Everybody black love's roberta flack.
Her first album's first song is written by a Black man , the odd thing is, the album became financially viable because it was used in the Clint Eastwood film Play Misty for Me which is a psychological thriller, specifically the song "the first time I ever saw your face", he only spent two thousand dollars for the rights
COMPARED TO WHAT
I love to lie and lie to love
I'm hangin' on they push and shove
Possession is the motivation
That is hangin' up the goddamn nation
Looks like we always end up in a rut
Everybody now
Tryin' to make it real compared to what
Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs
Twisted children killin' frogs
Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs
Tired old ladies kissin' dogs
I hate the human love of that stinking mutt
I can't use it
Tryin' to make it real compared to what
President he's got his war
Folks don't know just what it's for
Nobody gives us rhyme or reason
Have one doubt they call it treason
We're chicken feathers
All without one nut goddamn it
Tryin' to make it real compared to what
Church on Sunday sleep and nod
Tryin' to duck the wrath of God
Preachers fillin' us with fright
They all tryin' to teach us what they think is right
They really got to be some kind of nut
I can't use it
Tryin' to make it real compared to what
Where's that bee and where's that honey
Where's my God and where's my money
Unreal values a crass distortion
Unwed mothers need abortion
Kind of brings to mind old young King Tut
He did it now
Tried to make it real compared to what
Tryin' to make it real compared to what
Songwriters: Gene Mcdaniels.
The First TIme I ever saw your face, written by Ewan Mccoll
the end credits to the film sudden impact, i admit, i like clint eastwood as an actor or director but i have never ben a fan of cop films or shows. he had to request this, the studios didn't want it, it shows how film studios essentially blockaded black artist from soundtracks even though black artists were financially successful or popular in the field
Her A capella Oh Freedom
https://youtu.be/kVvqvTzR94c?t=242
WHERE IS THE LOVE
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
You said you'd give to me
Soon as you were free, will it ever be
Where is the love?
You told me that you didn't love him
And you were gonna say goodbye
But if you really didn't mean it
Why did you have to lie?
Where is the love?
You said was mine all mine, till the end of time
Was it just a lie
Where is the love?
If you had, had a sudden change of heart
I wish that you would tell me so
Don't leave me hangin' on the promises
You've got to let me know
Oh, how I wish I never met you
I guess it must have been my fate
To fall in love with someone else's love
All I can do is wait
That's all I can do
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
written by Ralph MacDonald and William Salter
FEEL LIKE MAKIN LOVE
[Verse 1]
Strollin' in the park
Watchin' winter turn to spring
Walkin' in the dark
Watchin' lovers do their thing
[Hook]
That's the time I feel like making love to you
That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh baby
[Verse 2]
When you talk to me
When you're moanin' sweet & low
When you touch me
And my feelings start to show, show, oh
[Hook x2]
That's the time I feel like making love to you
That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh
That's the time I feel like making love to you
That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh baby
[Verse 3]
In a restaurant
Holdin' hands by candlelight
Wanna touch you
Wantin' you with all my might, yeah
[Hook x2]
That's the time I feel like making love to you
That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh
That's the time I feel like making love to you
That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh baby
written by Eugene McDaniels
THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU
The closer I get to you
The more you'll make me see
And giving me all you've got
Your love has captured me
Over and over again
I tell myself that
We could never be more than friends
All the while inside
I knew it was real
The way you make me feel, oh
I'm lying here next to you (oh, baby)
And time just seems to fly, right over, right over, right over
I'm needing you more and more, more, baby, more, baby, more
So, let's give love a try
Hey, sweeter than sweeter love grows
And heaven's there for those
Who fool the tricks of time
And in our hearts the love we find
True love
In a special way, oh, baby, baby, baby
The closer I get to you
The more you make me see (all that I make you see, yeah)
Pull me closer
Sweet as the gravity
I wanna be close to you, baby
Sweet as the gravity, oh
Sweet as the gravity, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sweet as the gravity
I want to be close to you
Sweet as the gravity
James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
TOnight I celebrate my love for you, written by Gerry Goffin +michael masser
Roberta Flack is amazing, she doesn't have one song in any of her albums written by her exclusively. She is a very nice person. She gave so many black writers opportunity.