Aretha Franklin - Ain't No Way (Official Audio)
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Watch the official audio of "Ain't No Way" by Aretha Franklin from the album 'Lady Soul' (1968). Written by Aretha's sister, Carolyn Franklin, "Ain't No Way" peaked at number 16 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1968.
Performers:
Lead Vocals & Acoustic Piano: Aretha Franklin
Bass Guitar: Tommy Cogbill
Drums: Roger Hawkins
Vibraharp: Warren Smith
Tenor Saxophone: King Curtis, Seldon Powell, and Frank Wess
Flute: Frank Wess
Trumpet: Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, and Bernie Glow
Baritone Saxophone: Haywood Henry
Bass Trombone: Tony Studd
Backing Vocals: The Sweet Inspirations
Written By: Carolyn Franklin
Produced By: Jerry Wexler
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Lyrics:
Ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me
It ain't no way for me to give you all you need
If you won't let me give all of me
I know that a woman's duty
Is to help and love a man
And that's the way it was planned
Oh but how can I, how can I, how can I
Give you all the things I can
If you're tying both of my hands?
Oh, it ain't no way
(Ain't no way)
It ain't no way
(Ain't no way)
It just ain't no way, baby
(Ain't no way)
Ain't no way, baby
(Ain't no way)
It ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me
Stop trying to be someone you're not
How cold and cruel is a man
Who paid too much for what he got?
And if you need me like you say, say you do
Oh then baby, baby, baby
Don't you know that I need you?
Oh, it ain't no way
I tell you that it ain't no way
It ain't no way, it ain't no way, baby, no
It just ain't no way
It sure ain't no way
It ain't no way for me to love you
If you won't let me
No way
If you won't let me
Ain't no way
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An icon of 20th and 21st century music, the voice of the civil rights movement, and the undisputed Queen of Soul—there is only one Aretha Franklin. In her incredible six-decade career, Aretha evolved from teenage gospel star to reigning pop and R&B diva, recording classics like “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “Chain Of Fools”, “Think” (lyrics by Aretha Franklin), definitive versions of the songs “Respect” and “I Say a Little Prayer”, and global hits like “Freeway Of Love,” “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”, and “A Rose Is Still A Rose.”
Altogether, 112 of her singles reached the charts, with 20 No. 1 R&B singles, the most ever by a female artist. She won 18 Grammy Awards (including the first eight trophies for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance) and, out of recognition for her for indelible contribution to American music and culture, received both the Presidential Medal Of Freedom and a Pulitzer Prize.
