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"Take Your Time (Do It Right)" is the first single by The S.O.S. Band. In the US, it reached the number one spot in the R&B singles chart and number three on the pop chart during the summer of 1980. On the dance chart, "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" went to number one for four non-consecutive weeks. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of two million copies. It is featured on their self-titled debut album S.O.S., which was released in 1980, the same year as the single.

The S.O.S. Band (sometimes written SOS Band; abbreviation for Sounds Of Success) is an American R&B and electro-funk group who gained fame in the 1980s. They are best known for the songs "Take Your Time (Do It Right)," "Just Be Good to Me," "Tell Me If You Still Care," and "The Finest."

The band was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. The original group members included Willie "Sonny" Killebrew (saxophone), Billy Ellis (flute), Jason "T.C." Bryant (keyboards), Bruno Speight (guitar), John Simpson (bass), James Earl Jones III (drums), and Mary Davis (lead vocals, keyboards). It was originally known as Santa Monica, but later changed its name to The S.O.S. Band- an acronym for Sounds of Success. After listening to its demo and being impressed with their sound, Tabu Records founder Clarence Avant signed the group to its first recording contract.

In 1980, the group released its first hit single, "Take Your Time (Do It Right)", which was certified platinum and sold over 2 million copies. Its debut album, S.O.S., went gold and sold over 800,000 copies. Trumpeter, vocalist, and percussionist Abdul Ra'oof joined the band while it was on a world tour.

In 1983, the band joined forces with then-new production team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who went on to craft a string of R&B hits for the group, which included "Just Be Good to Me," "High Hopes," "Tell Me If You Still Care," "Borrowed Love," "No One's Gonna Love You," "Just the Way You Like It," and "The Finest."

Let's do it
Let's do it
Let's do it
Let's do it

oo-ooh, baby
Let's do it
Take your time
Let's do it
oo-ooh

Come on, baby
Let's do it
Take your time
Let's do it

You know you ought to slow down
You been working too hard and that's a fact
Sit back and relax a while
Take some time to laugh and smile

Lay your heavy load down
So we can stop and kick back
It seems we never take the time to do
All the things we want to, yeah

Now, baby we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby, we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby, we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby, we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

The love I feel for you
You feel for me
One life is all we have to live
Our love is all we have to give, yeah

There are so many things for us
To do and see, yeah
Let's take some time to be alone
Lock the door pull out the phone, yeah

And baby we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby, we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby, we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Take your time
Take the time
Take the time
Take the time

Take your time
Take your time
Take your time

Take your time
Ooh baby, take your time
If it takes all night

You can do it, you can do it
You can do it, alright
You can do it, you can do it
To the early morning light

You can do it, come on baby
You can do it all night
Take your time, come on baby
Let's do it tonight

Take your time, baby
And take all night
You can do it, you can do it
Come on let's do it, do it right

Take your time, ooh baby
Come on let's do, let's do, let's do
Don't mind, ooh baby
You can do it, do it right

Take your time, let's do it
If it takes all night
Come on baby let's do it
To the early morning light

Let's do it, let's do it
Let's do it, do it right
Come on baby let's do it
If it takes all night

Come on baby, let's do it
Let's do it, do it right
Come on honey let's do it
If it takes all night

Let's do it, let's do it
Let's do it, do it right
Come on baby let's do it
If it takes all night

Come on honey, let's do it
Let's do it tonight
We can do it, we can do it
Let's do it, do it right

Baby we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby
Do it tonight

Baby we can do it
Take the time, do it right
We can do it, baby