If I Ain't Got You

Alica Keys | Album: The Diary of Alicia

Album;
"If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys for her second studio album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). Inspired by the 2001 death of singer Aaliyah, the September 11 attacks, and other events in the world and in Keys' life, the song is about "how material things don't feed the soul". It was released as the second single from The Diary of Alicia Keys on February 17, 2004, by J Records. The single cover depicts Keys similarly to the subject of Man Ray's 1924 photograph Le Violon d'Ingres (Wikepedia).
"If I Ain't Got You" peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' second consecutive R&B chart-topper, remaining atop of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for six weeks. The song received two nominations at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005), for Song of the Year and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, winning the latter. It was ranked at number 440 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time".[2] Since its release, Keys has said that it is one of her favorite songs (Wikepedia).

Lyrics

[Intro] 

                Mm-mm
                Mm-mm, oh
                Mm-mm

[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

[Pre-Chorus] 

                Some people think that the physical things
                Define what's within
                And I've been there before, but that life's a bore
                So full of the superficial

[Chorus] 

                Some people want it all
                But I don't want nothin' at all
                If it ain't you, baby
                If I ain't got you, baby
                Some people want diamond rings
                Some just want everything
                But everything means nothin'
                If I ain't got you, yeah

[Verse 2] 

                Some people search for a fountain
                That promises forever young (Ya know)
                Some people need three dozen roses
                And that's the only way to prove you love them

[Pre-Chorus] 

                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 nothin' at all
                If it ain't you, baby
                If I ain't got you, baby
                Some people want diamond rings
                Some just want everything
                But everything means nothin'
                If I ain't got you, you, you
                Some people want it all
                But I don't want nothin' at all
                If it ain't you, baby
                If I ain't got you, baby
                Some people want diamond rings
                Some just want everything
                But everything means nothin'
                If I ain't got you, yeah

[Outro] 

                If I ain't got you with me, baby
                Oh, ooh
                Said nothin' in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
                If I ain't got you with me, baby