God is Love [Detroit Mix (What's Going On/Deluxe Edt. 2001)]

Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »

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Oh don't go and talk about my father
God is my friend, Jesus is my friend
He made this world for us to live in
And gave us everything

And all He asks of us
Is we give each other love, oh yeah

Don't go and talk about my father
'Cause God is my friend, Jesus is my friend
He loves us whether or not we know it
And He'll forgive all our sins, oh yeah

And all He asks of us, oh yeah
Is we give each other love, oh yeah

Love your mother, she bore you
Love your father, well He works for you
Love your sister, she's good to you
Love your brother, your brother

Don't go and talk about my father
God is my friend, Jesus is my friend
And when we call on Him for mercy
He'll be merciful, my friend, oh yeah
All He asks of us, I know

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Written by: Anna Gaye, Marvin Gaye, James Nyx, Elgie Rousseau Stover

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