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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aretha Franklin
Vocals
Curtis Mayfield
Guitar
Rich Tufo
Keyboards
The Kitty Haywood Singers
Background Vocals
Joseph Scott
Bass Guitar
Phil Upchurch
Bass Guitar
Donnell Hagan
Drums
Gary Thompson
Guitar
Lenard Druss
Horn
Henry Gibson
Percussion
Floyd Morris
Piano
Quinton Joseph
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Curtis Mayfield
Songwriter
Rich Tufo
Arranger
Sol Bobrov
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Curtis Mayfield
Producer
Roger Anfinsen
Engineer
Lyrics
Oh-oh, oh-oh, ooh-ooh
Oh baby, hey baby
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh baby, mm-hmm
Do-do-do-hoo-ooh
Do-do-do-hoo-ooh-ooh-ooh
Do-do-hoo-hoo-hoo
Do-do-do-hoo, yeah
If you look into your heart
With a positive mind
Take some inventory
Of your woman and your glory
Leave the bad things behind
Everybody's got a story, yes they do
About love and the good things
But for the spices of your life
You have got to pay the price
If you know what I mean, yeah
Telling everybody I know
How a girl becomes so proud
When I found there was nothing left
I do believe I found myself
And I wanna give it to you, baby
Oh-oh-oh-oh
(Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah baby
So, if you look into your heart
With a positive mind
Go ahead and take some inventory
Of your woman and your glory
Leave the bad things behind
Ooh-ooh-ooh
I know man my man
(Really loves me)
He really loves me
We don't have that everyday
I know my man
(Really needs me)
He really needs me
And whatever he wanna do
I wanna do it with you, baby
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Ah-ah-ah
(Do-do-do-hoo)
Do-do-do-hoo
(Do-do-do-hoo-doo-hoo)
Oh mercy, baby, mercy baby
(Do-do-do-hoo)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh
(Do-do-do-hoo)
Ooh-hoo-ooh-ooh
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, don't wanna deny
(Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
Love's not an easy game
(Mm, yeah, yeah, yeah)
And it's strong and it's strange
(Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop)
Now that I see what he's got for me
(Whatever he wanna do)
And whatever he wanna do
I wanna do it with you, baby
Hey baby, loving you more and more and more
(Loving you more)
And giving you all and all of me
Yeah, yeah, hey
Mercy baby
Loving you more and more and more
(Loving you more)
(Giving you all and all of me)
Giving you all if me
Ooh baby
(Loving you more)
More, more
(Giving you all and all of me)
Mercy baby, mercy baby
Mercy baby
Written by: Curtis Mayfield