Genius Lyrics
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The Temptations – Ain't Too Proud To Beg
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On the Temptations’ 1966 hit “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg,” a man pleads with his lover not to leave him.
The Temptations tapped David Ruffin to sing lead on the song, with Eddie
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TLC – Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
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“Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg” was the first single released by TLC off their debut album, Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip through LaFace Records. While the song promoted the idea of sexually
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Count Basie – Ain't Too Proud to Beg
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Mongo Santamaria – Ain't Too Proud To Beg
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The Temptations – Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
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“Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” was recorded by The Temptations in April of 1970 and released as a single the following month. The song, which reached #2 on
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The Temptations – Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me
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Hmm, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby / You don't have to tell me you've gone to found someone new / 'Cause I can feel his presence, whenever I'm-a kissing you / How can you ask me to
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The Temptations – Come On
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[Intro: Otis Williams] / Detroit, Michigan / The year? 1960 / Motown Records / At that time, my group was called Otis Williams and the Distants / Now, we were recording for a
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The Temptations (Ft. The Supremes) – I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
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[Intro: The Temptations] / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / [Verse 1: Eddie Kendricks] / I'm gonna do all the things for you / A girl wants a man to do, oh baby (Oh baby
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The Temptations – Then
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If Columbus never sailed the sea (If Columbus never sailed the sea) / If Longfellow never wrote a rhyme (If Longfellow never wrote a rhyme) / If leaves have never grown upon a tree
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The Temptations – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
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[Verse 1: Eddie Kendricks] / I ain't got time to think about money / Or what it can buy / And I ain't got time to sit down and wonder / At what makes a birdie fly / [Pre-Chorus
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The Temptations – Little Miss Sweetness
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[Verse 1: David Ruffin, The Temptations] / Now I'm a guy who's fond of sweet things / Sweet things I adore / In coffee, most take one or two lumps / But I use three or four / But
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The Four Tops – Reach Out, I'll Be There
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The Four Tops’ 1966 song “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” is a feel-good Motown Records classic and one of the group’s biggest hits. The Four Tops were a vocal quartet from Detroit, led
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Aretha Franklin – Respect
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Aretha Franklin’s signature song was a groundbreaking female empowerment anthem of the late 1960s.
Originally a minor hit by Otis Redding in 1965, Aretha’s “Respect” was given a
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Charlie Daniels – Uneasy Rider
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[Verse] / I was taking a trip out to L.A. / Tooling along in my Chevrolet / Tokin’ on a number and diggin' on the radio / Just as I crossed the Mississippi line / I heard that
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TLC – Waterfalls
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“Waterfalls” is a Grammy-nominated 1995 single by TLC from their second album CrazySexyCool and arguably the group’s signature song.
The song was produced by Organized Noize and
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The Temptations – Beauty is Only Skin Deep
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[Verse 1: David Ruffin] / So in love, sad as could be / 'Cause her pretty face got the best of me / Suddenly, you came into my life / And gave it meaning and pure delight / Now
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The Temptations – Lonely, Lonely Man Am I
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[Intro: Melvin Franklin] / Lonely, I'm so lonely / Lonely, I'm so lonely / [Verse 1: Paul Williams] / Lonely, lonely man am I / As I sit here in my lonely room / People now
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The Temptations – Fading Away
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[Verse 1: Eddie Kendricks & The Temptations] / The feeling we used to get whenever our lips met / Like smoke from a cigarette, it's fading away / Fading away, fading away / It
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The Temptations – What Am I Gonna Do Without You
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[Intro: David Ruffin & The Temptations] / Ooh, hoo, ooh / I wanna know right now / Tell me what in the world am I gonna do without you, baby (Baby) / Baby (Baby) / [Verse 1: David
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The Temptations – Get Ready
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Written and produced by Smokey Robinson, “Get Ready” is a straight up love song. It reached #29 in the US upon release in 1966.
Eddie Kendricks sings a falsetto lead, with Melvin
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Sly and the Family Stone – Sing a Simple Song Samples
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See all of “Sing a Simple Song” by Sly and the Family Stone’s samples
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Drake (Ft. Rihanna) – Take Care
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This track uses the beat and hook from the song “I’ll Take Care of U” from the Jamie XX and Gil Scott Heron album that dropped last year
The source material for all this is the
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Sly and the Family Stone – Sing a Simple Song
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“Sing a Simple Song” is a 1968 song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, the b-side to their #1 hit “Everyday People”. The song’s lyrics, sung in turn by Sly Stone
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