The Temptations, Aretha, Sam Cooke: Thats what my father played.
As women, we are respectful, we are nurturers, we believe in people, we honor them.
Thats what we do.
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More often than not, women need that respect reciprocated.
You werent considered that important.
Respect was even more relevant at the time, but its still relevant today.
The lyrics are a statement: Hey, dont pity me, dont just look at me as sexy.
Look me in my eyes.
Pay attention to my struggle.
Aretha is demanding to be looked in the face and to be understood, to be considered.
Thats a universal statement for everybody, whatever their struggle or obstacle, wherever they come from.
She exuded that when she sang.
Her power and that raw cry translate into everything.
I think shes the epitome of connectedness.
