If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

If I Ain't Got You

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R&B/Soul

If I Ain't Got You was released on December 2, 2003 by J Records as a part of the album The Diary of Alicia Keys

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Alicia Keys

Piano

Steve Jordan

Drums

Fred Cash, Jr.

Bass Guitar

Hugh McKracken

Guitar

Arcel Vickers

Organ

David Watson

Horn

Darryl Dixon

Horn

Paul L. Green

Background Vocals

Cindy Mizelle

Background Vocals

Katreese Barnes

Katreese Barnes

Background Vocals

Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Jr.

Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Jr.

Programming

Joe Romano

Horn

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Alicia Keys

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Alicia Keys

Producer

Manny Marroquin

Manny Marroquin

Mixing Engineer

Herb Powers, Jr.

Herb Powers, Jr.

Mastering Engineer

Tony Black

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Some people live for the fortune

Some people live just for the fame

Some people live for the power, yeah

Some people live just to play the game

[Verse 2]

Some people think that the physical things

Define what's within

And I've been there before

That life's a bore

So full of the superficial

[Chorus]

Some people want it all

But I don't want nothing at all

If it ain't you, baby

If I ain't got you, baby

[Chorus]

Some people want diamond rings

Some just want everything

But everything means nothing

If I ain't got you, yeah

[Verse 3]

Some people search for a fountain

That promises forever young

Some people need three dozen roses

And that's the only way to prove you love them

[Verse 4]

Hand me the world on a silver platter

And what good would it be?

With no one to share

With no one who truly cares for me

[Chorus]

Some people want it all

But I don't want nothing at all

If it ain't you, baby

If I ain't got you, baby

[Chorus]

Some people want diamond rings

Some just want everything

But everything means nothing

If I ain't got you, you, you

[Chorus]

Some people want it all

But I don't want nothing at all

If it ain't you, baby

If I ain't got you, baby

[Chorus]

Some people want diamond rings

Some just want everything

But everything means nothing

If I ain't got you, yeah

[Outro]

If I ain't got you with me, baby

Said, nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing

If I ain't got you with me, baby

Written by: Alicia Keys

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