The Onn Song by Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Songfacts

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• THE ONN SONGMARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELLTRACK 6 ON EASY FEATURGVALERIE SIMPSONPRODUCED BYASHFORD & SIMPSONMAR. 20, 19701 VIEWER7 CONTRIBUTORSTHE ONN SONG LYRICS[INTRO: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONNAND HATE AND FEAR ARE THE SPIC THAT MAKE YOU CRY, OH, BABYAND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNIS TO PLANT LOVE SEEDS UNTIL DI, UH HUH (WOO!)[VERSE 1: MARV GAYE]HEY WORLD! WE GOT A GREAT BIG JOB TO DOYEAH, WE NEED YOUAND EVERYBODY WHO LOV TTH[PRE-CHOS: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]OH, DON'T YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP THIS PLACEAND REACH FOR A HIGHER GOAL, YEAH (Y WE DO, NOW)WE GOTTA BE HEADSTRONG ABOUT RIGHTG THE WRONGAND MAKE A MOUNTA OF HAPPY SOULS, OH OH (OH, BABY)[CHOS: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONNAND I DON'T RE, IS THE FACE PEOPLE LIKE TO WEAR, OH BABY (Y IS, NOW)AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNEVERY SGLE SOUL'S GOT TO DO THEIR SHARETELL 'EM 'BOUT , BABY, WOO! UH, HUH[VERSE 2: MARV GAYE]SO E ON, LET'S KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR, WOO!TELL THEM LOVE IS THE ANSWERWHETHER THEY'RE RICH OR POOR, OH YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[PRE-CHOS: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]NOW, WE DON'T RE WHAT YOU DOHOW YOU LOOK, OR YOUR STAT CLAIM, BABY, OOHNO NO, BEE BROTHERS AND SISTERSFROM NOW ON, IS GOG TO BE EVERYONE'S NAME, OH OH (WOO!)[CHOS: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT (THE WORLD IS JT) A GREAT BIG ONNAND PA AND FEAR ARE THE SPIC THAT MAKE YOU CRY, OH BABY (Y, IS)AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNIS TO PLANT LOVE SEEDSNOW EVERYBODY, GOT TO PLANT LOVE SEEDSCOME ON AND PLANT LOVE SEEDSUNTIL DI[OUTRO: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONN2EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• THE ONN SONGMARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELLTRACK 6 ON EASY FEATURGVALERIE SIMPSONPRODUCED BYASHFORD & SIMPSONMAR. 20, 19701 VIEWER7 CONTRIBUTORSTHE ONN SONG LYRICS[INTRO: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONNAND HATE AND FEAR ARE THE SPIC THAT MAKE YOU CRY, OH, BABYAND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNIS TO PLANT LOVE SEEDS UNTIL DI, UH HUH (WOO!)[VERSE 1: MARV GAYE]HEY WORLD! WE GOT A GREAT BIG JOB TO DOYEAH, WE NEED YOUAND EVERYBODY WHO LOV TTH[PRE-CHOS: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]OH, DON'T YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP THIS PLACEAND REACH FOR A HIGHER GOAL, YEAH (Y WE DO, NOW)WE GOTTA BE HEADSTRONG ABOUT RIGHTG THE WRONGAND MAKE A MOUNTA OF HAPPY SOULS, OH OH (OH, BABY)[CHOS: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONNAND I DON'T RE, IS THE FACE PEOPLE LIKE TO WEAR, OH BABY (Y IS, NOW)AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNEVERY SGLE SOUL'S GOT TO DO THEIR SHARETELL 'EM 'BOUT , BABY, WOO! UH, HUH[VERSE 2: MARV GAYE]SO E ON, LET'S KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR, WOO!TELL THEM LOVE IS THE ANSWERWHETHER THEY'RE RICH OR POOR, OH YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[PRE-CHOS: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]NOW, WE DON'T RE WHAT YOU DOHOW YOU LOOK, OR YOUR STAT CLAIM, BABY, OOHNO NO, BEE BROTHERS AND SISTERSFROM NOW ON, IS GOG TO BE EVERYONE'S NAME, OH OH (WOO!)[CHOS: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT (THE WORLD IS JT) A GREAT BIG ONNAND PA AND FEAR ARE THE SPIC THAT MAKE YOU CRY, OH BABY (Y, IS)AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNIS TO PLANT LOVE SEEDSNOW EVERYBODY, GOT TO PLANT LOVE SEEDSCOME ON AND PLANT LOVE SEEDSUNTIL DI[OUTRO: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONN2EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• ONN SONGMARV GAYE1 VIEWER3 CONTRIBUTORSONN SONG LYRICSYOU THK YOU'RE SO WAY OUTAND YOU GOT ALL THE ACTNSTILL YOU N'T FD NO SATISFACTNBABY - TRY ME, AND I'LL MAKE YOU SEEYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYOOH, UNTIL YOU FALL YOU A'T LIV' AT ALLAH AH, AT ALLYOU LIKE TO KISS AND NAND THAT'S WHERE IS'CSE SOMEBODY TOLD YOULOVE WAS HEARTACH AND TEARSBABY, ALTHOUGH YOU'RE EEI'LL MAKE YOU SEEYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYOH, UNTIL YOU FALL YOU A'T LIV' AT ALLYOU A'T LIV' AT ALLTO BE LOVE, I KNOW 'S NOT YOUR AMBNBUT BEFORE YOU GO, THK ABOUT MY PROPOSNYOU MAY NQUER THE WORLD AND BE KG ON A THRONEBUT YOU STILL A'T NOBODY, BABYWHEN YOU'RE ST' ALL ALONEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYOOH, UNTIL YOU FALL YOU A'T LIV' AT ALLYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYOOH, UNTIL YOU FALL YOU A'T LIV' AT ALLEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

THE ONN SONGMARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELLTRACK 6 ON EASY FEATURGVALERIE SIMPSONPRODUCED BYASHFORD & SIMPSONMAR. 20, 19701 VIEWER7 CONTRIBUTORSTHE ONN SONG LYRICS[INTRO: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONNAND HATE AND FEAR ARE THE SPIC THAT MAKE YOU CRY, OH, BABYAND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNIS TO PLANT LOVE SEEDS UNTIL DI, UH HUH (WOO!)[VERSE 1: MARV GAYE]HEY WORLD! WE GOT A GREAT BIG JOB TO DOYEAH, WE NEED YOUAND EVERYBODY WHO LOV TTH[PRE-CHOS: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]OH, DON'T YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP THIS PLACEAND REACH FOR A HIGHER GOAL, YEAH (Y WE DO, NOW)WE GOTTA BE HEADSTRONG ABOUT RIGHTG THE WRONGAND MAKE A MOUNTA OF HAPPY SOULS, OH OH (OH, BABY)[CHOS: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONNAND I DON'T RE, IS THE FACE PEOPLE LIKE TO WEAR, OH BABY (Y IS, NOW)AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNEVERY SGLE SOUL'S GOT TO DO THEIR SHARETELL 'EM 'BOUT , BABY, WOO! UH, HUH[VERSE 2: MARV GAYE]SO E ON, LET'S KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR, WOO!TELL THEM LOVE IS THE ANSWERWHETHER THEY'RE RICH OR POOR, OH YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[PRE-CHOS: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]NOW, WE DON'T RE WHAT YOU DOHOW YOU LOOK, OR YOUR STAT CLAIM, BABY, OOHNO NO, BEE BROTHERS AND SISTERSFROM NOW ON, IS GOG TO BE EVERYONE'S NAME, OH OH (WOO!)[CHOS: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT (THE WORLD IS JT) A GREAT BIG ONNAND PA AND FEAR ARE THE SPIC THAT MAKE YOU CRY, OH BABY (Y, IS)AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNIS TO PLANT LOVE SEEDSNOW EVERYBODY, GOT TO PLANT LOVE SEEDSCOME ON AND PLANT LOVE SEEDSUNTIL DI[OUTRO: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONN2EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

[Intro: Marv Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Both]The world is jt a great big onnAnd hate and fear are the spic that make you cry, oh, babyAnd the only way to get rid of this great big onnIs to plant love seeds until di, uh huh (Woo! )[Verse 1: Marv Gaye]Hey world!

THE ONN SONGMARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELLTRACK 6 ON EASY FEATURGVALERIE SIMPSONPRODUCED BYASHFORD & SIMPSONMAR. 20, 19701 VIEWER7 CONTRIBUTORSTHE ONN SONG LYRICS[INTRO: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONNAND HATE AND FEAR ARE THE SPIC THAT MAKE YOU CRY, OH, BABYAND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNIS TO PLANT LOVE SEEDS UNTIL DI, UH HUH (WOO!)[VERSE 1: MARV GAYE]HEY WORLD! WE GOT A GREAT BIG JOB TO DOYEAH, WE NEED YOUAND EVERYBODY WHO LOV TTH[PRE-CHOS: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]OH, DON'T YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP THIS PLACEAND REACH FOR A HIGHER GOAL, YEAH (Y WE DO, NOW)WE GOTTA BE HEADSTRONG ABOUT RIGHTG THE WRONGAND MAKE A MOUNTA OF HAPPY SOULS, OH OH (OH, BABY)[CHOS: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONNAND I DON'T RE, IS THE FACE PEOPLE LIKE TO WEAR, OH BABY (Y IS, NOW)AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNEVERY SGLE SOUL'S GOT TO DO THEIR SHARETELL 'EM 'BOUT , BABY, WOO! UH, HUH[VERSE 2: MARV GAYE]SO E ON, LET'S KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR, WOO!TELL THEM LOVE IS THE ANSWERWHETHER THEY'RE RICH OR POOR, OH YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[PRE-CHOS: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]NOW, WE DON'T RE WHAT YOU DOHOW YOU LOOK, OR YOUR STAT CLAIM, BABY, OOHNO NO, BEE BROTHERS AND SISTERSFROM NOW ON, IS GOG TO BE EVERYONE'S NAME, OH OH (WOO!)[CHOS: MARV GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL, BOTH]THE WORLD IS JT (THE WORLD IS JT) A GREAT BIG ONNAND PA AND FEAR ARE THE SPIC THAT MAKE YOU CRY, OH BABY (Y, IS)AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THIS GREAT BIG ONNIS TO PLANT LOVE SEEDSNOW EVERYBODY, GOT TO PLANT LOVE SEEDSCOME ON AND PLANT LOVE SEEDSUNTIL DI[OUTRO: MARV GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL]THE WORLD IS JT A GREAT BIG ONN2EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

We got a great big job to doYeah, we need youAnd everybody who lov tth[Pre-Chos: Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell]Oh, don't you know we've got to clean up this placeAnd reach for a higher goal, yeah (Y we do, now)We gotta be headstrong about rightg the wrongAnd make a mounta of happy souls, oh oh (Oh, baby)[Chos: Marv Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Both]The world is jt a great big onnAnd I don't re, is the face people like to wear, oh baby (Y is, now)And the only way to get rid of this great big onnEvery sgle soul's got to do their shareTell 'em 'bout , baby, woo! Uh, huh[Verse 2: Marv Gaye]So e on, let's knock on every door, woo! Tell them love is the answerWhether they're rich or poor, oh yeah[Pre-Chos: Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell]Now, we don't re what you doHow you look, or your stat claim, baby, oohNo no, bee brothers and sistersFrom now on, is gog to be everyone's name, oh oh (Woo!

)[Chos: Marv Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Both]The world is jt (The world is jt) a great big onnAnd pa and fear are the spic that make you cry, oh baby (Y, is)And the only way to get rid of this great big onnIs to plant love seedsNow everybody, got to plant love seedsCome on and plant love seedsUntil di[Outro: Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell]The world is jt a great big onnHow to Format Lyrics:Type out all lyrics, even repeatg song parts like the chosLyrics should be broken down to dividual lUse sectn hears above different song parts like [Verse], [Chos], alics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distguish between different volists the same song partIf you don’t unrstand a lyric, e [?

ONN SONGMARV GAYE1 VIEWER3 CONTRIBUTORSONN SONG LYRICSYOU THK YOU'RE SO WAY OUTAND YOU GOT ALL THE ACTNSTILL YOU N'T FD NO SATISFACTNBABY - TRY ME, AND I'LL MAKE YOU SEEYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYOOH, UNTIL YOU FALL YOU A'T LIV' AT ALLAH AH, AT ALLYOU LIKE TO KISS AND NAND THAT'S WHERE IS'CSE SOMEBODY TOLD YOULOVE WAS HEARTACH AND TEARSBABY, ALTHOUGH YOU'RE EEI'LL MAKE YOU SEEYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYOH, UNTIL YOU FALL YOU A'T LIV' AT ALLYOU A'T LIV' AT ALLTO BE LOVE, I KNOW 'S NOT YOUR AMBNBUT BEFORE YOU GO, THK ABOUT MY PROPOSNYOU MAY NQUER THE WORLD AND BE KG ON A THRONEBUT YOU STILL A'T NOBODY, BABYWHEN YOU'RE ST' ALL ALONEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYOOH, UNTIL YOU FALL YOU A'T LIV' AT ALLYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYYOU A'T LIV' UNTIL YOU'RE LOV', BABYOOH, UNTIL YOU FALL YOU A'T LIV' AT ALLEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Songfacts®:Acrdg to bgrapher David Rz (Divid Soul: The Life of Marv Gaye), the actual female vol on "The Onn Song" was s -wrer Valerie Simpson. Gaye's duet partner Tammi Terrell was dyg of a bra tumor, and though Valerie Simpson was origally uneasy about pretendg to be the sger, she cid to go ahead when she was told that the royalti would go towards Terrell's medil expens. Terrell tragilly died on March 16, beg picked up by Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell, "The Onn Song" was tend for Diana Ross and the Suprem.

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