Unreleased Songs

Taylor Hicks Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Do I Make You Proud

Lyricist:Tracy Ackerman, Andy Watkins, Paul David Wilson

I've never been
The one to raise my hand
That was not me
And now that's who I am

Because of you
I am standing tall

My heart is full
Of endless gratitude
You were the one
The one to guide me through

Now I can see
And I believe
It's only just beginning

This is what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is, do I make you proud?

Stronger than I've ever been now
Never be afraid of standing out
But do I make you proud?

I guess I've learned
To question is to grow
That you still have faith
Is all I need to know

I've learned to love
Myself in spite of me
And I've learned to walk
The road that I believe

This is what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is, do I make you proud?

Stronger than I've ever been now
Never be afraid of standing out
But do I make you proud?

Everybody needs to rise up
Everybody needs to be loved
To be loved

This is what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is, do I make you, do I make you proud?

This is what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is, do I make you proud?

Stronger than I've ever been now
Never be afraid of standing out
Do I make you proud?

This is what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is, do I make you proud?

Stronger than I've ever been now
Never be afraid of standing out
Do I make you proud?

This is what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is, do I make you, do I make you proud?


2.Takin' It to the Streets

Lyricist:Michael H Mcdonald

You don't know me but I'm your brother
I was raised here in this living hell
You don't know my kind in your world
Fairly soon the time will tell

You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see

Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the

Take this message to my brother
You will find him everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty and despair

Oh you, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see

Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets

Oh you, tellin' me the things you gonna do for me
Oh now, I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see

Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets

Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets

Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
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3.Woman Gotta Have It

Lyricist:Darryl Carter, Linda Cooke, Bobby Womack

Fella's I wonder would you mind if I talked to ya for a minute?
You know, sometimes we have a tendencies or should I say we
forget
What a woman needs every now and then
That is if you wanna keep your thing together, listen to me now

Do the things that keeps the smile on her face
Say the things that make her feel better everyday
Then you got to stay on your P's and Q's
And if you don't, the woman you can easily lose

Whoa oh, I had a love, a love and I lost her
And no one can help me share the pain that she caused me
Oh, a woman's gotta have it, I believe
She's gotta know that she's needed around
When you kiss her, you gotta make her feel it every time, boy
She wants to know that she's not walkin' on shaky ground
Whoa, yeah

Well, think it over, yeah, think it over, think it over my
brother
Don't take for granted the smile on her face
Check a little bit closer, you might find a tear trace, yeah
Maybe the girl might never say a mumblin' word, yeah
But you gotta make sure that her voice is heard

Whoa oh oh, I had a love, had a love, a true love and I lost it
Yes I did and I'm sufferin' all this pain that that love caused
me
A woman gotta have it, woman gotta have it
I believe she's got to know that she's needed around

You gotta make her feel it, you gotta make her feel it
Anytime boy, every time boy
She wants to know that she's not walkin' on shaky ground
Oh yeah, whoa yee aah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, think it over, yeah, ooh ooh, ooh ooh, yeah

What ya tryin' to say boy?
Yeah, you know a woman's gotta have it
What ya tryin' to say guy?
You got to please her, you got to

What ya tryin' to say boy?
I said a woman's gotta have it, oh yeah, all right
What ya tryin' to say boy?
A woman's gotta have it, yeah, you know she does

What ya tryin' to say boy?
You got to give her her what she wants when she wants it, yeah
Oh, what ay tryin' to say boy?
Gotta give her her what she wants when she wants it, woah

I said a woman's gotta have it
I said a woman's gotta have it
What ya tryin' to say boy?
A woman's gotta have it everytime, ooh yeah
What ya tryin' to say boy?


4.West Texas Sky

Lyricist:Taylor Hicks

So you're drivin' away these miles
So far away from your southern home
Takin' your charms and dreams to the Golden State
Make your way, seal your fate

That's when you're gone away
Where no one will hear you cry
When you're late
For that west Texas sky

When you left home, I didn't think twice
Oh, I knew, you had to roam
I knew that life was getting you down
You always feel alone when there's no one around

But who gets cut when the knife is dull?
And who gets lost when the map is full?
Nobody wins and nobody loses
Just a handful of sorrows
And too many excuses

You wanted to walk beside the ocean
Oh, and stand beside the sea
And now you can't wait until tomorrow
There's so much to do
And so much to see

So you're drivin' away these miles
So far away from your southern home
Takin' your charms and dreams to the Golden State
Make your way, seal your fate

That's when you're gone away
Where no one will hear you cry
When you're late
For that west Texas sky

When you're late
For that west Texas sky
When you're late
For that west Texas sky
Mmm, hmm

When you're late
For that west Texas sky
For that west Texas sky


5.Son Of A Carpenter

Lyricist:Taylor Reuben Hicks

In the times too short to follow
A man as cold as steel
A work that can only be swallowed
By a fire lit kiln

Now the times are heavy on their shoulders
For the people who pave our ways
No more running for the future cause
The past is here today

For the son of a carpenter
I can feel your pain
For the son of a carpenter
Alone again

Decades of sorrow war and grief
And to many things going wrong
The land is wasted and time is running short
For their power is much too strong

For the son of a carpenter
I can feel your pain
For the son of a carpenter
Alone again

He has nothing but to be left alone
His hands and work should will be carried on
From a third generation son to
A future grandchild

The work of a carpenters
Makes the whole world smile
And to many thing going wrong

The land is wasted and time
Is running short for the work
Of a carpenters will carry on, carry on