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Yes, T-Pain! Watch his flawless covers of 'Crazy,' Sam Cooke


So, we all knew T-Pain could really, really sing.

His famous NPR Tiny Desk Concert taught us that much:

And on Thursday evening, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga, the King of Autotune-turned-R&B crooner returned to NPR for an acoustic concert, reprising last year's unplugged performance with a set of new covers and old favorites.

He kicked off the night with a smoldering cover of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy.

Cee-Lo who?

Fittingly, he treated the crowd to slow-and-smooth takes on hits like Tipsy and Bartender, before dedicating an emotional version of Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come to his dad.

While rocking his glittery Hex tie and trademark glasses, naturally:

Anyone else still think this voice needs Autotune?

Not us:

After last night, we're gonna need a T-Pain covers album of all our favorite Motown classics, stat.

Watch some fan-shot footage of A Change Is Gonna Come below, and try not to get emotional:

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T-Pain - 'A Change Is Gonna Come'
The singer showed off his impressive voice, sans Autotune, at an exclusive NPR acoustic session.
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