Some people live for the fortune Some people live just for the fame Some people live for the power Some people live just to play the game Some people think that their physical things define what's within And I've been there before That life's a ball so full of the superficial Some people want it all 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 And everything means nothing If I ain't got you 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 But no Handed the world on a silver platter And what good would that be With no one to share No one who truly cares for me Some people want it all 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 And everything means nothing If I ain't got you If I ain't got you with me, baby If I ain't got you with me, baby There ain't nothing in this whole wide world that means a thing If I ain't got you with me, baby Some people want it all 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 And everything means nothing If I ain't got you