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And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going Lyrics by Jennifer Hudson
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And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going quick summary
- Recording: “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going” is credited to Jennifer Hudson.
- Released: 2006 on “Dreamgirls: Music From the Motion Picture”.
- Length: The recording runs 4:45.
- Genre: Filed under R&B.
- Lyrics: This page has 61 lyric lines and 65 timed cues.
- Chart: No dated chart rank is attached yet.
- Karaoke: Timed playback is ready on this page.
- Written by: Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen.
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And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going lyrics by Jennifer Hudson
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0:00And I am telling you
0:06I'm not going
0:10You're the best man I'll ever know
0:15There's no way I can ever go
0:19No, no, there's no way
0:22No, no, no, no way I'm living without you
0:27I'm not living without you
0:32I don't wanna be free
0:37I'm staying, I'm staying
0:41And you, and you
0:44You're gonna love me
0:52You're gonna love me
0:57♪
1:01And I am telling you I'm not going
1:08Even though the rough times are showing
1:12There's just no way, there's no way
1:18We're part of the same place
1:22We're part of the same time
1:26We both share the same blood
1:30We both have the same mind
1:34And time and time, we've had so much to see and
1:40No, no, no, no, no, no way
1:42I'm not waking up tomorrow morning
1:46And finding that there's nobody there
1:51Darling there's no way
1:54No, no, no, no way I'm living without you
2:00I'm not living without you
2:03You see there's just no way, there's no way
2:09Please don't go away from me
2:12Stay with me, stay with me
2:16Stay, stay and hold me
2:20Stay, stay and hold me
2:24Please stay and hold me, Mr. Man
2:28Try it Mr., try it Mr.
2:30I know, I know, I know you can
2:37♪
2:39Tear down the mountains
2:41Yell, scream and shout like you can say what you want
2:44I'm not walking out
2:47Stop all the rivers
2:48Push, strike and kill
2:50I'm not gonna leave you
2:52There's no way I will
2:59And I am telling you I'm not going
3:12You're the best man I'll ever know
3:16There's no way I could ever, ever go
3:20No, no, no, no way
3:23No, no, no, no way I'm living without you
3:28I'm not living without you, not living without you
3:33I don't wanna be free
3:37I'm staying, I'm staying
3:40And you, and you, and you
3:43You're gonna love me
3:51You're gonna love me
3:54Yes you are, yes you are
3:59♪
4:01Love me, love me
4:05Love me, love me, love
4:17You're gonna love me
4:38Ladies and gentlemen the showroom at Caesars Palace
4:41Is proud to present the Deena Jones and The Dreams
4:45Love, love me baby
4:48Love, love me child
4:50'Cause baby, baby you're driving me wild
4:52♪
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And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going song profile
The stored record for “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going” credits Jennifer Hudson and connects the lyric timeline with release and chart metadata. Continue with more Jennifer Hudson lyrics and songs, or compare this recording with other R&B song lyrics.
- 2006Released
- 4:45Length
- 61Lyric lines
- 65Timed cues
- 293sTimed span
- Lyric record matched as “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” by Jennifer Hudson
- 65 ordered lyric timestamps verified
- Karaoke follow-along playback enabled
- Recording identified by ISRC USLIC0602215
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Release record
The matched recording is associated with “Dreamgirls: Music From the Motion Picture.” Its earliest matched release date is 2006. This matched version has a duration of 4:45. The writing field currently credits Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen. The matched ISRC is USLIC0602215.
Lyric structure
AskLyrics counted 61 lyric lines in 10 visible text sections. This edition carries 65 timed lyric cues spanning about 293 seconds. The text repeats 8 line patterns; those returns are tracked as structure, not padded with an invented interpretation. The YouTube player reads those timestamps continuously, while the saved offset aligns video time with the matched recording.
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The matched lyric entry names “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” and credits Jennifer Hudson. Follow-along mode uses 65 timestamped cues in chronological order. Playback appears only because both a validated embed and timed lyric are present.
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- Album / release
- Dreamgirls: Music From the Motion Picture
- Released
- 2006
- Length
- 4:45
- Written by
- Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen
- ISRC
- USLIC0602215
- Recording source
- MusicBrainz record ↗
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