Think
Aretha FranklinYou better think (think)
Think about what you're trying to do to me
Think (think, think)
Let your mind go, let yourself be free
[Verse 1]
Let's go back, let's go back
Let's go way on way back when
I didn't even know you
You couldn't have been too much more than ten (just a child)
I ain't no psychiatrist, I ain't no doctor with degrees
But it don't take too much high IQ to see what you're doing to me
[Hook]
You better think (think)
Think about what you're trying to do to me
Yeah, think (think, think)
Let your mind go, let yourself be free
[Chorus]
'Cause freedom (freedom)
Stands for freedom (freedom)
Oh freedom
Yeah freedom, right now
Freedom (freedom)
Oh oh freedom (freedom)
Give me some freedom
Oh oh freedom, right now
Yeah, think about it!
You, think about it!
[Verse 2]
There ain't nothing you could ask
I could answer you but I won't (I won't)
But I was gonna change, but I'm not
If you keep doing things I don't
[Hook]
You better think (think)
Think about what you're trying to do to me
Oh oh-oh-oh think (What you're tryna to do to me)
(Think)
Let your mind go, let yourself be free
[Verse 3]
People walking around everyday
Playing games and taking scores
Trying to make other people lose their minds
Well, be careful, you're goin' to lose yours
[Chorus]
Oh, think (think)
Think about what you're trying to do to me
Wooh! Think (think)
Let your mind go, let yourself be free
You need me (need me)
And I need you (don't you know?)
Without each other
There ain't nothing neither can do
[Outro to fade]
Oh yeah, think about me
(What you're tryin' do to me)
When I'm gone baby
Think about it right now
Yeah, right now
(Think about, forgiveness) Oh
(Think about, forgiveness) Yeah right now
(Think about, forgiveness)
(Think about it ) Please baby, baby, baby
(Think about, forgiveness) Oh, think about baby
(Think about, forgiveness) Yeah, ooh...
(Think about, forgiveness)
About
“Think” is a hit single by undisputed queen of soul Aretha Franklin. The song topped the Billboard R&B Charts and reached an impressive #7 on the Pop Charts as well. Released in May 1968, it was not only written with her first-husband Ted White, it was allegedly also written about him to a degree. It eventually became known as a feminist anthem and the couple divorced in 1969.
The song would later experience two notable rebirths in popular culture. Franklin would make an iconic appearance in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers lip-syncing her hit while her sisters Carolyn and Emma sang background. She would re-record the song again for her 1989 Through The Storm album, and then repurpose that version as a spokesperson for MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). A music video for the new version was filmed and also turned into a PSA commercial featuring the new lyrics:
You better think
Think about it before you turn the key
Think before you sit in the driver’s seat
You gotta use caution
You gotta use caution
You gotta use caution
Don’t drink and drive, y'all…
Think, please!
- 1.Think
- 3.See Saw
- 5.You Send Me
- 9.A Change
