Playlist Donny Hathaway

donny hathaway - a song for you

I've Been So Many Places in My Life and Time
I've Sung a Lot of Songs
I've Made Some Bad Rhymes
I've Acted Out My Life On Stages
With 10,000 People Watching
But We're Alone Now and I'm Singing This Song to You

I Know Your Image of Me Is What I Hoped to Be
I Treated You Unkindly
And Darling Can't You See
There's no One More Important to Me
Baby Can't You See Through Me
Cause We're Alone Now and I'm Singing This Song to You

You Taught Me Precious Secrets
Of a True Love , Withholding Nothing
You Came Out in Front and I Was Hiding
Now I'm So Much Better
And If My Words Dont Come Together
Listen to the Melody
Cuz My Love Is in There Hiding

(Piano Break)

I Love You in a Place Where There's no Space Or Time
I Love You For My Life
You' Re a Friend of Mine
And When My Life Is Over
Remember When We Were Together
We Were Alone and I Was Singing This Song to You

(Repeat Last Verse and Last Line)

donny hathaway - flying easy

We're flying high on a velvet sky,
With the wind on our wings
Climbing easily on the breeze

We're flying easy and we do just what we please
We drink the breezes as we drink wine, and the nectar is sweet
Now the feeling we have is fun
We're flying easy drifting on a summer breeze

The trip is smooth and we gently glide
We ride the rainbow
and we see
to a tee
how happy
it can be
to be free

We gather gold from the evening sun
And it's heavenly hues
And we don't have a thing to lose
We're flying easy and we do just what we choose

(SOLO)

The trip is smooth and we gently glide
We ride the rainbow
and we see
to a tee
how happy
it can be
to be free

We float and there is no thought of time
Cause were singing of love
And the pleasure is so devine

We're flying easy not a worry on our mind
We're flying easy not a worry on our mind
We're flying easy on a breeze
Flying, flying,
flying

donny hathaway - giving up

Giving Up Is Hard to do
When You Really Love Someone
Giving Up .... So Hard to do
When You Still Depend Upon
Her Warm and Tender Touch
Her Kiss and Her Hug..........her Caress
Oooooh That Used to Mean So Much
And Bring You Happiness
Woooo Ooooooooh

Giving Up, So Hard to do
I've Tried
But It Just Ain't no Use
Giving Up, So Hard to do
I Said I've Tried
But It Just Ain't no Use
But My Light of Hope Is Burning Dim
But
But in My Heart I Pray
That My Love and Faith in the Girl
My Love...will Bring Her Back Someday

I'm Talking 'bout When You Really Love Someone

Whether
Whether She Knows Or Not
She Really Needs Me Toothe Little Girl Is All I Got
Yes She Is
And Giving, Giving Up Is Hard to do
Giving Up
So Hard to do
Heey...giving Up
So Very Hard to do
I Said I've Tried
Hey, But I Just Can't Get Loose
Giving Up
So Hard For Me to do
I Don't Want to Lose You
Cause You Mean So Much to Me

donny hathaway - hey girl

Hey girl
I've been watching you
The rapid beat of my heart
Means I'm falling in love with you

Why did you smile at me
Make me feel this way
Hey, girl
There's something I'd like to say

Girl, you're the stars in the sky that shine just for me
Girl, you're the sun and the moon and the deep blue sea
Cool breezes blow, open your heart and let me know
Got to know how you really feel
Got to know if your love is for real
Baby buggies and spinning wheels
We're together now, oh what a thrill
Flowers that bloom and birds that sing
Come on baby, let's do our thing, yeah

Softly I tell you that I love you
And it's your man I truly want to be
Hey, make up your mind
Girl we ain't got much time
Hey girl
We ain't got a lot of time

Don't you know we ain't got much time

donny hathaway - i know it s you

Nothing feels better than my baby's arms
They've around me a long time
Nothing feels better than some good news
Makes you glad to face the new times

I tell you nothing's better
When there's no need to look
'Cause you know who's there
I smile the world over

When I think of the past
How we past all the test
Through the good and the bad
And that's why I wanna see it by now

No, I ain't got nobody else in mind
I know it's you
No, I ain't got nobody else in mind
I know it's you

Home is the castle you built in my mind
I'm home anywhere, anytime
Peaceful and patience, easy taken time
It's so nice to have a simple mind

I tell you nothing's better
When there's no need to look
'Cause you know who's there
I smile the world over

When I think of the past
How we passed all the test
Through the good and the bad
And that's why I wanna see by now

No, I ain't got nobody else in mind
'Cause I know it's you
That's the reason I wanna stay right here
'Cause I ain't got nobody else in mind
I know it's you

No, I ain't got nobody else in mind
I know it's you

by MJD Siqueira

donny hathaway - i love you more than you ll ever know

If I ever leave you baby
You can say I told you so!
And if I ever hurt you
You know I hurt myself as well.

Is that any way for a man to carry on
Do you think I want my loved one gone
Said I love you
More than you'll ever know
More than you'll ever know

When I wasn't making much money
You know where my paycheck went
You know I brought it home to baby
And I never spent a red cent

Is that any way for a man to carry on
Do you think I want my loved one gone
Said I love you
More than you'll ever know
More than you'll ever know

I'm not trying to be
just any kind of man
I'm just trying to be somebody
You can love, trust and understand
I know that I can be
yeaaahhhh
A part of you that no one else could see

I just wanna hear,a hear ya say
its allright
yeahhh yeahhh

I'm only flesh and blood
But I can be everything that you demand
I can be king of everythang
Or just a tiny grain of sand

Is that anyway for a man to carry on
Do you think he wants his little loved one gone
I love you baby, i love you baby
i love youMore than you'll ever know

If I ever leave you....you can say I told you so!
And if I ever hurt you ..... you know I hurt myself as well.

Is that anyway for a man to carry on
Do you think he wants his little loved one gone
I treid to tell ya I love you baby, i love you baby
yea i love you baby
i love you More than you'll ever know

i love you
i love you
i love you baby!!

i told you so many times before
I love you
I love

donny hathaway - little ghetto boy

Little Ghetto Boy , Playing in the Ghetto Street
Whatcha' Gonna Do When You Grow Up
And Have to Face Responsiblity ?
Will You Spend Your Days and Nights in the Pool Room ?
Will You Sell Caps of Madness to the Neighborhood ?
Little Ghetto Boy
You Already Know How Proud Life Can Be
'cause You've Seen So Much Pain and Misery

Little Ghetto Boy
Your Daddy Was Blown Away
He Robbed That Grocery Store
Don't You Know That Was a Sad , Sad Old Day ?
All Your Young Life
You've Seen Such Misery and Pain
The World Is a Cruel Place to Live
And It Ain't Gonna Change
You're So Young
You've Got So Far to Go On
And Don't Think You'll Reach Your Goal
Young Man , Little Ghetto Boy , Look At You

Little Ghetto Boy
When , When , When You Become a Men
You Can Make Things Change If You Just Take the Stand
You Gotta Believe It Yourself in All You Do
You've Gotta Fight to Make It Better
Then You Will See How Others Will Start Believing to
Then , My Son , Things Will Start to Get Better

Everything Has Got to Get Better ,
Everything Has Got to Get Better ...

donny hathaway - love, love, love

Verse 1
Love Love Love Why'd You Take So Long to Come to Me Aww Baby
Love Love Yo Love Tell Me Where You Hiding From Me
All the Time
Each Time I Try to Find Someone to Take Your Place
It Was All in Vain, no Their Lips Were Never Quite the Same Aww Baby
When I Was Kiss Someone New Deep Inside I Was Missing You

Chorus:
Aww Baby You Make Me Fall in Love With You
Now I Don't Know Just What I'm Gonna do
Aww Honey I Looked Out Into Empty Space and All I Saw Was Your
Sweet Face

Verse 2
Love Love Love You Can't Imagine What You Did to Me Aww Baby
And Love Love Your Love Everytime You Smile It Goes
Through Me All the Time
Day By Day I'm Fallin More in Love With You
And Thats no Lie, Cross My Heart and Honey I Hope to Die
Cuz I'm Not Tryin to Mislead Ya Believe Me Girl I Really Need Ya

Chorus 2x's
Love Love Love
Love Love

donny hathaway - someday we ll all be free

Hang onto the world as it spins around
Just don't let the spin get you down
Things are moving fast
Hold on tight and you will last

Keep your self-respect
Your very bright
Get yourself in gear,
Keep your stride
Never mind your fears
Brighter days will soon be here

Take it from me someday we'll all be free, yeah!

Keep on
Walking tall,
Hold you head up high
Lay your dreams right up to the sky
Sing your greatest song
And you'll keep, going, going on

Take it from me someday we'll all be free

Hey, just wait and see someday we'll all be free, yeah!
Take it from me, someday we'll all be free
(It won't be long!)
Take it from me someday we'll all be free
Take it from me, take it from me, take it from me

donny hathaway - this christmas

Hang all the mistletoe
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's gonna be together
This Christmas

Fireside blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Presents and cards are here
My world is filled with cheer, and you
This Christmas
And as I look around
Your eyes outshine the town, they do
This Christmas

Fireside blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Shake a hand, shake a hand now

Fireside blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Hang all the mistletoe
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's gonna be together
This Christmas

Fireside blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Merry Christmas
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
Wish your brother "Merry Christmas"
All over the land

donny hathaway - to be young, gifted and black

To be young, gifted and black
Oh, what a lovely precious dream
To be young, gifted and black
Open your heart to what I mean,
to what I mean

'Cause you know
In the whole wide world
There's a million,
A million boys and girls
Who are young, gifted and black
That's a fact, oh yes, it is

To be young, gifted and black
We must begin to tell our young
Don't you know
That there's a whole world,
a whole world waiting for you

Haven't you heard the quest has just begun?

Don't you know the joy, the joy,
the joy of the today
Is the day that we all
That we all be proud to say
That we are young, gifted, gifted and black
and its sho'nuff where its at

Oh yeah
Do you believe it?
I said its sho'nuff where its at
Oooho yeah
Can I get somebody help to say its sho'nuff?
(Gifted, gifted)
Uuuhh, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Don't you know its sho'nuff?
(Gifted, gifted)
Ooooho yeah!
I ain't trying to bring down nobody else
But I know its sho'nuff
(Gifted, gifted)
Ooooooh, yeah!
I don't think you believe it
Uuuhh! Uuuh! Yeah!
(Gifted, gifted)
Can I say it again? Uuuhh!
(Gifted, gifted)
Yeah, yeah!
That's all! Yeah
I said its sho'nuff

donny hathaway - you ve got a friend

When you're down and troubled
and you need a helping hand
and nothing, ooh, nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
and soon I will be there
to brighten up even your darkest nights.

You just call out my name,
and you know wherever I am
I'll come running, oh yeah baby
to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall,
all you have to do is call
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah
You've got a friend.

If the sky above you
should turn dark and full of clouds
and that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
and soon I will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name,
and you know where ever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall,
all you go to do is call
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?
People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you and desert you.
Well they'll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.

You just call out my name,
and you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Oh babe, don't you know that,
Winter, spring, summer or fall,
Hey now, all you've go to do is call.
Lord, I'll be there, yes I will.
You've got a friend.
You've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
You've got a friend

donny hathaway - i believe to my soul

One of these days and it won't be long
You're gonna look for me and I'll be gone
I believe, said I believe
You're trying to make a fool outta me

I said, You're going 'round here with your head so hard
I think I'm gonna have to use my rod
'Cause I believe, said I believe, I believe baby
I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me, yeah alright

Last night while you were sleeping I heard you say
Oh Ronny, when you know my name
When you know my name, when you know my name is Donny

I believe
I said, I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me

I said you're going 'round here with your head so hard
I think I'm gonna have to use my rod
I've got to know how you really feel
I got to know if your love is really real

'Cause I believe, oh, you don't want me
I said, I believe you don't need me
I believe, oh you've been slipping out on me, baby
Said I believe, ooh you've been doing me wrong
I believe, I believe, I believe, baby I believe

donny hathaway - je vous aime

I just wanna say I love you, I love you
I just wanna say I love you

You've been good to me so long
That I wanna say right now
je vous aimes beaucoup,
je vous aimes beaucoup,
That means I love you

Not too many times
That I was
What I just wanna say
That I love you, baby
Yes, I do

All the things
Needed,
Needed by a man
I think you should know
It's you that I need more
'cause I love you, babe!

I just wanna say I love you, I love you
I just wanna say I love you

Time haven't always been so very good for us baby
no, no!
You stood by my side
Yes, it did,
Oooh, and that makes me love you

And baby, darlin!
The road was mighty rough, mighty rough sometimes
(you held onto my hand)
But you held onto my hand
Whoa, that makes me love you, oh

All the things, all the things, babe
Needed by a man
I think you should know
It's you that I need more
'cause I love you, babe!

I just wanna say I love you, I love you
I just wanna say I love you

Just be true to me and I'll be true
I want you to be faithful cause my love is true
I just want to say my love is here to stay
Cause I love you, oh baby
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
(I just want to say I love you)

Don't you know that I love you
(I want to say that I love you)
I try to show you baby that I love you
(I want to say I love you)
Every day true love I want you to know
(I want to say that I love you)
That I love you
(I want to say I love you)
Je vous aime beaucoup
I said I love you baby
You better believe it now
Oh baby

donny hathaway - the ghetto

Yes, this is the ghetto, sure 'nuff now
Don't you know that's all right yeah, yeah

The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto

The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto

Wait a minute
No you ain't doin' what you're suppose to
You doin' what you wanna do
But you know you, [incomprehensible]

The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto

The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto
The ghetto, the ghetto

The ghetto, talkin' 'bout the ghetto
The ghetto, talkin' 'bout the ghetto
The ghetto, talkin' 'bout the ghetto
The ghetto, talkin' 'bout the ghetto

The ghetto, talkin' 'bout the ghetto
The ghetto, talkin' 'bout the ghetto
The ghetto, talkin' 'bout the ghetto
The ghetto, talkin' 'bout the ghetto

I'm talkin' 'bout the ghetto
I'm talkin' 'bout the ghetto
Can you all dig it out there?
Can you dig it?