Bob James

Released: January 1, 1981

Featuring: Yvonne Lewis Vivian Cherry Milt Grayson Casey Cysik* Hilary James Frank Floyd Babi Floyd Patti Austin Luther Vandross Grover Washington Jr.

Songwriter: Bob James

Producer: Bob James

Our love is the power
Through the darkest hour
Free your heart today
Now is the time to step away

Through the night, our love will shine
You and I shining bright

Our love is the power
Through the darkest hour

Dream until the dawn
Knowing the love will keep us warm
Heaven is nigh
Just hold on tight
[We can reach the sky]
Reach the sky...

Hold the dawn
Keep us strong
Keep on

Stay True!

Free your heart today
Now is the time to slip away
Through the night our love will shine
You and I
Shining Bright

Hold tight to the Guiding Light
Til the loving, sharing

Ahhhhhhhhh

Our love is the power
Through the darkest hour

Our love is the power
Through the darkest hour
[Keep on]
Dreamin til the dawn

[Stay true]
Heaven comes to you

[Keep on]
Nothing will go wrong

[Stay true]
And Love will see you through

[Keep on]
Dreamin til the dawn

Bob James is a Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and producer whose compositions have been sampled in hundreds of hip-hop songs. Two of the most sampled songs in hip-hop history come from the Bob James discography—“Nautilus” from his 1974 album One and “Take Me To the Mardi Gras” from his 1975 album Two, which have both been sampled hundreds of times. His 1978 song “Angela” was also used as the theme for the TV show Taxi. After being signed by Quincy Jones to Mercury Records in 1962 and releasing his first album the following year, Bob James went on to release dozens of albums, including In the Chapel in the Moonlight, his latest album released in 2017 in collaboration with flutist Nancy Stagnitta.

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