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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Empire Cast
Empire Cast
Performer
Courtney Love
Courtney Love
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Al Green
Al Green
Songwriter
Mabon Hodges
Mabon Hodges
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq
Producer
Jim Beanz
Jim Beanz
Producer
Timbaland
Timbaland
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I don't know why I love you like I do
After all these changes you put me through
You stole my money and my cigarettes
I haven't seen hide nor hair of them yet
[Verse 2]
I wanna know (I wanna know)
Won't you tell me? (Gotta know)
(Tell me) Am I in love to stay? (Stay, stay, stay, stay)
[Verse 3]
Take me to the river (Take me to the river)
And wash me down (Wash me down)
Won't you cleanse my soul? (Cleanse my soul)
Put my feet on the ground (Put my feet on the ground)
[Verse 4]
I don't know why he treated me so bad
Look at all the things we could've had
Love is a notion I can't forget
My sweet sixteen, I will never regret
[Verse 5]
I wanna know (I wanna know)
Won't you tell me? (Gotta know)
(Tell me) Am I in love to stay? (Stay, stay, stay, stay)
[Verse 6]
Take me to the river (Take me to the river)
And wash me down (Wash me down)
Won't you cleanse my soul? (Cleanse my soul)
Put my feet on the ground (Put my feet on the ground)
[Verse 7]
Hold me, love me, please me, tease me
Till I can't, till I can't take no more
[Verse 8]
I don't know why I love you like I do
After all these changes you put me through
My sixteen candles, burnin' on my wall
Turn me into the biggest fool of them all
[Verse 9]
I wanna know (I wanna know)
Won't you tell me? (Gotta know)
(Tell me) Am I in love to stay? (Stay, stay, stay, stay)
[Verse 10]
Take me to the river (Take me to the river)
And wash me down (Wash me down)
Oh, won't you cleanse my soul? (Cleanse my soul)
Put my feet on the ground (Put my feet on the ground)
[Verse 11]
Take me to the river (Take me to the river)
Wash me down (Wash me down)
Oh, won't you cleanse my soul? (Cleanse my soul)
Put my feet on the ground (Put my feet on the ground)
[Verse 12]
Take me to the river (Take me to the river, river)
(Take me, take me)
(Take me to the river)
Take me to the river (Take me to the river, river)
(Take me, take me)
(Take me to the river)
[Verse 13]
Take me to the river (Take me to the river, river)
(Take me, take me)
(Take me to the river)
River (Take me to the river, river)
(Take me, take me)
Take me to the river (Take me to the river)
Written by: Al Green, Mabon Hodges

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