You'd better hold on to what you've got You'd better hold on to what you've got Cause if you think nobody wants it Just throw it away and you will see Someone will have it before you can count 1, 2, 3 Yes they will, yes they will Listen fellows, you know it's not all the time That a man can have a good woman That he can call his very own A woman who will stay right there at home And mind the children while he's gone to work A woman who will have his dinner cooked When he comes home Where some men make mistakes is When they go out and stay because they feel No other wants his woman but him Well listen, if you think no other man wants her Just throw her away and you will see Some men will have her before you can count 1, 2, 3 Yes he will, yes he will Listen girls, this goes for you too Because you know I've seen so man women Who've had so many good men in life Men who would stand by them thru thick and thin Men who'd go to work everyday and Bring home their hard earned pay Men who'd give their woman anything Their little hearts desired Where some women make mistakes is When their men go out and let em play they would stay Because they felt that no other woman wanted him but her Well listen, if you think no other woman wants him Just pitch him out in the street and you will see Some woman will have your man Before you can count 1, 2, 3 Yes she will, yes she will
You'd better hold on to what you've got You'd better hold on to what you've got Cause if you think nobody wants it Just throw it away and you will see Someone will have it before you can count 1, 2, 3 Yes they will, yes they will Listen fellows, you know it's not all the time That a man can have a good woman That he can call his very own A woman who will stay right there at home And mind the children while he's gone to work A woman who will have his dinner cooked When he comes home Where some men make mistakes is When they go out and stay because they feel No other wants his woman but him Well listen, if you think no other man wants her Just throw her away and you will see Some men will have her before you can count 1, 2, 3 Yes he will, yes he will Listen girls, this goes for you too Because you know I've seen so man women Who've had so many good men in life Men who would stand by them thru thick and thin Men who'd go to work everyday and Bring home their hard earned pay Men who'd give their woman anything Their little hearts desired Where some women make mistakes is When their men go out and let em play they would stay Because they felt that no other woman wanted him but her Well listen, if you think no other woman wants him Just pitch him out in the street and you will see Some woman will have your man Before you can count 1, 2, 3 Yes she will, yes she will
“Hold What You’ve Got” foi gravado em 1964, marcando a primeira grande sucessão de Joe Tex após 30 singles que não conseguiram se destacar nas paradas.
Apesar de não ter sido indicado ao prêmio em si, a faixa contribuiu para que Joe Tex fosse nomeado seis vezes ao Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, sendo o mais recente em 2017.
A música consolidou o estilo único de Tex, que misturava soul, funk, country, gospel e R&B, ajudando a definir a sonoridade do Southern soul dos anos 60 e 70.
O sucesso de “Hold What You’ve Got” foi o ponto de partida para que ele alcançasse mais três singles que venderiam mais de quatro milhões de cópias, como “Skinny Legs and All”, “I Gotcha” e “Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman).”
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