Isley Brothers Lyrics
It's Your Thing

It's your thing, do what ya wanna do.
I can't tell ya who to sock it to.
It's your thing do what ya wanna do, now.
I can't tell ya who to sock it to.

If you want me to love ya, maybe I will. Ha!
Believe me woman, it ain't no big deal.
Ah, you need love now, just as bad as I do.
Make's me no difference, now, who you give your thing to.

Oh, it's your thing (it's your thing),
Do what ya wanna do.
I can't tell ya who to sock it to.

It's your thing (it's your thing),
Do what ya wanna do, now.
I can't tell ya who to sock it to.

Haaaa-hey. Alright. Lord have mercy!

Ahhhh! It's your thing (it's your thing),
Do what ya wanna do.
Oooo, I can't tell ya who to sock it to.
Hit me bad.

It's your thing (it's your thing),
Do what ya wanna do, oooo.
I can't tell ya who to sock it to.

I'm not try'n' to run your life.
I know you wanna do what's right.
Aww, give your love girl to whatever you choose.
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How can yo lose, with the stuff you use?

It's your thing (it's your thing),
Do what ya wanna do.
I can't tell ya who to sock it to.

It's your thing (it's your thing),
Girl, do what ya wanna do.
Don't let me tell ya who to sock it to.

Let me hear ya say it's my thing (it's your thing),
[Fade.]
I do what I wanna do.
I can't tell ya...


[IT'S YOUR THING [1]
[Written by: Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley & Rudolf Isley
Performed by: The Isley Brothers-1969
Appears on: It's Your Thing-1969 & 1991, The Isleys Live-1973, The Isleys'
Greatest Hits-1984, The 16 Greatest Hits of the Isley Brothers-1994, The
Isley Brothers Live-1996, 20th Century Masters: The Millenium
Collection-The Best of Funk-2003 [2] , The Isley Brothers-2006, Best of the
Isley Brothers-2007, et al.]

[1] By the late '60s, the Isley Brothers had left Motown to start their own
label, T-Neck Records, which was distributed by Buddah Records. Recorded
in January 1969 at New York's A&R Studios, the musicians on the session
were members of Wilson Pickett's touring band, the Midnight Movers:
drummer George Moreland, pianist Herb Rooney, arranger George Patterson on
sax, and guitarist Charles Pitts Jr., who's best known for his wah-wah
work on Issac Hayes' million-selling classic "Shaft." When the bass player
failed to show, the group enlisted their 17-year-old brother, Ernie Isley
to play bass. Produced by the Isley Brothers, "It's Your Thing" topped the
R&B charts for four weeks and peaked at number two pop in spring 1969.
Motown sued the group for breach of contract, saying the recording was
done while the group was still signed to the label. The court case went on
for 18 years, before a federal judge ruled that the group had recorded
"It's Your Thing" after the Motown contract had lapsed.

[2] Transcribed from the track on this album.]