Discover the story of the song > If I Ain T Got You – Alicia Keys

The protagonist is saying that some people in the world live for money, fame, power, or just to play games. They think that having physical things is important, but the protagonist has been there before and found it boring and superficial. She doesn't want any of those things. The only thing that matters to her is her partner. She doesn't need diamond rings or anything else. Without her partner, everything else in the world means nothing to her. She says that nothing in the whole world matters if she doesn't have her partner with her.