Alicia Keys: If I Ain't Got You

Alicia Keys: If I Ain't Got You

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

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

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

Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah

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 him

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

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

Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, you, you

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

Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah

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


Nice lyrics, piano, and composition. Makes me reflecting how far my relationship with Him.
(baby substituted with Jesus)

Review Lagu : Great is Thy Faithfulness

Pada kesempatan kali ini saya akan membagikan / me-review 1 buah pujian yang cukup menguatkan saya di kala saya dalam kesusahan dan kekhawatiran. Lagu ini juga menjadi lagu ucapan syukur bagi mereka yang masih diizinkan Tuhan melihat dunia ini beserta isinya.

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee
Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine with ten thousand beside !

Great is Thy faithfulness ! Great is Thy faithfulness !
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me !



Words by Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960) & William Runyan


This song is composed and arranged with wonderful touch, not only the lyrics but also the melodies. Time goes on and on, but this 'old' song is still being used to bless so many people in world through time and space. I'm so thankful for the composer & arranger who wrote the lyric based on their personal experience with God.

This songs reminds us "How faithful Our God is" for His compassion, mercy & love. Even in our unfaithful moments God's still there, straight with His faithfulness & guide us to the right path as shepherd.
When we question God & doubt for His faithfulness, He doesn't doubt us.
When we're afraid with unprediction moments, with miserly & stormy life, He's there await for us. He promises, "I will never fail you. I will never abandon you" (Hebrews 13 : 5).
When we leave Him, He never leave us YET He'll find us.
When we sinned, He pardon us with His mercy.
When we pray, He hear us.

Thanks for Your great faithfulness, Lord. Morning my morning new mercies I see. Strength to strive today, bright hope for unsure tomorrow - That's all You give to us. We are safe under Your wings, Lord because all we have needed Thy hand hath provided. Amen.


link for mp3 instrumental song : Great is Thy Faithfulness