Christina Aguilera – Back to Basics Intro

A very pleasant good evening, ladies and gentlemen

It is now time, the one and only

There never will be another, Christina Aguilera

That’s how music should sound

I’ve waited for some time to get inside the minds

Of every legend I’ve ever wanted to stand beside

It’s like an endless ride, feeling the lows and highs

Of every lyric and melody, every single rhyme

So here I stand today in tribute I do pay

To those before me who laid it down and paved the way

And so to God I pray that He will give me strength

To carry forward the gift of song in His good faith, in His good faith

I’m going back to basics

To where it all began

I’m ready now to face it

I wanna understand

What made the, the soul singers and the blues figures

And that inspired a higher generation

The jazz makers and the ground-breakers

They gave so much of themselves in dedication

So here I stand today in tribute I do pay

To those before me who laid it down and paved the way