The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two NAACP Image Award nominations. They won Grammy Awards in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, and 2003 and have collaborated with Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Don Henley, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Joe Sample, Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller and Gordon Goodwin.
In 1980, Claude McKnight formed an a cappella quartet, The Gentlemen's Estate Quartet, at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, a Seventh-Day Adventist College, where he was a freshman. He auditioned fellow students for the hobby group. The Gentlemen were rehearsing in a campus bathroom (later said to be in Peterson Hall), getting ready for a performance, when Mark Kibble walked by and heard them singing. He joined the harmonizing, adding a fifth part, and ended up singing with them onstage that very night.[1] Mark later invited Mervyn Warren to join the group. The group performed under the moniker "Alliance".
The group performed in local churches and on campus over the next years, with members changing due to college's inevitable comings and goings. In 1985, the lower half of the group (bass, baritone, and second tenor) left upon graduating. At that time, Alvin Chea, Cedric Dent, and David Thomas joined.
The group was signed to Warner Brothers in 1987, and quickly changed its name to "Take 6" after a name search revealed that "Alliance" was already being used. Their eponymous debut album, released in 1988, won them two Grammy Awards and resulted in top ten appearances on both the Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Contemporary Christian Charts. Take 6's swinging, harmony-rich gospel sound attracted a flurry of attention, and the group went on to record or appear with a number of luminaries, including Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder.
In 1991, after the release of their second album, So Much 2 Say, Mervyn Warren left the group to pursue a career as a producer. Joey Kibble, Mark's younger brother, was invited to round out the vocal lineup. The group added instrumentation to their purely a cappella sound beginning with the record He Is Christmas; Join The Band and Brothers continued their streak of success, and Take 6 amassed a total of seven Grammys and eight Dove awards, as well as topping the Downbeat Magazine's Reader's and Critic's poll for seven years' consecutively.
Take 6's 1998 release, So Cool, brought the group back to its a cappella origins.
In 2006 the group launched Take 6 Records and the 2006 release Feels Good was released on that label.
The group currently lists Nashville, Tennessee as its home.[2] All members grew up Seventh-Day Adventist.[
You're All I Need
Take 6 Lyrics
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It always seemed that I could make it alone
I guess, you live and you learn
That you'll always fall if you don't take a stand
(Now I'm standing)
In need of Your love and Your power to save
(So I'm saying)
All I need is a chance
I've made up my mind, please, take my hand
Now I see, I can't live without You
Let's start again, this time I'll be true
Funny how things change
You never know just what tomorrow will bring
One thing, one thing stays the same
Day after day, Your love will remain
(Now I'm standing)
In need of Your love and Your power to save
(So I'm saying)
I know, I was wrong, so don't turn away
All I need is a chance
I've made up my mind, please, take my hand
Now I see, I can't live without You
Let's start again, this time I'll be true
So I pledge all my heart
All of my time is Your's for the taking
All I ask is one more chance
All I need is a chance
I've made up my mind, please, take my hand
Now I see, I can't live without You
Let's start again, this time I'll be true
All I need is a chance
I've made up my mind, please, take my hand
Now I see, I can't live without You
Let's start again, this time I'll be true
All I need is a chance
I've made up my mind, please, take my hand
Now I see, I can't live without You
Let's start again, this time I'll be true
The Take 6 song "All I Need" depicts an individual who has realized that they were wrong in thinking that they could make it alone. The lyrics indicate that the singer has lived and learned that they will fall if they do not take a stand. They are in need of both love and power to save them, and they are not turning away. They know they need a chance to start again and be true.
The chorus of the song, "All I need is a chance/I've made up my mind, please take my hand/Now I see, I can't live without You/Let's start again, this time I'll be true," highlights the singer's understanding that they cannot do this on their own and they require a helping hand to set things right. The lyrics of the song reflect themes of humility, the need for community, and the understanding that we all make mistakes and require forgiveness.
Line by Line Meaning
Where did I go wrong?
I am unsure of what mistake I have made.
It always seemed that I could make it alone
I thought I could handle life by myself.
I guess, you live and you learn
I now realize that growing through life includes making mistakes.
That you'll always fall if you don't take a stand
If you don't act decisively, you are bound to fail.
(Now I'm standing)
I am now determined.
In need of Your love and Your power to save
I require Your help and strength to be rescued.
(So I'm saying)
I'm clearly stating that
I know I was wrong, so don't turn away
I was mistaken, please don't reject me.
All I need is a chance
All I require is an opportunity.
I've made up my mind, please, take my hand
I am now decided, please hold my hand.
Now I see, I can't live without You
I realize now that I cannot sustain myself without You.
Let's start again, this time I'll be true
Let's begin anew, and this time I will be sincere.
Funny how things change
It's interesting how circumstances can change quickly.
You never know just what tomorrow will bring
It's difficult to predict what tomorrow will bring.
One thing, one thing stays the same
The only constant thing is Your love.
Day after day, Your love will remain
Your love endures day by day.
So I pledge all my heart
I offer all of my heart to You.
All of my time is Your's for the taking
All my time is available for You to take.
All I ask is one more chance
I request only one more opportunity.
All I need is a chance
All I require is an opportunity.
Now I see, I can't live without You
I realize now that I cannot sustain myself without You.
Let's start again, this time I'll be true
Let's begin anew, and this time I will be sincere.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAMES SMITH, DWAYNE SIMON, BOBBY ERVING, DARRYL PIERCE, STEVEN ETTINGER, TERIUS NASH, CHRISTOPHER STEWART
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