美國黑人歌姬［蘿貝塔．弗萊克］──靈魂抒情曲──柔緩的［Do What You Gotta Do／做你該做的］

Do what you gotta do

Come on back see me when you can

Man I can understand how it might be

Kinda hard to love a girl like me

I dont blame you much for wanting to be free

I just wanted you to know

Ive loved you better that your own kin did

From the very start its my own fault

What happens to my heart

You see Ive always known youd go

 

So you just do what you gotta do

My wild sweet love

Though it may mean that Ill never kiss

Those sweet lips again

Pay that no mind

Find that dappled dream of yours

Come on back and see me when you can

 

Now I know itll make you feel sad

And make you feel so bad

They say you dont treat me me like you should

They got ways to make you feels no good

I guess they got no way to know

Ive had my eyes wide open from the start

And man you never lied to me

The part of you that theyll never see

Is the part youve shown to me

 

So you just do what you gotta do

My wild sweet love

Though it may mean that Ill never kiss

Those sweet lips again

Pay that no mind

Find that dappled dream of yours

Come on back and see me when you can

Songwriters: Jimmy Webb, JIMMY L WEBB

Do What You Gotta Do lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management

 

 

１９３７年２月出生於北卡羅萊納州的黑人巨星蘿貝塔弗萊克（Roberta Flack）出身音樂家庭

本身就是個音樂教師 畢業於音樂學院　擁有專業學位　彈得一手好琴

受過扎實的聲樂訓練　因此對聲音的表現收放自如

１９６９年　弗萊克與Atlantic唱片簽約  推出首張專輯〔First Take〕 　

雖獲得高度評價, 卻沒引起太大迴響

１９７０年８月, ３３歲半的蘿貝塔推出第二張大碟［Chapter Two］

跟上張專輯一樣由Joel Dorn＆King Curtis製作

依舊評價優良

首支主打［Reverend Lee］仍反應冷淡

１９７０年１月, 弗萊克推出第二單曲［Do What You Gotta Do／做你該做的］

此曲由創作名家Jimmy Webb譜寫  被製作成一首靈魂抒情曲

在緩慢的節奏間, 蘿貝塔的演繹輕柔動人

［Do What You Gotta Do］只拿到Billboard單曲榜外的＃１１７　卻是她事業以來最佳的一次

１９７２年弗萊克以［The First Time I saw Your Face］爆紅後, ［Chapter Two］也水漲船高　登上Billboard專輯榜＃３３（副榜－靈魂榜＃４）　在美銷售逾１００萬張, 拿到金唱片

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekb_2NT_xFI

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QvBBBE8YW0

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weo9vIfrbbc