SONG: It's Not Right But It's Ok - WHITNEY HOUSTON

It's Not Right But It's Ok

Whitney Houston

Friday night you and your boys __________to eat
Then they hung out
But you came home around three
If six ___________ went out
Then four of you were really cheap
_____________ only two of you had dinner
I found your credit card receipt

It's not right, but it's okay
I'm gonna make it anyway
Pack your bags up and______________
Don't you dare come running back to me
It's not right, but it's okay
I'm gonna make it
____________ the door behind you
Leave your key
I'd rather __________________
Than unhappy

I'll pack ______________
So you can leave town for __________(yes I am)
The phone rings
And then you look at me
You said it was one of your friends
Down on 54th St.
So why did 213
Show up on your _______________ ?

I have been through all of this before
(I've been through all this before)
So how would you think
(Don't think, don't think about it)
That I could _______around and take some more?
Things are gonna change
(Things are got to change baby)
'Cos I don't wanna be a fool__________
(You stay, not chance boy)
That's why you ___________ leave
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahhh)

So don't turn around to see ____________
(So you don't turn around)
There's no more__________  back seems
For you to see
Was it really worth you going out___________ ?
Tell me... oh yeah

See I'm ___________
And I refuse to _______________
See ____________ this time
I thought I had somebody down for me
It turns out (2x)
Out!
It turns out (3x)
Out!
It turns out
You were making ____________ of me

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Biography

[edit] Early life

Whitney Houston was born in what was then a middle income neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, the third and youngest child of John and gospel singer Cissy Houston.^[10] She is of African American, Native American and Dutch descent. Her mother, along with cousins Dionne Warwick and the late Dee Dee Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin were all notable figures in the gospel, rhythm and blues, pop, and soul genres. Houston was raised a Baptist, but was also exposed to the Pentecostal church. After the 1967 Newark riots, the family moved to a middle class area in East Orange, New Jersey when she was four.^[10]
At the age of eleven, Houston began to follow in her mother's footsteps and started performing as a soloist in the junior gospel choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she also learned to play the piano.^[11] Her first solo performance in the church was "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah".^[12]
When Houston was a teenager, she attended a Catholic single-sex high school, Mount Saint Dominic Academy, where she met her best friend Robyn Crawford, whom she describes as the "sister she never had." While Houston was still in school, her mother continued to teach her how to sing.^[7] In addition to her mother, Franklin, and Warwick, Houston was also exposed to the music of Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Roberta Flack, most of whom would have an impact on her as a singer and performer.^[13]

[edit] 1977–84: Early career

Houston spent some of her teenage years touring nightclubs where her mother Cissy was performing, and she would occasionally get on stage and perform with her. In 1977, at age 14, she was a backup singer on the Michael Zager Band's single "Life's a Party". Zager subsequently offered to obtain a recording contract for the young singer, but Cissy declined, wanting her young daughter to finish school first. Then in 1978, at age 15, Houston sang background vocals on Chaka Khan's hit single "I'm Every Woman", a song she would later turn into a hit for herself on her monster-selling soundtrack album The Bodyguard. She also sang back-up on albums by Lou Rawls and Jermaine Jackson. In the early 1980s, Houston started working as a fashion model after a photographer saw her at Carnegie Hall singing with her mother. She appeared as a lead vocalist on a Paul Jabara album, entitled Paul Jabara and Friends: featuring The Weather Girls, Leata Galloway & Whitney Houston (Columbia Records, 1983).^[14] She appeared in Seventeen Magazine^[15] and became one of the first women of color to grace the cover of Seventeen magazine.^[16] She was also featured in layouts in the pages Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Young Miss and appeared in a Canada Dry soft drink TV commercial.^[17] Her striking looks and girl-next-door charm made her one of the most sought after teen models of that time.^[17] While modeling, she continued her burgeoning recording career by working with producers Ben Dover, Bill Laswell and Martin Bisi on an album they were spearheading called One Down, which was credited to the group Material. For that project, Houston contributed the ballad "Memories". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called her contribution "one of the most gorgeous ballads you've ever heard".^[18]
Houston had previously been offered several recording agencies (Michael Zager in 1980 and Elektra Records in 1981). In 1983, Gerry Griffith, an A&R representative from Arista Records saw her performing with her mother in a New York City nightclub and was impressed. He convinced Arista's head Clive Davis to make time to see Houston perform. Davis too was impressed and offered a worldwide recording contract which Houston signed. Later that year, she made her national televised debut alongside Davis on The Merv Griffin Show.^[19]
Houston signed with Arista in 1983 but did not begin work on her album immediately. The label wanted to make sure no other label signed the singer away. Davis wanted to ensure he had the right material and producers for Houston's debut album. Some producers had to pass on the project due to prior commitments.^[20] Houston first recorded a duet with Teddy Pendergrass entitled "Hold Me" which appeared on his album, Love Language.^[21] The single was released in 1984 and gave Houston her first taste of success, becoming a Top 5 R&B hit. It would also appear on her debut album in 1985.

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It's Not Right But It's Ok

Whitney Houston

Friday night you and your boys went out to eat
Then they hung out
But you came home around three
If six of y'all went out
Then four of you were really cheap
Cause only two of you had dinner
I found your credit card receipt

It's not right, but it's okay
I'm gonna make it anyway
Pack your bags up and leave
Don't you dare come running back to me
It's not right, but it's okay
I'm gonna make it anyway
Close the door behind you
Leave your key
I'd rather be alone
Than unhappy

I'll pack your bags
So you can leave town for a week (yes I am)
The phone rings
And then you look at me
You said it was one of your friends
Down on 54th St.
So why did 213
Show up on your Caller I.D. ?

I have been through all of this before
(I've been through all this before)
So how would you think
(Don't think, don't think about it)
That I could stand around and take some more?
Things are gonna change
(Things are got to change baby)
'Cos I don't wanna be a fool anymore
(You stay, not chance boy)
That's why you have to leave
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahhh)

So don't turn around to see my face
(So you don't turn around)
There's no more tears back seems
For you to see
Was it really worth you going out like that?
Tell me... oh yeah

See I'm moving on
And I refuse to turn back
See all of this time
I thought I had somebody down for me
It turns out (2x)
Out!
It turns out (3x)
Out!
It turns out
You were making a fool of me