Lyrics to
You’ve Got The Stuff

This version of You’Ve Got The Stuff was released by Bill Withers in 1978.

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It’s got something to do with the weather
That I’m feeling the way that I do
And It’s got something to do with the time of my life
it’s got something to do with you

It’s got something to do with the feeling
That we get when we do what we do
And it’s got something to do with your oop-shoo-be-do
And it’s got something to do with you

You’ve got the stuff to pick me up
You’ve got the stuff to pick me up
You got the stuff, can’t get enough
You’ve got the stuff to pick me up

Deep inside I don’t want to hide my feelings
And I just gotta tell you that I love you

Got that little movement in your hip (so in love with you)
Got that ‘lil pucker in your lip (don’t know what to do)
Get that ‘lil twinkle in your eye (that’s the reason why)
Gonna find it hard to pass you by

It’s got something to do with being peaceful
No regrets, just a memory or two
And it’s got something to do with your oop-shoo-be-do
And it’s got something to do with you

You’ve got the stuff to pick me up
You’ve got the stuff to pick me up
You got the stuff, can’t get enough
You’ve got the stuff to pick me up

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About Lyrics and You’Ve Got The Stuff by Bill Withers

The lyrics for You’Ve Got The Stuff are defined as the words making up the song released by Bill Withers in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to You’Ve Got The Stuff have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bill Withers 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 You’Ve Got The Stuff by Bill Withers 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 You’Ve Got The Stuff" means the words set to the music of You’Ve Got The Stuff, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bill Withers. 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 You’Ve Got The Stuff and the lyrics to You’Ve Got The Stuff are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bill Withers who came here looking just for the lyrics to You’Ve Got The Stuff, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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