Poet II

Poet II is a 1984 album by Bobby Womack. The album featured the hit duets with fellow soul legend Patti LaBelle on the top three R&B charted ballad, "Love Has Finally Come at Last" and the more modest follow-up, "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye" and the top 75 UK dance hit, "Tell Me Why".

Track listing

1. "Love Has Finally Come at Last" (Bobby Womack) – 5:36
2. "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye" (Chris Brubeck) – 3:52
3. "Through the Eyes of a Child" (Bobby Womack, Jim Ford) – 5:21
4. "Surprise, Surprise" (Bobby Womack, Jim Ford) – 3:38
5. "Tryin' to Get over You" (Bobby Womack, Jim Ford) – 4:16
6. "Tell Me Why" (Bobby Womack, Jim Ford) – 6:16
7. "Who's Foolin' Who" (Bobby Womack, Jim Ford) – 4:02
8. "I Wish I Had Someone to Go Home To" (Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack) – 3:47
9. "American Dream"(Bobby Womack, Jim Ford)

Personnel

• Bobby Womack - vocals, guitar
• Patti LaBelle - vocals
• Courtney Sappington, David T. Walker, George Benson, Robert Palmer - guitar
• David Shields - bass
• Michael Wycoff - keyboards
• Denzil "Broadway" Miller, Rusty Hamilton - synthesizer
• James E. Gadson - drums
• Fred Johnson - electronic drums
• Paulinho da Costa - percusssion
• Fernando Harkless, Fred Wesley, Harry Kim, Sidney Mulgrow, Thurmon Green, Wilton Felder - horns
• Dorothy Ashby - harp
• James Gadson, Kathy Bloxson, Regina Womack, The Valentinos, Luther Waters, Julia Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Waters - background vocals
• Dave Bloomberg - string arrangements
• Otis Smith - executive producer

"American Dream" contains an excerpt of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech of 1963.