Tracy Chapman

The song "Change" by Tracy Chapman explores themes of self-reflection and the potential for personal transformation in the face of life's challenges and uncertainties. It poses questions about what it takes for someone to change, especially when confronted with profound truths or difficult circumstances. Lyrics: [Chorus] If you knew that you would die today If you saw the face of God and love Would you change? Would you change? If you knew that love can break your heart When you're down so low you cannot fall Would you change? Would you change? [Verse 1] How bad, how good does it need to get How many losses, how much regret What chain reaction, what cause and effect? Makes you turn around? Makes you try to explain? Makes you forgive and forget? Makes you change? Makes you change? [Chorus] If you knew that you would be alone Knowing right, being wrong Would you change? Would you change? If you knew that you would find a truth That brings a pain that can't be soothed Would you change? Would you change? [Verse 2] How bad, how good does it need to get How many losses, how much regret What chain reaction, what cause and effect Makes you turn around? Makes you try to explain? Makes you forgive and forget? Makes you change? Makes you change? [Chorus] Are you so upright you can't be bent If it comes to blows? Are you so sure you won't be crawling If not for the good why risk falling? Why risk falling? If everything you think you know Makes your life unbearable Would you change? Would you change? If you'd broken every rule and vow And hard times come to bring you down Would you change? Would you change? [Outro] If you knew that you would die today If you saw the face of God and love Would you change? Would you change? Would you change? Would you change? If you saw the face of God and love? If you saw the face of God and love? Would you change? Would you change?

Give Me One Reason is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was included on her fourth studio album, New Beginning (1995), and was released as a single in various territories between November 1995 and March 1997, her first since 1992's "Dreaming on a World". The song is Chapman's biggest US hit, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. It is also her biggest hit in Australia, where it reached number three as well, and it topped the charts of Canada and Iceland. Elsewhere, the song reached number 16 in New Zealand. Lyrics: [Chorus] Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't wanna leave you lonely You gotta make me change my mind [Verse 1] Baby, I got your number Oh, and I know that you got mine You know that I called you, I called too many times You can call me baby, you can call me anytime But you got to call me [Chorus] Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Said I don't wanna leave you lonely You gotta make me change my mind [Verse 2] I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I just want someone to hold me Oh, and rock me through the night [Verse 3] This youthful heart can love you, yes And give you what you need I said this youthful heart can love you Oh, and give you what you need But I'm too old to go chasing you around Wasting my precious energy [Chorus] Give me one reason to stay here Yes, now turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here Oh, I'll turn right back around Said I don't wanna leave you lonely You gotta make me change my mind [Outro] Baby, just give me one reason Give me just one reason why Baby, just give me one reason Oh, give me just one reason why I should stay Said I told you that I loved you And there ain't no more to say

Fast Car is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released as her debut single on April 6, 1988, by Elektra Records. It served as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album. Chapman's appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in June 1988 helped the song become a top-ten hit in the United States, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and led the album to top the Billboard 200. The single also reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and topped the charts of five other countries. Fast Car received three nominations at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, the last of which it won. It also received an MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Female Video. Since the release of Chapman's original, the song has had success in two electronic dance versions by Swedish DJ Tobtok and British DJ Jonas Blue, as well as a country cover by American singer Luke Combs. Combs's version was a number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts in 2023, and won Chapman the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, making her the first black person to win the award. Lyrics: You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me myself I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just 'cross the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs And finally see what it means to be living See my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said somebody's got to take care of him So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? We gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way So remember when we were driving driving in your car Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruising, entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job And I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs So remember when we were driving driving in your car Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So remember when we were driving driving in your car Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way

Baby Can I Hold You is a song by American contemporary folk musician Tracy Chapman, released in October 1988, by Elektra and Asylum Records as the third and final single from her debut album, Tracy Chapman (1988). The song reached the top 50 in the United States, peaking at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was her last US top-50 hit until 1996's "Give Me One Reason". Worldwide, the song entered the top 40 in Canada and New Zealand, while in Brazil and Portugal, it peaked at number one. Chapman re-released the song in 2001, in support of her first greatest hits album Collection. Lyrics: Sorry Is all that you can't say Years gone by and still Words don't come easily Like sorry like sorry Forgive me Is all that you can't say Years gone by and still Words don't come easily Like forgive me forgive me But you can say baby Baby can I hold you tonight? Maybe if I told you the right words At the right time you'd be mine I love you Is all that you can't say Years gone by and still Words don't come easily Like I love you I love you But you can say baby Baby can I hold you tonight? Maybe if I told you the right words Ooh, at the right time you'd be mine Baby can I hold you tonight? Maybe if I told you the right words At the right time you'd be mine You'd be mine You'd be mine