Lyrics to
Whatever You Got, I Want

This version of Whatever You Got, I Want was released by Jackson 5 in 1974.

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Whatever you got, I want
Whatever you want
I’ll give to you
Whatever you got, I want
Whatever it takes
I’m willing to do, girl

Your eyes speak
Your walk is rhythm in motion
You’re too hot to handle
You’re full of emotion, girl

My pride’s weak
I can tell I’m standing in line again, yeah
(In line again)
When you pass by
Guys double take
It’s a crime, yeah

Where there’s a will there’s a way
(Say it)
Even with the games you play
Girl, you’ve got a one track mind
(I’ll make you mine)
I’ll make you mine to stay, now, now

Whatever you got, I want
Whatever you want
I’ll give to you
Whatever you got, I want
Whatever it takes
I’m willing to do, girl

You got me
Right on your finger tips
But I’m gonna keep my balance
I won’t slip
Your sunshine ain’t gonna melt my heart, yeah
If you let it shine on me
We’ll never part

Where there’s a will there’s a way
(Say it)
Even with the games you play
Girl, you’ve got a one track mind
I’ll make you mine to stay, now, now

Whatever you got, I want
Whatever you want
I’ll give to you
Whatever you got, I want
Whatever it takes
I’m willing to do, girl
Yeah, yeah
Now

Whatever you got, I want
Whatever it takes
I’m willing to do

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You can understand the lyrics to Whatever You Got, I Want if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Whatever You Got, I Want" means the words set to the music of Whatever You Got, I Want, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jackson 5. 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 Whatever You Got, I Want and the lyrics to Whatever You Got, I Want are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jackson 5 who came here looking just for the lyrics to Whatever You Got, I Want, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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