Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye

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Too Busy Thinking About My Baby Lyrics

Uh-huh huh, oh yeah, Oh listen to me people...

I ain't got time to think about money
Or what it can buy
And I ain't got time to sit down and wonder
What makes a birdy fly
And I don't have the time
To think about what makes a flower grow
And I never gave it second thought
Of where the river flows

Background: Too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby
Marvin: And I ain't got time for nothin' else
Oh yeah, now...

I said uh I ain't got time to discuss the weather
Or how long it's gonna' last
And uh I ain't got time
To do no studyin'
Once I get out of class
I tell you I'm just a guy
Who has a one track mind
And when it comes to thinkin' 'bout anything but my baby
I just don't have the time

Background: Too busy thinkin' bout my baby
Marvin: And I ain't got time for nothin' else
Don't you know I'm too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby
And I ain't got time for nothin' else
Background: Oooh-Oooh, Oooh-Oooh
Marvin(during background vocals): Yeah, yeah

music(or the bridge)

Marvin: All the diamonds and pearls
In the world
Could never match her worth
Naw, she's some kinda' wonderful people tell ya'
I've got heaven right here on earth
I'm, just a fella
With a one, one track mind
Background: Oh yeah
And when it comes to thinkin' 'bout anything but my baby...
I just don't have the time

Background: Too busy thinkin' bout my baby
Marvin: Oh, and I ain't got time for nothin' else
You know it
Background and Marvin: Too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby
And I ain't got time for nothin' else

Background: Too busy thinkin' about my baby
Ain't got time for nothin' else, no no
Marvin: Oh yeah
Background: (repeating above to end)
Marvin: Oh...
She's never hard to find
'Cause she's always on my mind

end

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Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (2 April 1939 - 1 April 1984) was an American soul and rnb singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, known as "The Prince of Soul", or "The Prince of Motown." Originally a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows, he pursued a solo career after the group disbanded and released many successful solo hits including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Let's Get It On" and "What's Going On". His best albums are still held in extremely high regard, and he is often cited as one of the finest singers of his era.

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was born in 1939 to Marvin Gay, Sr. and Alberta Gay in Washington, D.C.. Gaye began his career in Motown in 1958, and soon became Motown's top solo male artist. He scored numerous hits during the 1960s, among them "Ain't That Peculiar", "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", and "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", as well as several hit duets with Tammi Terrell, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"" and "You're All I Need to Get By", before moving on to his own form of musical self-expression.

Along with Stevie Wonder, Gaye is notable for fighting the hit-making—but creatively restrictive—Motown record-making process, in which performers, songwriters and record producers were generally kept in separate camps. Gaye forced Motown to release his 1971 album What's Going On, which is today hailed as one of the best albums of all time. Subsequent releases proved that Gaye, who had been a part-time songwriter for Motown artists during his early years with the label, could write and produce his own singles without having to rely on the Motown system. This achievement would pave the way for the successes of later self-sufficient singer-songwriter-producers in African American music, such as Luther Vandross and Babyface.

During the 1970s, Gaye would release several other notable albums, including Let's Get It On and I Want You, and released several successful singles such as "Come Get to This", "Got to Give It Up" and "Sexual Healing". By the time of his shooting death in 1984, at the hands of his clergyman father, Gaye had become one of the most influential artists of the soul music era. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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