verse 1]
You know I love you
Do anything for you
Just don't mistreat me
An I'll be good to you

[Chorus]
Because if you should loo-oo-se me
Oh, yeah, you'll lose a good thing

[Verse 2]
I'm giving you one more chance
For you to do right
If you'll only straighten up
We'll have a good life

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
This is my last time
Not asking any more
If you don't do right
I'm going to march out of that door
And if you don't be-lee-eeve me
Just try it, daddy
An you'll lose a good thing

[Outro][x2]
Just try it, daddy
An you'll lose a good thing

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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