The same songwriting team
also composed
Motown's next major hit,
Can I
Get a
Witness, by
Marvin
Gaye.
Marvin reminisces about that session.
Holland
Dozier and
Holland came to me one
day and they said,
gee
Marvin, we've got a great thing here.
And I said, see I need something.
Diane and a couple of the other
Supremes were in the studio
and they said, well,
let's use them for backup voices.
So
Diane thought it was great.
She loves that kind of thing.
She's
so groovy and she said yeah I'd
love to get on that an d so
Diane and the girls
did background work on that and I went
and record I said gee man I love it so
much I swear right in that afternoon and did that
kind of get a witness
one you love, you're never home
I love too hard,
are my friends sometimes safe?
But I believe, I believe
That a woman could be loved that way
But it hurts me so inside
To see her treat me so unkind
Somebody, some way
Tell her it's unfair
Can I get some with me?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Is it right to be treated so bad
When you've given
everything you had
Even tossed it in my sleep
Cause I haven't seen my baby all week
Now you think you agree
That this ain't the way
love's supposed to be
Let me hear you, let me hear say, yeah
Up early in the morning,
I woke up on my mind
Just to find out all night
that I've been crying
But I believe a woman's
a man's best friend
So I'm gonna stick by her
Till the very end
Cause she caused so much misery
That I forget how love's
Supposed to be somebody
Cause I'm aware
Tell her it ain't fair
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness
Can I get a witness?
Witness, witness
Can I get a witness?
With this, with that
Everybody knows
Especially you, girl
A love can be sad
But half of a love is quite as bad
Now all you chicks agree
That this ain't the way
it's supposed to be
Let me hear you
Let me hear you say
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I wanna with me
I want a
Whitney
Come on,
Whitney
I want a
Whitney
Just a little bit of my