If You Asked Me To (Single Version) [Live]

[Intro]

Celine did this after I did

Really?

I did it first

[Verse]

Used to be that I believed in something (Well, you do it, do it, do it)

(Yes, honey, yeah, I did it first) Used to be that I believe in love

(I love her, I do too) It's been a long time since I've had that feeling

I could love someone

I could trust someone

I said I'd never let nobody near my heart again, darlin'

I said I needed, needed to be free

[Chorus]

But if you asked me to

I just might change my mind

And let you in my life forever

If you asked me to

I just might give my heart

And stay here in your arms forever

If you asked me to and I will give my world to you, baby

I need you now

Anything for you, baby

For you, baby

[Interlude]

Sing, girl, sing

[Chorus]

I'd let you in my life forever

All you gotta do is ask me to (All you gotta do is ask me to)

Yeah

Oh, I'll give you my heart

I'll give you my world

I'll give you anything (Woo)

[Outro]

Ooh, dang, boy, God blessed you with some pipes, girl

I did this song, the video, after my sister Jackie's funeral

The same day (Oh)

So I had, uh, told the company that I couldn't do it

Because it was too many tears and too much loss

And she was a pusher of Patti LaBelle

She would push me more than anybody

She would get mad if you don't like Patti LaBelle

So I said to myself after her casket closed

"What would Jackie want?"

She would want me to do this video (Absolutely)

So when you see the tears in that video, they're so real (Yeah)

Gladys, we been through it

Yes we have, boy, I tell you

Lost some of the most precious people

Yes, we have (My son)

Luther, all of our— (Your sister, Luther)

Your son, I was with your when your son passed (Yeah)

You were with me when all my sisters passed (Yes)

So (Aretha), we been in it together, yes

And it kept us moving (It did), because they wouldn't want us to stop

They would not want us to stop

Well, we'll do it for them as well

That's what we do, you know (Yes)

Music is in our spirits and in our souls (Yes, oh, God, it's a healer too)

And they're a blessing (Yes), so, yes

Girl, we talk the same talk

Yeah, we do, we always have (I like that, yes)

Wow, true stories (Yeah)