Everything Is Everything foi produzido por Hathaway e Ric Powell, que toca bateria e percussão no álbum; Hathaway escreveu ou co-escreveu cinco das nove músicas do álbum. Hathaway conheceu Powell enquanto na Howard University, bem como o futuro cantor principal das impressões, Leroy Hutson, que juntos escreveram a canção de sucesso que acabaria por chegar ao álbum "The Ghetto". A faixa era principalmente um instrumental, exceto para as ad-libs vocais de Hathaway e seu canto do coro. Hathaway e Hutson compuseram outra música socialmente consciente para o álbum, intitulada "Tryin 'Times". Outras canções foram divididas entre capas ("I Believe to My Soul" de Ray Charles e "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" de Nina Simone), assuntos espirituais ("Thank You Master for My Soul") e músicas de amor ("Je Vous Aime (Eu te amo)").
Lançado em julho de 1970, o álbum chegou ao # 73 no Billboard Top 200 Albums e no # 33 no Billboard R & B Albums chart.
Os críticos já chamaram a estréia de Hathaway seu melhor álbum. Joel Dorn escreveu que o álbum era o melhor do artista e que tinha "uma certa inocência para ele. Depois, ele era um gênio, mas naquele momento ele era apenas um outro homem tentando". Seria um dos quatro Álbuns de estúdio solo, incluindo a trilha sonora de Come Back, Charleston Blue, que Hathaway lançou em sua vida.- "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)" (Richard Evans, Ric Powell, Phil Upchurch) – 3:28 -
- "Je Vous Aime (I Love You)" (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Edward Kennedy) – 3:31
- "I Believe to My Soul" (Ray Charles) – 3:51
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) – 3:38
- "Sugar Lee" (Hathaway, Powell) – 4:05
- "Tryin' Times" (Hathaway, Hutson) – 3:15
- "Thank You Master (For My Soul)" (Hathaway) – 5:50
- "The Ghetto" (Hathaway, Hutson) – 6:50
- "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" (Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone) – 6:43
"I Believe To My Soul" (Ray Charles)
One of these days
And it won't be long
You're gonna look for me and I'll be gone
I believe
Said I believe
Oooh yeah
Ooh baby
I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me
I said you're going 'round here with you're head so hard
I think I'm gonna have to use my rod
Cause I believe
Said I believe
Oooh yeah
I believe baby
I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me
Yeah
Alright
Oooooo
Baby, baby, baby
Last night while you were sleeping
I heard you say
Ooooh Ronny
When you know my name
When you know my name
When you know my name is Donny
I believe
Oooh yeah
Wooo baby
I said I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me
I said you're going 'round here with your head so hard
I think I'm gonna have to use my rod
I've got to know how you really feel
I got to know if your love is really real
Cause I believe
Oooo you don't want me
I said I believe
You don't need me
I believe
Oooo you've been slipping out on me baby
Said I believe
Ooo you've been doing me wrong
I believe
I believe
I believe
Baby, I believe
And it won't be long
You're gonna look for me and I'll be gone
I believe
Said I believe
Oooh yeah
Ooh baby
I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me
I said you're going 'round here with you're head so hard
I think I'm gonna have to use my rod
Cause I believe
Said I believe
Oooh yeah
I believe baby
I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me
Yeah
Alright
Oooooo
Baby, baby, baby
Last night while you were sleeping
I heard you say
Ooooh Ronny
When you know my name
When you know my name
When you know my name is Donny
I believe
Oooh yeah
Wooo baby
I said I believe you're trying to make a fool outta me
I said you're going 'round here with your head so hard
I think I'm gonna have to use my rod
I've got to know how you really feel
I got to know if your love is really real
Cause I believe
Oooo you don't want me
I said I believe
You don't need me
I believe
Oooo you've been slipping out on me baby
Said I believe
Ooo you've been doing me wrong
I believe
I believe
I believe
Baby, I believe
"Je Vous Aime (I Love You)"
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
(I just want to say I love you)
You've been good to me so long that I want to say right now
(Je vous aime beaucoup)
Je vous aime beaucoup, that means I love you
Not too many times that I would pray to you
(I just want to say)
But I just want to say that I love you baby, yes I do
Of all the things, needed, needed by a man
I think you should know it's you that I need more
Cause I love you, baby
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
Oh, I love you baby, yes I do
(I just want to say I love you)
Mmm, times haven't always been so very good for us baby, no, no
(You stood by my side)
Yes you did, whoa and that makes me love you
And baby, darlin, the road was mighty rough, mighty rough sometimes
(You held onto my hand)
But you held onto my hand
Whoa, that makes me love you, oh
Of all the things, all the things, baby, needed by a man
I think you should know it's you that I need more
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
Cause I love you baby
(I just want to say I love you)
I said I love you baby
Just be true to me and I'll be true
I want you to be faithful cause my love is true
I just want to say my love is here to stay
Cause I love you, oh baby
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
(I just want to say I love you)
Don't you know that I love you
(I want to say that I love you)
I try to show you baby that I love you
(I want to say I love you)
Every day true love I want you to know
(I want to say that I love you)
That I love you
(I want to say I love you)
Je vous aime beaucoup
I said I love you baby
You better believe it now
Oh baby
(I just want to say I love you)
You've been good to me so long that I want to say right now
(Je vous aime beaucoup)
Je vous aime beaucoup, that means I love you
Not too many times that I would pray to you
(I just want to say)
But I just want to say that I love you baby, yes I do
Of all the things, needed, needed by a man
I think you should know it's you that I need more
Cause I love you, baby
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
Oh, I love you baby, yes I do
(I just want to say I love you)
Mmm, times haven't always been so very good for us baby, no, no
(You stood by my side)
Yes you did, whoa and that makes me love you
And baby, darlin, the road was mighty rough, mighty rough sometimes
(You held onto my hand)
But you held onto my hand
Whoa, that makes me love you, oh
Of all the things, all the things, baby, needed by a man
I think you should know it's you that I need more
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
Cause I love you baby
(I just want to say I love you)
I said I love you baby
Just be true to me and I'll be true
I want you to be faithful cause my love is true
I just want to say my love is here to stay
Cause I love you, oh baby
(I just want to say I love you, I love you)
(I just want to say I love you)
Don't you know that I love you
(I want to say that I love you)
I try to show you baby that I love you
(I want to say I love you)
Every day true love I want you to know
(I want to say that I love you)
That I love you
(I want to say I love you)
Je vous aime beaucoup
I said I love you baby
You better believe it now
Oh baby
"Misty"
Look at me
I'm, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
I can't understand
I get misty holding your hand
Yes I do
Walk my way
And a thousand, a thousand violins begin to play
It maybe the sound of your hello
Ooo the music
The music I hear
Heeeey
You know
I get misty whenever you're near
Yeah
You can say that you're leading, leading me on
Lordy, but it's just what I want to hear
Haven't you noticed
How hopelessly in love
That's why
That's why I'm following you
Yes I am
Yes I am
Baby
On my own
Oooooooo
Let me wonder
Let me wonder, you didn't want to let me know
Never knowing my right from my left
My half of my love
Oooooo
Yeah
I'm too misty and too much in love
Yes I am
ooo
Baby
I'm too misty
Yeah
Misty and too much
Too much, too much in love
Yeah
Heeeey
I'm, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
I can't understand
I get misty holding your hand
Yes I do
Walk my way
And a thousand, a thousand violins begin to play
It maybe the sound of your hello
Ooo the music
The music I hear
Heeeey
You know
I get misty whenever you're near
Yeah
You can say that you're leading, leading me on
Lordy, but it's just what I want to hear
Haven't you noticed
How hopelessly in love
That's why
That's why I'm following you
Yes I am
Yes I am
Baby
On my own
Oooooooo
Let me wonder
Let me wonder, you didn't want to let me know
Never knowing my right from my left
My half of my love
Oooooo
Yeah
I'm too misty and too much in love
Yes I am
ooo
Baby
I'm too misty
Yeah
Misty and too much
Too much, too much in love
Yeah
Heeeey
"Thank You Master (For My Soul)"
Thank You, Master, for my soul
Thank You, Master, for my soul
You gave me food to eat, you kept shoes on my feet
& You kept me
Lord, I know (I) haven't been so good this week
But You continue to Bless me
& I just want to take time to thank You, for my soul
Thank You, Master, thank Ya for my soul
Lord, thank Ya, thank Ya, Master, thank Ya for my soul
'cause you didn't have to hear my moanin',
Lord, You didn't have to hear my groanin'
But You kept me, yeah
You put shoes on my feet, you kept food for me to eat, yeah
& Lord, how You Blessed me
But most of all, thank Ya, Master, for my soul
Thank You, thank You
That's alright!
Wooooooooo-hoo!
Thank You, Master, Lord, thank You for my soul
Thank You for my hands, thank You for my feet
Thank You, Lord, thank You for my mind
Thank You for my soul
Lord, I know I haven't been so good this week, God
But You kept me
You didn't have to hear my moanin',
You didn't have to hear my groanin', hey-hey
But Lord, You Blessed me
& Lord, I want to thank You
I just got to say "much obliged" to You, Master
'cause the walls of my room was not the walls of my grave
My bed was not my cooling board (y'all don't know what I'm talkin' 'bout)
My sheet (my sheet) was not my wine (was not my wining sheet)
& I want to say thank Ya, thank You
Thank You, Master, for my soul
You gave me food to eat, you kept shoes on my feet
& You kept me
Lord, I know (I) haven't been so good this week
But You continue to Bless me
& I just want to take time to thank You, for my soul
Thank You, Master, thank Ya for my soul
Lord, thank Ya, thank Ya, Master, thank Ya for my soul
'cause you didn't have to hear my moanin',
Lord, You didn't have to hear my groanin'
But You kept me, yeah
You put shoes on my feet, you kept food for me to eat, yeah
& Lord, how You Blessed me
But most of all, thank Ya, Master, for my soul
Thank You, thank You
That's alright!
Wooooooooo-hoo!
Thank You, Master, Lord, thank You for my soul
Thank You for my hands, thank You for my feet
Thank You, Lord, thank You for my mind
Thank You for my soul
Lord, I know I haven't been so good this week, God
But You kept me
You didn't have to hear my moanin',
You didn't have to hear my groanin', hey-hey
But Lord, You Blessed me
& Lord, I want to thank You
I just got to say "much obliged" to You, Master
'cause the walls of my room was not the walls of my grave
My bed was not my cooling board (y'all don't know what I'm talkin' 'bout)
My sheet (my sheet) was not my wine (was not my wining sheet)
& I want to say thank Ya, thank You
REFERÊNCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS:
https://www.azlyrics.com/d/donnyhathaway.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Everything_(Donny_Hathaway_album)
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