A very pleasant good evening ladies and gentlemen
It is now time...
The one and only...
There never will be another...
Christina Aguilera
That's how music should sound

Ohh yeah
I've waited for some time
To get inside the minds
Of every legend I've ever wanted to stand beside
It's like an endless ride
Feeling the lows and highs
Of every lyric and melody
Every single rhyme
So here I stand today
In tribute I do pay
To those before me who laid it down and paved the way
And so to God I pray that he will give me strength
To carry forward the gift of song in his good faith
In his good faith...

I'm going back to basics
To where it all began
I'm ready now to face it
I wanna understand
What made the soul singers
And the blues figures
That inspired a higher generation
The jazz makers, and the ground breakers
They gave so much of themselves and dedication

So here I stand today
In tribute I do pay
To those before me who laid it down and paved the way

Ohhh yeah
Hey... ha

He-hey he-hey ohh
Oh yeah
Well alright
He-hey

What is this feeling coming over me?
I'm taken back in disbelief
Is this really me, ha! in the mirror I see?
Staring back at me...
Could it be? A new reflection of a woman complete

All of a sudden I'm so care-free (well alright)
'cause love is doing something strange to me (well alright)
Got a new flame, ha! haven't been the same
Something in me's changed, rearranged
And I feel that I've been saved

You got me feeling like you're that something I've been missing
Everything's heaven 'cause life with you has been a blessing

(Oh-oh oh-oh)
I got it bad in a serious way, oh yeah
(Oh-oh oh-oh)
Your love has brought me to a higher place, oh yeah
(Who knew? Who knew?)
It'd be you to restore my faith
Everyday, I'm amazed
And it makes me wanna get down and pray
Makes me wanna get down and pray
Said it makes me wanna get down and pray
Yeah-hey

I've kept some company I shouldn't have (well alright)
Made some mistakes but that's in the past (well alright)
I'm professing here to you
Proof that I am through

I'm coming clean
Now I can breathe
and I finally believe, yeah

You got me thinking I'll be alright, and you're the reason
Ooh I can feel it, we're moving in a new direction

(Oh-oh oh-oh)
I got it bad in a serious way, oh yeah
(Oh-oh oh-oh)
Your love has brought me into a higher place, oh yeah
(Who knew? Who knew?)
It'd be you to restore my faith
Everyday, I'm amazed
And it makes me wanna get down and pray
Makes me wanna get down and pray
Said it makes me wanna get down and pray
Makes me wanna get down and pray
Makes me wanna get down and pray

Ohh
Where would I be? Where would I be?
Without you by my side
Where would I be? Where would I be?
Without you standing by

Makes me wanna (pray)
Makes me need to (pray)
When I'm feeling low and all alone,
You're the light in my day, yeah

(Oh-oh oh-oh)
I got it bad in a serious way, oh yeah
(Oh-oh oh-oh)
Your love has brought me into a higher place, oh yeah
(Who knew? Who knew?)
It'd be you to restore my faith
Everyday, I'm amazed
'cause it makes me wanna get down and pray
'cause it makes me wanna get down and pray
Makes me wanna get down and pray

Woo, thank you father!

Wanna lift my hands up and pray
'cause everytime I'm hearing your name
Wanna reach out and rejoice
Sound of your voice, yeah

Hey yeah
Alright
That's it

Back In The Day
Ecrite par Christina Aguilera, Chris E. Martin, Kara DioGuardi, Don Costa


What we're gonna do right here is go back
Way back, back into time

Yeah, yeah-yeah

(Donny Hathaway, Leena Horne)
(Miss Aretha, [The Real Thing] James Brown, Billie Holiday)
(Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Louis Armstrong)
(Minnie Riperton, Otis Redding, Etta James)

Back in the day, they used to say
Play that song, get it going, and the band played
And still today, you hear us say
Play that song all night long, Mr. DJ
Though times have changed,
It's still the same
We all need a minute to get away
So let it go and feel the flow
If you've got soul, let the world know

We're gonna set the mood (set the mood off right)
Gonna go back to an old school groove (go back to an old school groove)
Gonna rewind to another time
When the originators, innovators were alive, yeah

Here we say now
So break out the Marvin Gaye and Etta James
Your Lady Day, and Coltrane
Turn up your 45's, bring back to life
The sound and vibe of yesterday
Open your mind, enjoy the ride,
Live out tonight and grab that Soul Train

Take it back, take it
Back in the day, back in the day
Oh baby
Back in the day, back in the day
Won't you take me back?
Back in the day, back in the day
I'll do it
Back in the day, back in the day

Ohh yeah

Y'all remember back in the day, you dig
Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald

Yeah
Now "Chain Of Fools" and "Respect"
Was the anthem of a woman, Aretha said
"What's Going On", "Let's Get It On"
Such classic songs, don't forget them
Though times have changed
They still remain my inspiration everyday
So give it up for the ones
Who came before, opened up that door

We're gonna set the mood
(we're gonna) (set the mood)
Gonna go back to an old school groove
(go back) (to an old school groove)
Gonna rewind to another time
(rewind) (another time)
When the originators, innovators were alive

So break out the Marvin Gaye and Etta James
Your Lady Day, and Coltrane
Turn up your 45's, bring back to life
The sound and vibe of yesterday
(the sound and vibe of yesterday)
Open your mind, enjoy the ride,
Live out tonight and grab that Soul Train

Take it back, take it
Back in the day, back in the day
Oh baby
Back in the day, back in the day
Won't you take me back?
Back in the day, back in the day
I'll do it
Back in the day, back in the day

So get up, re-live it
Gotta let yourself flow
Give up your praise
Come celebrate
Just get up, get on it
Get yourself on the floor
Don't back away (don't back away)
Come celebrate (gonna celebrate, yeah)

So break out the Marvin Gaye and Etta James
Your Lady Day, and Coltrane
Turn up your 45's, bring back to life
The sound and vibe of yesterday
(the sound and vibe, alright yeah)
Open your mind, enjoy the ride,
Live out tonight and grab that Soul Train

Takin' back in the day, day
Back in the day, back in the day
Back in the day, back in the day
Back in the day, back in the day
Back in the day, back in the day

Oh baby, I'll do it
Oh baby, ohh yeah yeah woah woah yeah

Hey...yeah yeah

(Do your thing honey)

I could feel it from the start
Couldn't stand to be apart
Something 'bout you caught my eye
Something moved me deep inside

I don't know what you did boy but you had it
And I've been hooked ever since

Told my mother, my brother
My sister and my friends
Told the others (others), my lovers (lovers)
Both past and present tense (alright)
That every time I see you
Everything starts making sense

(Do your thing honey)

Ain't no other man
That can stand, up next to you
Ain't no other man
On the planet, does what you do (what you do)
You're the kinda guy
A girl finds, in a blue moon (hey)
You got soul (yeah), you got class (ooh)
You got style, with your badass (oh yeah)
Ain't no other man it's true (alright)
Ain't no other man but you

Never thought I'd be alright (no no no)
Till you came and changed my life (yeah yeah yeah)
What was cloudy now is clear, yeah yeah
You're the light that I needed, uh

You got what I want boy and I want it
So keep on giving it up

Tell your mother (mother), your brother (brother)
Your sister and your friends (your sister and your friends)
Tell the others (others), your lovers (lovers)
Better not be present tense (mmhmm)
'Cause I want everyone to know
That you are mine and no one else's, ohh, oh oh

Ain't no other man
That can stand, up next to you (to you, yeah)
Ain't no other man (ain't no other man, no)
On the planet, does what you do (do)
You're the kinda guy
A girl finds (a girl finds), in a blue moon (hey)
You got soul (soul), you got class (class)
You got style (uh), with your badass (yeah yeah yeah)
Ain't no other man it's true
Ain't no other man but you

(Break it down now)

Ain't no other, ain't, ain't, no other, other
Ain't no other, ain't, ain't, no other lover (oh ooh)
Ain't no other, I, I, I need no other
Ain't no other man but you, ohh

You are there when I'm a mess
Talk me down from every ledge
Give me strength, boy you're the best
You're the only one who's ever
Passed every test...

Ain't no other man (woo)
That can stand (yeah), up next to you (next to you, oh yeah, yeah alright)
Ain't no other man
On the planet, does what you do (ooh oh)
You're the kinda guy (you're the kinda guy a girl will find)
A girl finds, in a blue moon
You got soul (yeah), you got class (yeah)
You got style (ohh oh yeah), with your badass
Ain't no other man it's true (ooh)
Ain't no other man but you

And now I'm telling you
Said ain't no other man but you, ohh...yeah, yeah yeah, haha

Ain't no other man
That can stand, up next to you
Ain't no other man
On the planet, does what you do (what you do)
You're the kinda guy (oh sheah)
A girl finds (baby baby baby, no oh), in a blue moon
You got soul (yeah), you got class (ooh)
You got style, with your badass (don't you know)
Ain't no other man it's true (ooh ooh)
Ain't no other man but you