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The O'Jays - Sunshine
The O'Jays - Sunshine


The O'Jays - Sunshine Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Back Stabbers
Released: 1972

Sunshine Lyrics


You`re the sweetest thing I know
You dim the rainbow`s glow
There`s no power on this Earth
To seperate us, baby

'Cause you are my Sunshine
You are mine, all mine

When it rains on my parade
You were there to light the way
You`re rare as a rose in winter
You`re more, more than I deserve

You are my sunshine
You brighten up my darkest day
You are mine, all mine
Baby, it`s you

Words like darling
Sweetheart, forever
Girl, it's you I`ll always adore
They only say I love you
But you mean so much more

'Cause you are my sunshine
You`re my sunshine, sunshine
Baby, baby, you are mine
You`re mine, all mine

Hey, you
You`re my sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine

You`re everything
I gotta love you sweety
Honey, baby
You are my sunshine

Writer/s: TUCKER, HANDEL/MORALES, DAVID/DUNBAR, SLY/RICKETTS, STANLEY
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Sunshine
  • Along with "Who Am I" and "When the World's at Peace," this was one of three songs that the team of Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt wrote for the Back Stabbers. Sigler and Hurtt worked out of Philadelphia International Records, writing, producing and singing backup for Joe Simon, Jackie Moore, The Stylistics and many other acts. In our interview with Phil Hurtt , he talked about writing the lyric for "Sunshine":

    "A lot of times when I'm trying to come up with a lyric or a feel, I write something that I would like to say, something I'm looking for. I can go into my imagination and imagine this person, this woman in my own life, and what I would say to her. When I was in the service in Alaska I would write letters for my friends to their girls, and these guys would always receive these tremendous accolades for their letters I had written: 'Oh, my wife was so happy that I said that.'

    So carrying that forward, when I started writing lyrics, I did the same thing. I'd go back into myself, my inner self, and imagine what I would say. So when I say, 'You're the sweetest thing I know, you dim the rainbow's glow. There's no power on this earth that would separate us,' that's where I am."
  • In 1974, a live version was released as "Sunshine (Part II)," which is the version that charted at #48 in America. It was extracted from their album The O'Jays Live in London.

  • The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money
    The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money


    The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: Ship Ahoy
    Released: 1973

    For The Love Of Money Lyrics


    Money money money money, money
    Money money money money, money
    Money money money money, money
    Money money money money, money
    Money money money money, money
    Money money money money, money

    Some people got to have it
    Some people really need it
    Listen to me y'all, do things, do things, do bad things with it
    You want to do things, do things, do things, good things with it
    Talk about cash money, money
    Talk about cash money, dollar bills, y'all

    For The Love Of Money
    People will steal from their mother
    For the love of money
    People will rob their own brother
    For the love of money
    People can't even walk the street
    Because they never know who in the world they're gonna beat
    For that lean, mean, mean green
    Almighty dollar, money

    For the love of money
    People will lie, Lord, they will cheat
    For the love of money
    People don't care who they hurt or beat
    For the love of money
    A woman will sell her precious body
    For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight
    Call it lean, mean, mean green

    Almighty dollar

    I know money is the root of all evil
    Do funny things to some people
    Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
    Money can drive some people out of their minds

    For the love of money
    No good, no good, no good
    For the love of money
    Don't sell your soul for the money, no, no
    For the love of money
    Lay down, lay down women will

    Money is the root of all evil
    Do funny things to some people
    Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
    Money can drive some people out of their minds

    For the love of money
    Got to have it, I really need it
    For the love of money
    Give it up, give it up, give it up, yeah
    For the love of money
    Got to have it, some people really need it
    For the love of money
    Give me, give me, give me cash, money
    For the love of money
    I need, I need
    For the love of money
    Give me, give me, give me
    For the love of money
    For the love of money
    How many things have I heard you say
    For the love of money
    Don't let it, don't let it, don't let money rule you
    For the love of money
    How many things have I heard you say
    For the love of money
    Don't let it, don't let it, don't let money fool you
    For the love of money
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    For the love of money
    Got to have it, I really need it

    Save your soul
    Save your soul, don't sell it
    From that mean mean mean mean green

    People, don't let money, don't let money change you
    Almighty dollar
    People telling you
    People, don't let money, don't let money change you
    Almighty dollar
    It will keep on changing, changing up your mind
    It will keep on changing, changing up your mind
    People telling you
    People, don't let money, don't let money change you
    Almighty dollar
    People, don't let money, don't let money change you
    It will keep on changing, changing up your mind
    It will keep on changing, changing up your mind

    Writer/s: GAMBLE, KENNETH / HUFF, LEON / JACKSON, ANTHONY
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

    For The Love Of Money
  • The songwriting/production duo of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff co-wrote this song with Anthony Jackson, who also played bass on the track. Gamble and Huff wrote many songs that helped define the Philadelphia Soul sound, including this one, which was recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia.

    A key contributor to the song was Joe Tarsia, who was the engineer at Sigma. He had just installed an Eventide phaser in the control room, and when Jackson started playing, Tarsia tried recording the bass (with a wah-wah peddle) through the phaser. Gamble loved the effect, which provided a unique sound that made the song stand out on the airwaves.

    Tarsia added effects to the background vocals as well, creating a reverse echo where the echo precedes the vocal, something Jimmy Page did on a few Led Zeppelin tracks, including "Whole Lotta Love."
  • Often misinterpreted as a song celebrating the accumulation of money, it's actually one of the more unadorned warnings about the sordid side of the mighty dollar, pointing out the things people will do for it: cheat, lie, even steal from their mother. The song was written at a time when the songwriters Gamble and Huff were reaping the financial rewards of their success, but also reconciling it with their spiritual beliefs (Gamble had recently converted to Islam). The duo often wrote messages into their songs gleaned from their everyday conversations. On this track, they are very clear: "Don't let money change you."
  • With the chorus of "Money, money, money, money," this has been used in many promos, TV shows and movies where greed or the pursuit of the almighty dollar are concerned. It is the theme of the NBC reality series The Apprentice starring Donald Trump. (thanks, Justin - Felts Mills, NY)

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