Whitney Houston was born to a family with impressive singing credentials – her mother was gospel singer Cissy Houston, her cousin was five-time Grammy winner Dionne Warwick, and her godmother was the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin. Her first break came when she sang backing vocals on Chaka Khans Im Every Woman when she was only 16. She continued to record, sing and tour with her mother, but although she was offered recording contracts she turned them all down until, in 1983, she signed with Arista.
Whitney Houston – I Go To The Rock
[Lyrics]
Where do I go when there's nobody else to turn to?
Who do I talk to when nobody wants to listen?
Who
Who do I talk to when nobody wants to listen?
Who
do I lean on when there's no foundation stable?
I go to the rock
I know he's able
I go to the rock
I go to the rock for my salvation
I go to the stone that the builders rejected
I run to the mountain and the mountain stands by me
When the Earth all around me is sinking sand
On Christ, the solid rock I stand
When I need a shelter, when I need a friend
I go to the rock
Where do I go, where do I go
When the storms of life are threatening?
Who do I turn to when those winds of sorrow blow?
And is there a refuge in the time of tribulation?
I go to the rock
I know He's able
I go to the rock
I know He's the rock for my salvation
I know He's the stone that the builders rejected
I run to the mountain and the mountain stands by me
When the Earth all around me is sinking sand
On Christ, the solid rock I stand
When I need a shelter, when I need a friend
I go to the rock
I know He's the rock for my salvation
I know He's the stone that the builders rejected
I run to the mountain and the mountain stands by me
When the Earth all around me is sinking sand
On Christ, the solid rock I stand
When I need a shelter, when I need a friend
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
You can go to the rock
You can go to the rock
You can go to the rock
You can go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
When the Earth all around me is sinking sand
On Christ, the solid rock I stand
When I need a shelter, when I need a friend
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I know he's able
I go to the rock
I go to the rock for my salvation
I go to the stone that the builders rejected
I run to the mountain and the mountain stands by me
When the Earth all around me is sinking sand
On Christ, the solid rock I stand
When I need a shelter, when I need a friend
I go to the rock
Where do I go, where do I go
When the storms of life are threatening?
Who do I turn to when those winds of sorrow blow?
And is there a refuge in the time of tribulation?
I go to the rock
I know He's able
I go to the rock
I know He's the rock for my salvation
I know He's the stone that the builders rejected
I run to the mountain and the mountain stands by me
When the Earth all around me is sinking sand
On Christ, the solid rock I stand
When I need a shelter, when I need a friend
I go to the rock
I know He's the rock for my salvation
I know He's the stone that the builders rejected
I run to the mountain and the mountain stands by me
When the Earth all around me is sinking sand
On Christ, the solid rock I stand
When I need a shelter, when I need a friend
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
You can go to the rock
You can go to the rock
You can go to the rock
You can go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
I go to the rock
When the Earth all around me is sinking sand
On Christ, the solid rock I stand
When I need a shelter, when I need a friend
I go to the rock