創作背景
《If I Ain't Got You》封面借鑑了藝術家
曼·雷的作品《Le Violon d'Ingres》。的創作靈感來源於美國女歌手
艾莉雅不幸墜機亡故的悲劇,以及美國紐約2001年9·11恐怖攻擊等重大事件。當艾莉雅與世長辭後,艾麗西亞·凱斯便瞭然於胸,不折不扣地明白了什麼重於泰山、什麼無關緊要,並萌生創作念頭。艾麗西亞·凱斯創作該歌曲的目的是為奉告聽者,物質生活並不能滿足內心的靈魂。
歌曲歌詞
英文
Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power, yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the physical things define what's within
And I've been there before, and that life's a bore
So full of the superficial
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah
Some people search for a fountain
That promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that's the only way to prove you love them
Hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be
With no one to share, with no one who truly cares for me