Lyrics to
Let’s Get It On

This version of Let’S Get It On was released by Marvin Gaye in 1973.

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I’ve been really tryin , baby
Tryin to hold back these feelings for so long
And if you feel, like I feel baby
Come on, oh come on,

Let’s get it on
Lets get it on
Let’s get it on
Let’s get it on

We’re all sensitive people
With so much love to give, understand me sugar
Since we got to be
Lets say, I love you

There’s nothin wrong with me
Lovin you
And givin yourself to me can never be wrong
If the love is true

Don’t you know how sweet and wonderful, life can be
I’m askin you baby, to get it on with me
I aint gonna worry, I aint gonna push
So come on, come on, come on, come on baby
Stop beatin round the bush….

Let’s get it on
Let’s get it on
Let’s get it on
Let’s get it on

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Marvin Gaye has released many songs over the years besides Let’S Get It On. Marvin Gaye released songs from 1961 to 1985 spanning across albums like The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye, That Stubborn Kinda Fella, Together, How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You, Moods Of Marvin Gaye, Take Two, United, You're All I Need, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Easy, M.P.G., That's The Way Love Is, What's Going On, Trouble Man, Let's Get It On, Diana & Marvin, I Want You, Here, My Dear, Midnight Love, Romantically Yours, and Dream Of A Lifetime. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Marvin Gaye.

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About Lyrics and Let’S Get It On by Marvin Gaye

The lyrics for Let’S Get It On are defined as the words making up the song released by Marvin Gaye in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Let’S Get It On have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Marvin Gaye and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Let’S Get It On by Marvin Gaye if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Let’S Get It On" means the words set to the music of Let’S Get It On, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Marvin Gaye. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Let’S Get It On and the lyrics to Let’S Get It On are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Marvin Gaye who came here looking just for the lyrics to Let’S Get It On, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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