Steve Winwood

Released: August 11, 1988

Songwriter: Holland-Dozier-Holland Eddie Holland Lamont Dozier Brian Holland Will Jennings Steve Winwood

Producer: Tom Lord‐Alge Steve Winwood

[Verse 1]
When life is too much, roll with it, baby
Don't stop and lose your touch, oh no, baby
Hard times knocking on your door
I'll tell them you ain't there no more
Get on through it, roll with it, baby

[Pre-Chorus]
Luck'll come and then slip away
You've gotta move, bring it back to stay

[Chorus]
You just roll with it, baby
Come on and just roll with it, baby
You and me, roll with it, baby
Hang on and just roll with it, baby, hey

[Verse 2]
The way that you love is good as money
I swear by stars above, sweet as honey
People think you're down and out
You show them what it's all about
You can make it, roll with it, baby

[Pre-Chorus]
When this world turns its back on you
Hang in and do that sweet thing you do

[Chorus]
You just roll with it, baby, yeah
You just roll with it, baby
Come on and just roll with it, baby
You and me, just roll with it, baby

Roll with it, baby, yeah
You just roll with it, baby
You and me, just roll with it, baby
Come on and just roll with it, baby

[Verse 3]
Hey, now there'll be a day you'll get there, baby
You'll hear the music play, you'll dance, baby
You'll leave bad times way behind
Nothing but good times on your mind
You can do it, roll with it, baby

[Bridge]
Then you'll see life will be so nice
It's just a step up to paradise

[Chorus]
You just roll with it, baby, yeah
You just roll with it, baby
You and me, just roll with it, baby
Come on and just roll with it, baby
Hey, come on

Roll with me, baby
Hey now, baby
Roll, roll, roll with me baby, roll
Hey, c'mon and roll
Come roll with me, baby
Come and roll
Hang on and just roll, hey and roll

Steven Lawrence Winwood is most famous for his solo work, including two number one hits Higher Love and Roll with It, and for being the member of two supergroups, Traffic and Blind Faith, along with helping found the Spencer Davis Group at fourteen years old.

Speaking of which, Mozart had nothing on Winwood as a keyboard

As a boy in middle school, little Stevie Winwood played the Hammond synth for Blues gods and Rock & Roll founders like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, when they toured in Britain. We’d list more, but it’s exhausting to link all of those names.

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