Camille Yarbrough - Take Yo' Praise (Official Audio)

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Track from Camille Yarbrough's "The Iron Pot Cooker", an adventurous Soul/R&B album released on Vanguard Records in 1975. The album features "Take Yo' Praise," which was later sampled in the hit song "Praise You" by Fatboy Slim.

"Whether you call Camille Yarbrough a street poetess, proto-rapper, or urban politico, there is no doubt that this woman contributed an enormous amount of fire, passion, and strength in all those guises. Neither is there any doubt that her 1975 album, Iron Pot Cooker, is a landmark work of great importance... Like Patti Smith's Horses, Iron Pot Cooker is woven into the tapestry of experience, of ideology, of just telling the truth like it is." -- AllMusic Guide

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Lyrics
We've come a long, long way together
Through the hard times and the good
I have to celebrate you, baby
I have to praise you like I should
You're so rare
So fine
I'm so glad you're mine
You're so rare
So fine
I'm so glad you're mine
You make me glad I'm a woman
'Cause you're a feeling, thinking man
And anytime I know you're needing
I'm gonna please you every way I can
You're so rare
You're so fine
I'm so glad you're mine
You're so rare
And so fine
You clear the questions from my mind
I was afraid to say I love you
Afraid to take, and too eager to give
You helped me deal with what I'm feeling
With why and how I want to live
You're so rare
Man, you're so fine
You know, I'm so glad you're mine
You're so very rare
And so fine
I'm sure glad you're mine
I have to praise you when you hold me
When you work your way around
Ain't a part of me left over
That your sweet love ain't found
You make my, my moan turn to whisper
You make my whisper turn to call
You make me scream
And scream that I love you
When you, when you make me rise and fall
You're so rare
And you're so fine
And I'm so very, very, very glad you're mine
You're so rare
And so fine
Oh, oh you're mine, you're mine
You know, you know I want the best for you, baby
And what you want, I want for you
And we can, we can work together, baby
To see it, to see it all come true
'Cause you're so rare
And you're, you're so fine
And Lord knows, I'm so very glad you're mine
You're so rare, so rare
And you're so very, very fine
Oh, you cleared all the questions from my mind
We come a, we come a long, long way together, baby
Through the hard times and all the good
I'm gonna take this day to celebrate you, baby
'Cause I have to stop and praise you like I should
You're so rare, take yo' praise
And you're so fine
And I hope you know I'm glad you're mine
Take yo' praise, you're so rare
Take yo' praise, you're so fine