Aretha Franklin — Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

[Intro] Gather around me, everybody Gather around me, while I preach some [Verse 1] The topic will be sin And that's what I'm aging If you want to hear my story Then settle back and just sit tight While I start reviewing The attitude of doing right [Chorus] You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with mister in between [Verse 2] You got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum And have faith, or pandemonium Liable to walk upon the scene To illustrate my last remark Jonah in the whale, noah in the ark What did they do, just when everything looked so dark? Man, they said, we better [Chorus] You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with mister in between