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Look What You've Done for Me
Ken Boothe Lyrics

Now now yeah yeah yeah
Ooh ooh now you're

Now that you're here with me
I want to keep you free
To do the things that you wanna do
The joy of life is loving you
And now the day has come
To let you know where I'm coming from, yeah

The best of my years will go to you
It's the only thing that I can do
But these things, them come overnight
Loving you, baby, and I know I'm right

But before I go, I want you to know
That loving you, babe, it's a way of fact
Oh babe, look what you've done to me
And oh babe, you set my heart free, yeah
Oh my my
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh my no
Oh

Sometimes, I will read and then I say
It wouldn't make sense, no, anyway
But forgive me, baby, if I do wrong
I have been a true man for so long
But let me say before I forget
That loving you, it's where it's at, yeah

Now babe, look what you done for me
Oh babe, you set my heart free
Oh my, yeah yeah
You know I've got to have your lovin'

Look what you've done for me
You set my heart free

Writer(s): Al Jackson Jr., Al Green, Willie Mitchell

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Ken Boothe's (born 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica) is known as "Mr Rocksteady" for his prominence during the musical period 1966-1974 and was a major idol for the to-be members of UB40. Boothe started by recording a version of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet on a String" in 1967. Later the same year, Boothe and Alton Ellis had a successful U.K. tour with the group The Soul Vendors. Under new direction from record producer Lloyd Chalmers, the song "Everything I Own" surprisingly was Number One in the UK in 1974. Read Full BioKen Boothe's (born 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica) is known as "Mr Rocksteady" for his prominence during the musical period 1966-1974 and was a major idol for the to-be members of UB40. Boothe started by recording a version of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet on a String" in 1967. Later the same year, Boothe and Alton Ellis had a successful U.K. tour with the group The Soul Vendors. Under new direction from record producer Lloyd Chalmers, the song "Everything I Own" surprisingly was Number One in the UK in 1974. The song, written by David Gates, was given a sympathetic light reggae feel and found instant favour in the West Indies and in the U.K.

Boothe seemed, at the time, to have the makings of an international, long-lasting, hit maker, certainly when compared to most of the other latter-day reggae acts. His smoother style gave him a wider appeal, rather like UB40 and Aswad. Boothe's choice of songs also showed the breadth of his musical taste. But for all that, he only managed one more hit in the UK Chart, "Crying over You", which made Number 11.

In more recent times, Boothe has also recorded for Bunny Lee, Phil Pratt, King Jammy, Pete Weston, Jack Ruby, Hugh "Red Man" James, Castro Brown, and Tappa Zukie. Plus in 1995, he teamed up with Shaggy, for a new styled version of his old track, "The Train Is Coming", which appeared on the soundtrack of the film, Money Train.

A double-disc overview of Boothe's Trojan years, Crying over You, was released by the label in 2001.

Boothe's official Web site is at www.kenboothemusic.com