B i o g r a p h y (by Richie Unterberger)
Perhaps because he didn't cross over to the pop audience as heavily as Motown's stars, it may be that the scope of Curtis Mayfield's talents and contributions have yet to be fully recognized. Judged merely by his records alone, the man's legacy is enormous. As the leader of the Impressions, he recorded some of the finest soul vocal group music of the 1960s. As a solo artist in the 1970s, he helped pioneer funk and helped introduce hard-hitting urban commentary into soul music. "Gypsy Woman," "It's All Right," "People Get Ready," "Freddie's Dead," and "Superfly" are merely the most famous of his many hit records. But Curtis Mayfield wasn't just a singer. He wrote most of his material at a time when that was not the norm for soul performers. He was among the first ' if not the very first ' to speak openly about African-American pride and community struggle in his compositions. As a songwriter and a producer, he was a key architect of Chicago soul, penning material and working on sessions by notable Windy City soulsters like Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler, Major Lance, and Billy Butler. In this sense, he can be compared to Smokey Robinson, who also managed to find time to write and produce many classics for other soul stars.
Mayfield was also an excellent guitarist, and his rolling, Latin-influenced lines were highlights of the Impressions' recordings in the '60s. During the next decade, he would toughen up his guitar work and production, incorporating some of the best features of psychedelic rock and funk. Mayfield began his career as an associate of Jerry Butler, with whom he formed the Impressions in the late '50s. After the Impressions had a big hit in 1958 with "For Your Precious Love," Butler, who had sung lead on the record, split to start a solo career. Mayfield, while keeping the Impressions together, continued to write for and tour with Butler before the Impressions got their first Top 20 hit in 1961, "Gypsy Woman." Mayfield was heavily steeped in gospel music before he entered the pop arena, and gospel, as well as doo wop, influences would figure prominently in most of his '60s work. Mayfield wasn't a staunch traditionalist, however. He and the Impressions may have often worked the call-and-response gospel style, but his songs (romantic and otherwise) were often veiled or unveiled messages of black pride, reflecting the increased confidence and self-determination of the African-American community. Musically he was an innovator as well, using arrangements that employed the punchy, blaring horns and Latin-influenced rhythms that came to be trademark flourishes of Chicago soul. As the staff producer for the OKeh label, Mayfield was also instrumental in lending his talents to the work of other Chi-town soul singers who went on to national success. With Mayfield singing lead and playing guitar, the Impressions had 14 Top 40 hits in the 1960s (five made the Top 20 in 1964 alone), and released some above-average albums during that period as well. Given Mayfield's prodigious talents, it was perhaps inevitable that he would eventually leave the Impressions to begin a solo career, as he did in 1970. His first few singles boasted a harder, more funk-driven sound; singles like "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Gonna Go" found him confronting ghetto life with a realism that had rarely been heard on record. He really didn't hit his artistic or commercial stride as a solo artist, though, until Superfly, his soundtrack to a 1972 blaxploitation film. Drug deals, ghetto shootings, the death of young black men before their time: all were described in penetrating detail.
Yet Mayfield's irrepressible falsetto vocals, uplifting melodies, and fabulous funk pop arrangements gave the oft-moralizing material a graceful strength that few others could have achieved. For all the glory of his past work, Superfly stands as his crowning achievement, not to mention a much-needed counterpoint to the sensationalistic portrayals of the film itself. At this point Mayfield, along with Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, was the foremost exponent of a new level of compelling auteurism in soul. His failure to maintain the standards of Superfly qualifies as one of the great disappointments in the history of black popular music. Perhaps he'd simply reached his peak after a long climb, but the rest of his '70s work didn't match the musical brilliance and lyrical subtleties of Superfly, although he had a few large R&B hits in a much more conventional vein, such as "Kung Fu," "So in Love," and "Only You Babe." Mayfield had a couple of hits in the early '80s, but the decade generally found his commercial fortunes in a steady downward spiral, despite some intermittent albums. On August 14, 1990, he became paralyzed from the neck down when a lighting rig fell on top of him at a concert in Brooklyn, NY. In the mid-'90s, a couple of tribute albums consisting of Mayfield covers appeared, with contributions by such superstars as Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, and Gladys Knight. Though no substitute for the man himself, these tributes served as an indication of the enormous regard in which Mayfield was still held by his peers. He died December 26, 1999 at the age of 57.
Little Child Runnin' Wild Pusherman Freddie's Dead Junkie Chase (Instrumental) Give Me Your Love (Love Song) Eddie You Should Know Better No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song) Think (Instrumental) Superfly Ghetto Child (1997 reissue Bonus track) Freddie's Dead (Theme From 'Superfly') - Single Mix
NON ALBUMS TRACKS - Misc -
Amen Choice of colors Duke of Earl Fool for you I'm So Proud Love's Sweet Sensation You Have Been Cheatin'
CURTIS (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go Last night I was so depressed And I went and got a Bible And I turned to the Book of Revelations And if people would just get, read the Bible And read the Book of Revelations They would really turn around and straighten up All we need to do, to get the good book And read it, put it to everyday life Sisters, niggers, whities, Jews, crackers Don't worry, if there's hell below We're all gonna go Ah Sisters Brothers and the whities Blacks and the crackers Police and their backers They're all political actors Hurry People running from their worries While the judge and the juries Dictate the law that's partly flawed Catcalling, love balling, fussing and cussing Top billing now is killing For peace no one is willing Kind of make you get that feeling Everybody smoke (everybody smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke) Use the pill and the dope (and the dope, dope, dope, dope) Educated fools From uneducated schools Pimping people is the rule Polluted water in the pool And Nixon talking about don't worry (don't worry, worry, worry, worry) He say don't worry (don't worry, worry, worry, worry) He say don't worry (don't worry, worry, worry, worry) He say don't worry (don't worry, worry, worry, worry) But they don't know There can be no show And if there's a hell below We're all gonna go (gonna go, gonna go, gonna go, go) Everybody praying And everybody saying But when come time to do Everybody's laying Just talking about don't worry (don't worry, worry, worry) They say don't worry (don't worry, worry, worry) They say don't worry (don't worry) They say don't worry Sisters Brothers and the whities Blacks and the crackers Police and their backers They're all political actors Smoke (smoke) The pill and the dope (and the dope, dope) Educated fools From uneducated schools Pimping people is the rule Polluted water in the pool And everybody saying don't worry (don't worry, worry) They say don't worry (don't worry, worry) They say don't worry (don't worry, worry) They say don't worry (don't worry, worry) But they don't know There can be no show And if there's a hell below We're all gonna go (gonna go, go) Lord, what we're gonna do Tell me what we gonna do If everything I say is true This ain't no way it ought to be If only all the mass could see But they keep talking 'bout don't worry They say don't worry They say don't worry They say don't worry The Other Side Of Town I'm from the other side of town Out of bounds To anybody who don't live around I never learned to share Or how to care I never had no teachings About being fair Depression is part of my mind The sun never shines On the other side of town The need here is always for more There's nothing good in store On the other side of town It's hard to do right In this filthy night Just plain simple comfort Is completely out of sight My little sister She hungry For bread to eat My brother's hand me down shoes Are now showing his feet Ghetto blues showed on the news All is aware But what the hell do they care You across the track Completely relaxed You take a warning fact Don't you never come back I'm from the other side of town Out of bounds To anybody who don't live around I never learned to share Or how to care I never had no teachings About being fair Depression is part of my mind The sun never shines On the other side of town The need here is always for more There's nothing good in store On the other side of town O baby it's hard to do right On the other side of town The Makings Of You A little sugar, honey suckle lamb Great expression of happiness Boy, you could not miss with a dozen roses Such would astound you The joy of children laughing around you These are the makings of you It is true, the makings of you, oh It's been a miracle for what you've done Please stay right by my side Two can be one for the righteous way to go Anyone would know I believe I thought I told you so You're second to none Love of all mankind should reflect some sign Of these words I'm trying to recite They're close, but not quite Almost impossible to do Reciting the makings of you The righteous way to go Little one would know Or believe if I told them so You're second to none The love of all mankind should reflect some sign Of these words I'm trying to recite They're close, but not quite Almost impossible to do Reciting the makings of you We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue We people who are darker than blue Are we gonna stand around this town And let what others say come true? We're just good for nothing they all figure A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where it's at? We people who are darker than blue This ain't no time for segregatin' I'm talking 'bout brown and yellow two High yellow girl, can't you tell You're just the surface of our dark deep well If your mind could really see You'd know your color the same as me Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story Get yourself together, learn to know your side Shall we commit our own genocide Before you check out your mind? I know we've all got problems That's why I'm here to say Keep peace with me and I with you Let me love in my own way Now I know we have great respect For the sister, and mother it's even better yet But there's the joker in the street Loving one brother and killing the other When the time comes and we are really free There'll be no brothers left you see We people who are darker than blue Don't let us hang around this town And let what others say come true We're just good for nothing they all figure A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where it's at? Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story Pardon me, brother, I know we've come a long, long way But let us not be so satisfied for tomorrow can be an An even brighter day Move On Up Hush now child and don't you cry Your folks might understand you by and by So in the mean time, move on up towards your destination Though you may find from time to time complications Bite your lip and take a trip Though there may be wet road ahead And you cannot slip so what you wanna do Just move on up for peace you will find Into the steeple of beautiful people where there's only one kind So hush now child and don't you cry Your folks might understand you by and by So what are we wanna do is move on up for a greater day But just you gonna make it, you put your mind to it, you can surely do it Take nothing less than the supreme best Do not obey for most people say 'cause you can past the test So what we have to do is move on up and keep on wishing Remember your dream is your only scheme so keep on pushing So hush now child and don't you cry Your folks might understand you by and by Move on up for a greater day but just you gonna make it You put your mind to it, you can surely do it Move on up, we can to move on up Move on up, move on child I wanna move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up We can to move on up, we can to move on up Miss Black America "Hello Daddy" "Hello baby, how is my love child?" "Fine" "Tell me, of all your dreams, what most do you hope to be when you become a big girl?" "Daddy, I would like to be Miss Black America" Hurringly stepping so proud Mother nature's only god child Society salutes you today And we'd like to say God bless Miss Black America Watch over Miss Black America She cried tears of success We wish her long happiness Miss Black America Sisters we're all so very proud Of that natural look we see among the crowd World wide admiration From nation to nation They love you Miss Black America We love you too Miss Black America You're such wonderful people And so beautifully equal Miss Black America A culture noone can deny If a young child should ask Then tell them why They should not be ashamed Of their past, just explain The true mother is Black America None other than Miss Black America She cried tears of success We wish her long happiness Miss Black America Miss Black America We're so proud of you Miss Black America Wild And Free Wild and free is the way I wanna be Making a new day Leading in a new way Respect for those people Power to the people Setting down the old crew Bringing in the brand new Wild and free, with peace finally Wild and free, is the way I want my life Natures way for me Without pain and strife Fighting what is wrong Across the world as well as home But respect for everybody's right Could be really out of sight Our great obligations Would not be bad situations If the young would be listened to For what they really know is true Respect for those people Power to the people The old people who worry 'bout me 'Cause I am so wild and free Wild and free, is the way I wanna be Making a new day Leading in a new way Respect for those people Power to the people Give It Up It is my theory The two of us are somewhat leery About the happiness We both set out to posses We've got all the comforts of life A few kids and you are my wife And I tell it like it is I must confess I'm gonna have to give it up I'm gonna have to give it up All concern and the trusts that never happened with us The walk of embraces and the love of our faces It never happened you see and I'm so sorry I really truly love you And the kids you must agree And I never had too much Concern or interest in astrology But as I read it must be so The invulnerable word incompatible No matter how much we try Our indifference but still show Now we've got give it up I'm gonna have to give it up All concern and the trusts that never happened with us The walk of embraces and the love of our faces It never happened you see and I'm so sorry Now we've got give it up, ooh child I've got to have to give it up Lord, have mercy Now I've got give it up, ooh I've got to give it up All concern and the trusts that never happened with us The walk of embraces and the love of our faces It never happened you see and I'm so sorry But now we've got to give it up What am I do? Child, we've got to give it up I'll be so lonely without you But now I've got to give it up Lord, forgive me, ooh I've got to give it up, ooh Now I've got to give it up Lord, I have to give it up CURTIS/LIVE ! Mighty Mighty (Spade And Whitey) Everybody's Talking About This Country's State We Get A New Power Every Hour Just About In Every Christian Fate We're Killing Up Our Leaders It Don't Matter None Black Or White And We All Know It's Wrong And We're Gonna Fight To Make It Right And Mighty, Mighty Spade And Whitey Your Black And White Power Is Gonna Be A Crumbling Tower And We Who Stand Divided So God d*** Undecided Give This Some Thought In Stupidness We've All Been Caught There Really Ain't No Difference If You're Cut You're Gonna Bleed Might I Get A Little Bit Deeper Human Life Is From The s**** Seed Now I'm Gonna Say It Loud I'm Just As Proud As The Brothers Too And Just Like The Rest I Don't Want No Mess About Who's Taking Who Repeat Rap #1 You know what's funny Sometimes I'll- (It is) So many steaks seem to get across To people to a country that That is so far advanced in the world You know, we seem to be able to do everything but get along There's even a bit of humour in it when you think of such people as ???, yeah Here's something that may sought to break it down to ya I plan to stay a believer I plan to stay a believer I plan to stay a believer I met a frlend of mine the other day He said he couldn't stay Because the world was going to end At the end of may Well, may done passed And everybody still sitting here on their ass With some talk They're now waiting for the judgment day But why wait, Why don't you look around Haven't you found, That the judgment day Is already in play For the black And now come time For the old faye And i plan to stay a believer I plan to stay a believer I plan to stay a believer I got an indian friend Who says he's some kin to another indian He says he's filled with hate Because his tribe they waited too late To protest the past Instead they just sat there on their ass Signing on the dotted line When they didn't have indian lawyers at that time We're over 20 million strong And it wouldn't take long To save the ghetto child If we'd get off our ass $10 a man yearly Think awhile 20 million times 10 yearly Would surely then set our brothers free What congregation with better relations Would demand more respect from society I plan to stay a believer I plan to stay a believer I plan to stay a believer We're A Winner We're a winner And never let anybody say Boy, you can't make it 'Cause a feeble mind is in your way No more tears do we cry And we have finally dried our eyes And we're movin' on up (movin' on up) Lawd have mercy We're movin' on up (movin' on up) We're living proof in alls alert That we're two from the good black earth And we're a winner And everybody knows it too We'll just keep on pushin' Like your leaders tell you to At last that blessed day has come And I don't care where you come from We're all movin' on up (movin' on up) Lawd have mercy We're movin' on up (movin' on up) Hey, hey We're movin' on up (movin' on up) Lawd have mercy We're movin' on up (movin' on up) I don't mind leavin' here To show the world we have no fear 'Cause we're a winner And everybody knows it too We'll just keep on pushin' Like your leaders tell you to At last that blessed day has come And I don't care where you come from We're just go move on up (movin' on up) Lawd have mercy We're movin' on up (movin' on up) We'll just keep on pushin' We're a winner Lawd, baby Everybody Hey, you know we're movin' on up We're a winner We've Only Just Begun We've only just begun to live White lace and promises A kiss for luck and we're on our way Before the rising sun we fly So many roads to choose We start our walking and learn to run Sharing horizons that are new to us Watching the signs along the way Talking it over just the two of us Working together day to day Together And when the evening comes we smile So much of life ahead We'll find a place where there's room to grow And yes we've just begun Sharing horizons that are new to us Watching the signs along the way Talking it over just the two of us Working together day to day Together And when the evening comes we smile So much of life ahead We'll find a place where there's room to grow And yes we've just begun People Get Ready People get ready There's a train a comin' You don't need no baggage You just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesels hummin' You don't need no ticket You just thank the Lord So people get ready There'a a train to Jordan Picking up passengers Coast to coast Faith is the key Open the doors and board them There's hope for all Among those loved the most There ain't no room For the hopeless sinner Who would hurt all mankind Just to save his own Have pity on those whose Chances grow thinner There's no hiding place Against the Kingdom's throne So people get ready There's a train a comin' You don't need no baggage You just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesels hummin' Don't need no ticket You just thank the Lord Stare And Stare Stare and stare I look across the aisle at the process he wears While people sitting back digging my nappy hair A sister standing and no one even cares We're all just riding with our nose in the air Another stop on the bus Some people boarding different color then us They hate to mingle but no one makes a fuss The thing about it, there's no one here we can trust Of all the Sunday times of preaching Where all the folks that the scripts been reachin' They're hard to find Like it's a crime to do of good and brotherhood Seems no one will and the only thrill Is doing bad and that's kind of sad So all I'm trying to say is what a way What a way to waste the day The black and the old Faye Working the same jobs for the pay But it seems here lately We have nothing to say Stare and stare I look across the aisle at the process he wears While people sitting back digging my nappy hair A sister standing and no one even cares We're all just riding with our nose in the air Another stop on the bus Some people boarding, different color than us They hate to mingle but no one makes a fuss The thing about it, there's no one here we can trust Of all the Sunday times of preachin' Here all the folks that the scrlpts been reachin' They're hard to find Like it's a crime to do of good and brotherhood Seems no one will and the only thrill Is doing bad and that's kind of sad So all I'm trying to say is what a way What a way to waste the day The black and the old Faye Working the same jobs for the pay But it seems here lately We have nothing to say Check Out Your Mind Here's something that you never had It's slid in on an oily rag The price is right up on the tag I'll put it in a brand new bag This thing will let you be yourself And won't offend nobody else Nothing like you ever saw And it's not against the law Why don't you check out your mind Been with you all the time People thinking they been took Just finding out they overlooked They never found the missing link Forgot they had a mind to think Why don't you check out your mind Been with you all the time Why don't you check out your mind Been with you all the time Check out your mind, check out your mind Check out your mind Trust in me and I in you No matter what you see me do I'm doing me for all I'm worth None do me better on this earth Why don't you check out your mind Been with you all the time Why don't you check out your mind Been with you all the time Why don't you check out your mind Been with you all the time Why don't you check out your mind Why don't you check out your mind Why don't you check out your mind Why don't you check out your mind Gypsy Woman From nowhere through a caravan Around the campfire light A lovely woman in motion With hair as dark as night Her eyes were like that of a cat in the dark That hypnotized me with love She was a gypsy woman She was a gypsy woman She danced around and round to a guitar melody From the fire her face was all aglow How she enchanted me Oh, how I'd like to hold her near And kiss and forever whisper in her ear I love you, gypsy woman I love you, gypsy woman All through the caravan She was dancing with all the men Waiting for the rising sun Everyone was having fun I hate to see the lady go Knowing she'll never know That I love her, I love her She was a gypsy woman A gypsy woman A gypsy woman A gypsy woman Stone Junkie Stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Times have now arrived in this nation There's now a people with a different relation Black and white, yellow, red and blue All in the same bag we know it's true They're just stone junkies Stone, stone junkies, stone junkies, stone, stone junkies Don't let your mind become offended miss Lady, 'cause you ain't no better than our typical Sadie You just got money, you can spend out at will But when comes aches and pains, you still use the pill I don't mean nothin', stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Mean nothin', stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Mean nothin', stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Mean nothin', stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Mean nothin', stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Mean nothin', stone junkie, stone, stone junkie Mean nothin', stone junkie, stone, stone junkie I know everybody whose heart is still thumping thing Now that might sound funky and I don't mean to mislead So you can retract the thought Is drinking, shooting, snorting, smoking on something Of you on drugs or on weed That ain't my business you know what you do I'm just singing for the majority of you Should I say, mister, stone junkie? Stone, stone junkie Stone, stone junkie ROOTS Get Down Get down, baby To the funky, funky, funky groove Get down, baby Let the light reflect upon your natural mood Get down, baby Your creative mood shall express itself Get down, baby After life and desire, there is nothing left We're all children of the world A hungry man in search for a hungry girl It's strange, so plain we're all cannibal The most wasted and two-faced of all animals Get down, get down Get down, get down Take my soul, baby When you real I can feel so much desire Take my soul, baby Life unfolds from my soul and it's all afire So get down, just get down Get down, baby As the rhythm shoots fire through your able soul Get down, baby Play the part like a pro in a perfect role Get down, baby To the funky, funky, funky groove Get down, baby Let the light reflect upon your natural mood One can never point out the actual path Of the mysterious need in a female's heart Man can only follow not knowing how His faith might erupt, and his only proud So get down, get down Get down, get down Get down Get down, baby To the funky, funky, funky groove Get down, baby Let the light reflect upon your natural mood Take my soul, baby Your creative mood shall express itself Take my soul, baby After life and desire there is nothing left Get down, get down Get down, get down Get down, get down Get down, get down Get down, get down Get down, get down Get down, get down Get down, get down Keep On Keeping On Everybody gather 'round and listen to my song I've only got one We who are young should now take a stand Don't run from the burdens of women and men Continue to give, continue to live for what you know is right Most of your life can be out of sight Withdraw from the darkness and look to the light For everyone's free At least that's the way it's supposed to be We just keep on keeping on We just keep on keeping on Many think that we have blown it But they too will soon admit That there's still a lot of love among us And there's still a lot of faith, warmth and trust When we keep on keeping on Before we dismiss, one thing I insist When you have your young, remember this song And our world surroundings Its leaps and bounds, ups and downs, is reality Teach them to be strong and when they are grown They can proudly imply that we were an alright guy For all the wrong now is right This nation's people are now united as one And we just keep on keeping on We just keep on keeping on Many think that we have blown it But they too will soon admit That there's still a lot of love among us And there's still a lot of faith, warmth and trust When we keep on keeping on Keep on keeping on, y'all Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on Keep on keeping on (Keep on keeping on) We got to move on up, y'all (We got to move on up) Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on Some years back I remember, still in my mind so well My mama made this one point clear and I find it never fails Never worry too long (Worry too long) About what goes wrong (About what goes wrong) Today in sorrow (Today in sorrow) We got joy tomorrow (We got joy tomorrow) Keep on keeping on (Keep on keeping on) Keep on, keep on (Keep on, keep on) We just keep on keeping on We just keep on keeping on Many think that we have blown it But they too will soon admit That there's still a lot of love among us And there's still a lot of faith, warmth and trust When we keep on keeping on We're gonna move on up (We're gonna move on up) Keep on keeping on (Keep on keeping on) Move on, move now (Move on, move now) Keep on keeping on (Keep on keeping on) Underground Underground We now have to deal with our own self-destruction We cannot live on the surface of our Earth any longer There is now pollution in every natural mineral and material taken from the land We have truly become a vast wasteland And now, underground How will we deal with our society of discrimination among people Near to Hell It's just as well What will become of our children Underground Familiar music Familiar sound There's mutual thoughts For the underground Long-range sight For an eternal night Future prophecy For the mass, you see There'll be equal stay And equal play The underground Where none can betray The underground The underground There will be no light So there can be no sight And you'll judge your fellow man, understand By what is right We'll all turn black, black, black, black, black So who's to know As a matter of fact Color, creed, and breed must go The underground The underground Familiar music Familiar sound There's mutual thoughts For the underground Long-range sight For an eternal night Future prophecy For the mass, you see The underground The underground The underground We Got to Have Peace We got have peace To keep the world alive and war to cease We got to have joy True in our hearts with strength we can't destroy People hear us Through our voice, the world knows there's no choice We're begging, save the children The little ones who just don't understand Give them a chance To breed their young and help purify the land People hear us (People hear us) Through our voice the world knows there's no choice And the people in our neighborhood They would if they only could Meet and shake the other's hand Work together for the good of the land Give us all an equal chance It could be such a sweet romance And the soldiers who are dead and gone If only we could bring back one He'd say "We've got to have peace" To keep the world alive and war to cease We got to have joy True in our hearts with strength we can't destroy People hear us (People hear us) Through our voice the world knows there's no choice And the people in our neighborhood They would if they only could Meet and shake the other's hand Work together for the good of the land Give us all an equal chance It could be such a sweet romance And the soldiers who are dead and gone If only we could bring back one He'd say "We've got to have peace" Ah-hah, we got to have peace Let the world know it Peace, peace, peace Ah-hah, we got to have peace People hear us Through our voice the world knows there's no choice Save the children Save the children Save the children And the people in our neighborhood They would if they only could Meet and shake the other's hand Work together for the good of the land Give us all an equal chance It could be such a sweet romance And the soldiers who are dead and gone If only we could bring back one He'd say "We've got to have peace" Lord, we got to have peace Let the people say it Peace, peace, peace Ah-hah, we got to have peace I say, peace, peace, peace Ah-hah, we got to have peace Peace, peace, peace Ah-hah, we got to have peace Beautiful Brother Of Mine Beautiful brother of mine Whatever may be your birth sign We are not of the same seed Although we are both the same breed Together we're truly Black power (Power) Learning to trust by the hour (Hour) Loving our women now more (We love more) Respecting what Black is now for And we've got love We've got love We've got love (We got love) We've got love (We got love) Beautiful sister of mine I'm glad we both think it's now time To really show what we can do Improving Black pride is now true At last we've outgrown Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom) Devoting more time in the slum (In the slum) Showing our own a new pride (We have pride) That makes us feel all good inside And we've got love We've got love We've got love (We got love) We got love At last the mass agree As how we want to be With love, respect and pride Success will be on our side, side At last we are now on the right case Inspiring the young of our race Pushing all opposition out Success is now without a doubt Beautiful brother of mine Whatever may be your birth sign We are not of the same seed Although we are both the same breed Together we're truly Black power (Power) Learning to trust by the hour (Hour) Loving our women now more (We love more) Respecting what Black is now for And we've got love We've got love We've got love (We got love) We got it (We've got love) Three centuries ago (We got love) Few people would know (We got love) That we the strong Black (We got love) Would survive the attack (We got love) After the paying finally (We got love) We set out to be free (We got love) Now what have we got? (We've got love) We got it (We got love) We got it (We got love) We got it (We got love) We've got love We've got love We've got love (We got love) We got it (We got love) Beautiful sister of mine I'm glad we both think it's now time To really show what we can do Improving Black pride is down truth At last we've outgrown Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom) Devoting more time in the slum (In the slum) Teaching our own a new pride (We have pride) That makes us feel all good inside And we've got love We've got love We've got love (We got love) We got love We got love (We got love) We got love We got it (We got love) We got love We got it (We got love) We got it Now You’re Gone Now you're gone Now you're gone You hurt me bad, I'm all too sad I didn't know I love you so Now you're gone You had a plan, another man Went off to hide, I could have died Now you're gone What shall I do? My world is blue This isn't true, my life is through Now you're gone I want you back, how do I act To make contact and get respect Now you're gone I lay and sigh, the other guy He was my friend and part of kin Now you're gone And I never loved nobody Who's been mean to me, never did I've got a heart full of stone, a heart full of stone And I hate the misery And then you, and then you And then you, and then you Came along And you had to come along Destroying me more And now you're gone Now you're gone What shall I do? My world is blue This isn't true, my life is through You had a plan, another man Went off to hide, I could have died I want you back, how do I act To make contact and get respect? You hurt me bad, I'm all too sad I didn't know I love you so And now you're gone Now you're gone Now you're gone Now you're gone Now you're gone What shall I do? My world is blue This isn't true, my life is through Now you're gone You hurt me bad, I'm all too sad I didn't know I love you so Now you're gone You had a plan, another man Went off to hide, I could have died Now you're gone, now you're gone I lay and sigh, the other guy He was my friend and part of kin Love To Keep You In My Mind Through loving you I seem to feel a spirit Deep inside of me, preciously guiding me My woman of all women dear to me Forever love me, for I need you constantly Spirit and Holy Ghost in me Help me to keep this love I need She is so much like your touch divine Drinking and getting high on wine Wanting to love you all the time Just love to keep you in my mind Just love to keep you in my mind Your face is so mysteriously kind I bet that love is partial to your sign Somehow I do believe that you are mine Proving in a natural way things that I could never think to say Spirit and Holy Ghost in me Help me to keep this love I need She is so much like your touch divine Drinking and getting high on wine Wanting to love you all the time Just love to keep you in my mind Just love to keep you in my mind The magic that you secretly possess Ooh, I must confess, must be working at its best My love for you is one you'll always know Wherever we may go, you will find that it is so Spirit and Holy Ghost in me Help me to keep this love I need She is so much like your touch divine Drinking and getting high on wine Wanting to love you all the time Just love to keep you in my mind I just love to keep you in my mind
SuperflY OST
Little Child Runnin' Wild
Little child Runnin' wild Watch a while You see he never smiles Broken home Father gone Mama tired So he's all alone Kind of sad Kind of mad Ghetto child Thinkin' he's been had In the back of his mind he's sayin' Didn't have to be here You didn't have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child Why couldn't they just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be One room shack On the alley-back Control, I'm told From across the track Where is the mayor Who'll make all things fair He lives outside Our polluted air And I didn't have to be here You didn't have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child Why couldn't they just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be I got a jones Runnin' through ma' bones I'm sorry son All your money's gone Painful rip In my upper hip I guess it's time To take another trip Don't care what nobody say I got to take the pain away It's getting worser day by day And all my life has been this way Can't reason with the pusherman Finance is all that he understands 'You junkie, mama cries, you know' Would rip her, but I love her so Love her so, now....
Pusherman
I'm your mama I'm your daddy I'm that nigga in the alley I'm your doctor When in need Want some coke Have some weed You know me I'm your friend Your main boy Thick and thin I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman Ain't I clean Bad machine Super cool Super mean Dealin' good For The Man Superfly Here I stand Secret stash Heavy bread Baddest bitches in the bed I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman Silent life of crime A man of odd circumstance A victim of ghetto demands Feed me money for style And I'll let you trip for a while Insecure from the past How long can a good thing last Oh no, no, no Got to be mellow, y'all Got to get mellow, now Pusherman gettin' mellow, y'all Heavy mind Every sign Makin' money All the time My 'E ID' And just me For all junkies to see Ghetto Prince Is my thing Makin' love's How I swing I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman Two bags, please For a generous fee Make your world what you want it to be Got a woman I love desperately Wanna give her somethin' better than me Been told I can't be nothin' else Just a hustler in spite of myself I know I can break it This life just don't make it Lord, Lord, yeah Got to get mellow, now Gotta be mellow, y'all Got to get mellow, now I'm your mama I'm your daddy I'm that nigga in the alley I'm your doctor When in need Want some coke Have some weed You know me I'm your friend Your main boy Thick and thin I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman Lord, Lord
Freddie's Dead
Hey, hey Love, love Yeah, yeah Huh, huh Freddie's dead That's what I said Let the man rap a plan; 'said he'd send him home But his hope was a rope, and he should have known It's hard to understand There was love in this man I'm sure all would agree That his misery Was his woman and things Now Freddie's dead That's what I said Everybody's misused him Ripped him off and abused him Another junkie playin' Pushin' dope for the man A terrible blow, but that's how it go A Freddie's on the corner now If you wanna be a junkie, wow Remember, Freddie's dead We're all built up with progress But sometimes I must confess We can deal with rockets and dreams But reality What does it mean Ain't nothing said 'Cause Freddie's dead Hey, hey Love, love Hey, hey Yeah, yeah Huh, huh Love, love Yeah, yeah Huh, huh Yeah, yeah Freddie's dead All I want is some peace of mind With a little love I'm trying to find This could be such a beautiful world With a wonderful girl I need a woman child Don't wanna be like Freddie now 'Cause Freddie's dead Hey, hey Yeah, yeah If you don't try You're gonna die Why can't we brothers Protect one another No one's serious And it makes me furious Don't be misled Just think of Fred Everybody's misused him Ripped him up and abused him Another junkie plan Pushin' dope for the man A Freddie's on the corner now If you wanna be a junkie, why Remember Freddie's dead Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh Freddie's dead Hey, hey Huh, huh Love, love Huh, huh Huh, huh Hey, hey Love, love
Give Me Your Love Give me your love Give me your love Give me your love Give me your love Give me your love I want you so baby Can't even get mad at you What a thing You really swing And I feel so good it's true You're such a gun Make my lungs sigh Breathin' in the air Through lovin' you I really know, child Just how much I care Give me your love Give me your love Give me your love Give me your love Give me your love Give me your love Preparing for tomorrow You do what you have to do I'll share the weight Whatever fate Plans to bring to you Don't worry 'bout no attitude You just be yourself Could live with you In solitude And need no one else Give me your love Give me your love Give me your love, love Give me your love Give me, give me
*** Thanx a lot to Lgw who corrected this one ***
Eddie You Should Know Better Eddie, you should know better Brother, you know you're wrong Think of the tears and fears You bring to your folks back home They'd say, "Where did he go wrong, My Lord?" We planned and worked hard From the very start Tried to make him better Than all the rest But the brother proved to be So much less Eddie is everybody's friend But sometimes we wonder now and then The only time he'll choose you When theres's something to lose through His personal loss And the friend pays the cost All the time Must be something' that's freezin' his mind That has made him, through greed, so very blind And I don't think he's gonna make it this time
*** Thanx a lot to Lgw for this one ***
No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song)
I've met many people over the years And in my opinion I have found that People are the same everywhere They have the same fears Shed similar tears Die in so many years The oppressed seem to have suffered the most In every continent - coast to coast Now our lives are in the hands of The Pusherman We break it all down In hopes that you might understand Don't make no profit for The Man I'm so glad I've got my own So glad that I can see My life's a natural high The man can't put no thing on me I'm so glad I've got my own So glad that I can see My life's a natural high The man can't put no thing on me There's somethin' kinda funny How The Man take your money He's shrewd as he can be In such a way you'll never see It's a terrible thing inside When your natural high has died The weaker turn to dope And put all aside their hope I'm so glad I've got my own So glad that I can see My life's a natural high The man can't put no thing on me I'm so glad I've got my own So glad that I can see My life's a natural high The man can't put no thing on me Twinkling twinkling grains They do all sorts of things While your inner mind is pleased Your conscience is only teased... More and more you feed Until you grow another need Playing fantasy You have no reality I'm so glad I've got my own So glad that I can see My life's a natural high The man can't put no thing on me I'm so glad I've got my own So glad that I can see My life's a natural high The man can't put no thing on me Sit down and take a listen This may be something that you're missin' I know your mind, You want it funky But you don't have to be no junkie Just be glad you've got your own So glad that I can see My life's a natural high The Man can't put no thing on me I'm so glad I've got my own So glad that I can see My life's a natural high The man can't put no thing on me Sure is funky Sure is funky I ain't no junkie I ain't no junkie Sure is funky Sure is funky I ain't no junkie I ain't no junkie I'm so glad I've got my own So glad that I can see...
Superfly Darkest of night With the moon shining bright There's a set goin' strong Lotta things goin' on The man of the hour Has an air of great power The dudes have envied him for so long Oooh, Superfly You're gonna make your fortune by and by But if you lose, don't ask no questions why The only game you know is Do or Die Ah-ha-ha Hard to understand What a hell of a man This cat of the slum Had a mind, wasn't dumb But a weakness was shown 'Cause his hustle was wrong His mind was his own But the man lived alone Oooh, Superfly You're gonna make your fortune by and by But if you lose, don't ask no questions why The only game you know is Do or Die Ah-ha-ha The game he plays he plays for keeps Hustlin' times and ghetto streets Tryin' to get over That's what he tryin' to do, y'all Taking all that he can take Gambling with the odds of fate Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Woo, Superfly, huh, huh The aim of his role Was to move a lot of blow Ask him his dream What does it mean? He woudn't know "Can't be like the rest" Is the most he'll confess But the time's running out And there's no happiness Oooh, Superfly You're gonna make your fortune by and by But if you lose, don't ask no questions why The only game you know is Do or Die Ah-ha-ha Superfly Superfly, huh Superfly Huh, Superfly Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over Tryin' to get over
Ghetto Child Little child, runnin' wild Watch a while, you see he never smiles Broken home, father gone Mama tired so he's all alone Kind of sad, kind of mad Ghetto child, thinkin' he's been had But I can just hear him In the back of his mind sayin' Didn't have to be here You didn't have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child Why couldn't y'all just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be Little child, runnin' wild Watch a while, you see he never smiles Broken home, daddy gone Mama tired and he's all alone Kind of sad, oh, baby, kind of mad Ghetto child, thinkin' he's been had And I can just hear him sayin' I didn't have to be here You didn't have to love for me While I was just a nothin' child Why couldn't they just let me be Let me be, let me be, let me be Ain't got no money
Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly) - Single Mix
Freddie's dead That's what I said Let the man rap a plan; 'said he'd send him home But his hope was a rope, and he should have known Everybody's misused him Ripped him off and abused him Another junkie playin' Pushin' dope for the man A terrible blow, but that's how it go A Freddie's on the corner now If you wanna be a junkie, wow Remember, Freddie's dead We're all built up with progress But sometimes I must confess We can deal with rockets and dreams But reality What does it mean Ain't nothing said 'Cause Freddie's dead Huh, huh Love, love Yeah, yeah Huh, huh Yeah, yeah Freddie's dead All I want is some peace of mind With a little love I'm trying to find This could be such a beautiful world With a wonderful girl I need a woman child Don't wanna be like Freddie now 'Cause Freddie's dead Everybody's misused him Ripped him up and abused him Another junkie plan Pushin' dope for the man A Freddie's on the corner now If you wanna be a junkie, why Remember Freddie's dead Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh Freddie's dead
Back To The World Back To The World Back in the world Back in the world Back in the world Back in the world Crawlin' through the trees Stuck in mud up to the knees Fightin' this damn war Wonderin' if the Lord knows what it's for Six long years stretch And we boys was in a hell of a mess I gotta keep my mind; take it slow Fightin' hard for what I don't know I wanna get back home, gotta get back home Back to the world I had a talk with little mom Strenuous face as she began to hum She said: Boy, it's good to see ya My prayers must've been with ya And now that you're back and done Let me tell ya, son The war was never won The war was never won In these city streets everywhere You gotta be careful where you move your feet How you part your hair Do you really think that God could ever forgive this life we live Back in the world Back in the world Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh My, my, my, my It's so hard, it's so hard, it's so hard This life is so hard I've been beaten up and robbed Soldier boy ain't got no job Back in the world Had a long stretch of sacrifice Gettin' back home will be awful nice Child, your woman has long been gone The doggone war just lasted too long People don't give a damn People don't give a damn People don't give a damn So I'm standin' here in future shock It can give the mind an awful knock Talkin' 'bout hard times, hard times, hard times Back in the world Oh-oh-oh My, my, my, my, my, my It's so hard, it's so hard This life is so hard I been beaten up and robbed Soldier boy ain't got no job Back in the world Back in the world Uh huh, back in the world Back in the world Uh huh, uh huh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh My, my, my, my It's so hard, it's so hard, it's so hard This life is so hard Back in the world Ooh ooh ooh hoo Ooh ooh ooh hoo Ooh ooh ooh hoo My, my, my, my Back in the world Back in the world Forgiveness instead of amnesty Simple words that seem so clear to me Forgive our country Forgive your man, wastin' love for hate Truth from honesty is true We don't seem to know what to do, do Yeah, yeah, yeah Back in the world Future shock Hey, little sister, where's your brother See your mother standing on the soup line God bless your father Ain't got the strength to be bothered The almighty world hear me now Was bound to weigh him down We got to stop all men From messing up the land When won't we understand This is our last and only chance Everybody, it's a future shock Future shock, future shock Future shock, future shock All worldly figures playing on niggers Oh, see them passing See how they're dancing to the superfly Oh, ain't it wrong when you don't know where we come from Dancing in our youth Dying at the truth, to get over (Over, over, get over) We got to stop all men From messing up the land When won't we understand This is our last and only chance Everybody, it's a future shock Future shock, future shock Future shock, future shock The price of the meat Higher than the dope in the street Is it any wonder For those with nothing to eat We got to stop all men From messing up the land When won't we understand This is our last and only chance Everybody, it's a future shock Future shock, future shock Future shock, future shock Right on for the Darkness I am blind and I cannot see You are there, your petty evil don't bother me You're playing all the clothes you wear Laugh at me, pressed and clean, and I don't care Right on for the darkness Right on for the darkness You pity fools, you pity fools You better have some sympathy, yeah 'Cause it's the educated people Running the lives of our society Makin' up the rules Holdin' back the schools Lot of greed, lot of temptation Prooves one thing, we're a hell of a nation Right on for the darkness Right on, right on Right on, right on Right on, right on Right on, right on for the darkness Right on for the darkness I am blind and I can't see how to understand What do we mean for justice Is there really levels to demand? All man, you know you must Regain all your children's trust Right on for the darkness Right on for the darkness Right on for the darkness Right on, right on Right on, right on for the darkness Right on We're in a messy world of tears Through the ices' everyone will see I can hear the people's fears The world put a heavy weight on me Right on for the darkness Right on, right on Right on, right on for the darkness I am blind and I cannot see You are there, your petty evil don't bother me You're playing all the clothes you wear Laugh at me, pressed and clean, and I don't care Right on for the darkness Right on for the darkness Right on for the darkness
Future Song (Love a Good Woman, Love a Good Man) Heavenly father (Testify) Heavenly father (I got to testify) Heavenly father (Testify) Heavenly father Don't leave your woman playing on your ego Don't let go your man for what the girls think they know Keep him, keep him arms hold tight (Heavenly father) Love her, daddy, with all your might (Heavenly father) Hold him, hold him baby, never let go (Heavenly father) Remember, maturity is just as we know (Heavenly father) Take care of your woman Take care of your man Take care of your woman Take care of your man In time, you will see, it's been proven (Heavenly father) That a love like ours is such a loss when losin' (Heavenly father) Whatever it might be through our society (Heavenly father) It's we, the people in love, who makes a family (Heavenly father) The good Lord above (Heavenly father) Put us here for love (Heavenly father) So take care of your woman (Heavenly father) Take care of your man (Heavenly father) Look at yourself, you ain't too much to look at Shame on yourself, you simple human being What does it mean without love for another? How can nothing be anything Heavenly father Heavenly father Heavenly father (Got to testify) Heavenly father (Testify) Heavenly father Heavenly father Heavenly father Heavenly father Heavenly father Don't care about astrology If it's good, it all can be Don't care about our fallen ways We'll work it out, for goodness sakes Heavenly father (Got to testify) Heavenly father (Testify) Heavenly father Heavenly father Take care of your woman Take care of your man Take care of your woman Take care of your man Yeah (Heavenly father) Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord (Heavenly father) Take care, take care Take care Take care Take care Take care of your woman (Heavenly father) Take care of your man (Heavenly father) If I Were Only a Child Again If I were only a child again No one's ever been, oh, good to me since then Everywhere I looked it seemed so color bright There were never such things to me as black and white The idea of just going, letting all come what may Yesterday to the latest, everything seems quite okay Remember when we were part of that precious few Everything it seemed was so pure and true I guess we were just too young to understand The unselfish cause of death and war and roles of man Only, only, only a child Only, only, only a child Only, only, only a child Only a child again, hey, hey If I were only a child again I would never want to venture life like this again People of the world hurling sticks and stones Like the sore fates of one come up and break my bones Only, only, only a child If I were only a child again And have the ability to understand I'd speak for little people from the date of birth And ask the grown ups, when will there be peace on earth Grown ups, when will there be peace on earth Brother, when will there be peace on earth Only, only, only a child Only, only, only a child Only, only, only a child Only a child again, hey, hey Only, only, only a child Only, only, only a child Can’t Say Nothin’ Oh, yeah, one time for me Do it Do it to me now Do it to me now Do it, do it, do it Do it to me now Yeah, yeah Can't say nothin' Say nothin' You know everything I'm talking about No need to claim it to myself When you know everything Coming out of my mouth I can't say nothin' But if you do me wrong all the time It won't take too long You put a spell on me Imagine if you could see Just don't make me do my thing It can be so hard for me Let me give you love Let me give you love Can't say nothin' Keep on Trippin’ Your love's so satisfying and now you keep denying Child, you don't hear what you're missing So much I want to give ya Let go of the love that's in ya Say you got an answer, but it's my opinion You just keep on trippin', keep on lippin' Go on about your worldly airs But before there's a total loss and you nail us to the cross What about the men you claim affairs? You just keep on trippin' Keep on Keep on trippin' Keep on trippin' Keep on Keep on trippin' Take what I have to offer But my girl, I think I've lost her going to another other than me I don't know what you've been smoking But I'm laying here still hoping trippin' will bring you back to me We're still a perfect match and I've rather grown attached I know I love you tenderly But just try to understand, selfish trying to be your man Tonight, I'm just another human being loving you Keep on trippin' Keep on Keep on trippin' Keep on trippin' Keep on Keep on trippin' Sweet Exorcist Ain't Got Time Child I'm a fool for ya Ain't too proud of that For when it comes to love and pride Pride is something that I seem to lack Our relation's in danger And you act like a stranger But this time I'm not flyin' 'Cause I ain't got the time Make a mess of me Which wasn't supposed to be We were supposed to change It couldn't be arranged Your mama's son And sisters do All here today Unite and true She acts in love I help myself Distrust your sign Ain't got no time Playin' with you And you didn't cut me loose I won't say that we're losers It's just a mutual choosin' 'Cause what is yours is mine Is just yours in my mind You're not convincing my mind 'Cause I ain't got the time Our love had gone to blow Can't get hung up no more And now ain't nothin' left Get up and help yourself You double-cross Your lover's boss Ignored advice And blew our lives Your useless prayer I cannot bare It wasn't fair You should have cared Ain't got it Ain't got it Ain't got it Ain't got it Ain't got it Ain't got it Your mama's son And sisters do All here today Unite and true She acts in love I help myself Distrust your sign Ain't got no time Ain't got it Ain't got it Ain't got it Ain't got it You double-cross Your lover's boss Ignored advice And blew our lives Your useless prayer I cannot bare It wasn't fair You should have cared Ain't got it Ain't got it Ain't got it Ain't got it Sweet Exorcist Come unto me Lord Come unto me Lord Come unto me Lord Come unto me Lord Come unto me Lord Can I call this living Letting the world take me Out of my mind With such heavy burdens It's hard for one to think sometimes I'm so down with depression But, ain't no use in me killing myself With your values gone In this world there's hardly nothing left Sweet Sweet Such restlessness, such emphasis, sweet exorcist Woman I love you Sometimes it's raining And all around It's like a thickening cloud But the love she gives It makes me feel so black and proud So very mystifying Flutters my heart like the Lord Is calling me home Oh baby, you make it so hard for a man to sleep alone Sweet Sweet Such restlessness, such emphasis, sweet exorcist Woman I love you I believe in the spirit I know I believe in the spirit Traveling soul, was alone part of me Out in this world It don't take your eyes long to see Sweet Sweet Such restlessness, such emphasis, sweet exorcist Woman I love you To Be Invisible To be invisible Will be my claim to fame A man with no name That way, I won't have to feel the pain Indispensable Just a plain old human being Today, don't mean a thing In a world that's so mean A world that seems not for me So privately, I'll be invisible That way, I won't have to explain a thing, if you know what I mean I won't even have to be here, on the scene It's so ridiculous But the strife and the bliss Will go right on through, right on through me To have missed All the things that hurt your soul No one would ever know They'd never know Life so preciously Just don't seem to be As free as they claim freedom to be Things are going fast To have found that all is in the past To have to take what you can get Sure can make a heart upset Inconspicuous I must behave myself For somebody else Who may have a little fame, fortune and wealth It's so ridiculous But the strife and the bliss Will go right on through, right on through me To have missed A world that seems not for me So privately, I'll be invisible That way, I won't have to explain a thing, if you know what I mean I won't even have to be here, on the scene It's so ridiculous But the strife and the bliss Will go right on through, right on through me To have missed All the things that hurt your soul No one would ever know They'd never know Life so preciously Just don't seem to me As free as they claim freedom to be Things are going fast To have found that all is in the past To have to take what you can get Sure can make a heart upset So I'll be invisible Invisible Invisible Power To The People We want the power for the people That's all we ask in our country dear The sick and the hungry are unable Protect them and those who may live in fear We as the young wish to say in this song God bless great America We give thanks to the old for acheiving their goal It is now up to us and we know we must build up a trust And we want the power for the people That's all we ask in our country dear The sick and the hungry are unable Protect them and those who may live in fear Power for the people Power for the people Power for the people Hardening crimes is a part of the times and it's rough for some people to live Disease can move fast but it don't have to last It is now the nation's turn for all to be concerned We can be freer still, it is the people's will And bring back the power for the people That's all we ask in our country dear The sick and the hungry are unable Protect them and those who may live in fear Power for the people Power for the people Power for the people Power for the people Power for the people Power We want the power for the people That's all we ask in our country dear The sick and the hungry are unable Kung Fu Our days of comfort, days of night Don't put yourself in solitude Who can I trust with my life When people tend to be so rude? My mama borned me in a ghetto There was no mattress for my head But, no, she couldn't call me Jesus I wasn't white enough, she said And then she named me, (y'all), Kung Fu Don't have to explain it, no, Kung Fu Don't know how you'll take it, (here), Kung Fu I'm just trying to make it, (love), Kung Fu I've got some babies and some sisters My brother worked for Uncle Sam It's just a shame, ain't it, Mister? We being brothers of the damned But loving brings about a difference You are my love...I do believe Shall we join hands for tomorrow? Don't carry nothin' up your sleeve Keep your head high, Kung Fu I will 'til I die, yeah, Kung Fu Don't be too intense, no, Kung Fu Keep your common sense, yeah, Kung Fu Don't be mistaken for a secret There is no secret part of you You bet your life if you think wicked (don't think wicked child) Someone else is thinking wicked, too Keep your head high, Kung Fu I will 'til I die, yeah, Kung Fu Don't be too intense, no, Kung Fu Keep your common sense, yeah, Kung Fu Our days of comfort, days of night Don't put yourself in solitude Who can I trust with my life When people tend to be so rude? My mama borned me in a ghetto There was no mattress for my head But, no, she couldn't name me Jesus I wasn't white enough, she said And then she named me, (y'all), Kung Fu Don't have to explain it, no, Kung Fu Don't know how you'll take it, (here), Kung Fu I'm just trying to make it, (love), Kung Fu (Y'all), Kung Fu Yeah, Kung Fu Suffer Standing here alone Looking up to the sky Even the stars seem to be mated And I ask myself why I can't understand why I never made a play When you were so pretty to me in every way Why couldn't I see you were in love with me Why didn't I know just which way to go Now I cannot forget Standing here with the fear And now I must suffer Oh everybody know this woman I loved What will I become Loneliness gleams with the sun But dear for me I already see I don't want you away from me If only I wasn't so blind And gave you some kind of sign This might not have been Yes it's me standing out looking in Throw your heart out the door I guess I won't do it no more Now I got to suffer The woman I loved It seems sometimes in life You waste a sacrifice The lack of the love you show her Can show her the things right on out the door Why couldn't I see you were in love with me This might not have been Yes its me standing out looking in Throw your heart out the door Guess I won't do that no more Now I got to suffer The loss of the woman I loved It seems sometimes in life You waste your sacrifice I don't know what come over me Just got to let it be Suffer I got to suffer Suffer Got to Got to Got to suffer Got to suffer Got to suffer Got to suffer Got to suffer Make Me Believe in You Ain't a girl to be found Without a mouth for BS-ing You just remember I'm hip to the lip Before you ask any questions I ain't for no hard rappin' So you can stop with your hot lips slappin' It's gonna be, girl, a rotten shame If I find that you're playin' in a game Make me believe in you Show me your love can be true Do anything you want me to do Make me believe in you Keepin' filled with all your temptation You know it leaves me with no inspiration Another child playin' on me May have a hard time succeedin', you see You don't seem quite like the others Respectin' me and your sisters and brothers It would be awful, awful sad To give love and you treat me so bad Make me believe in you Show me your love can be true Do anything you want me to do Make me believe, make me believe in you Ain't a girl to be found Without a mouth for BS-ing You just remember I'm hip to the lip Before you ask any questions I ain't for no hard rappin' So you can cut out that hot lip slappin' Gonna be awful, awful sad To give love and you treat it so bad Make me believe in you Show me your love can be true Do anything you want me to do Just make me believe Make me believe Make me believe
Got To Find A Way Love Me (Right In The Pocket) This girl I met this morning She lives around the corner She really turned me on In such a short time, it wasn't long I know I've got to see her I've got to see her Cos my heart and soul is in he I can't wait another day Shes got to see this thing my way So I'm asking you, girl Try and understand I'm an unusual man And child I just gotta let you know That I love you so What are we gonna do It seems my life depends on you Oh baby Love me right in the pocket And let me flow through the socket Don't let nobody knock it You gonna like it when we rock it Oh baby this feeling so thrilling Like we're both laying down Oh baby you make mе so willing Tell it all over town Oh yeah I hopе you won't be bitter If I ask you to consider With me a sweet romance Why don't we both give ourselves a chance Baby, I long to be good to you And I hope you'll be good to me too Let's not be strangers There is no danger Time doesn't change us ??? first that we trust Love me right in the pocket And let me flow through the socket Don't let nobody knock it You gonna like it when we rock it Oh baby this feeling so thrilling Like we're both laying down Oh baby you make me so willing Tell it all over town Oh yeah Love me right in the pocket Love me right in the pocket Through the socket Nobody knock it Don't you like it when we rock it Oh baby Like we're both laying down I'll tell it all over town Yeah Right in the pocket Right in the pocket In the pocket In the socket Knock it Don't you like it Don't you like it Oh baby Oh baby Tell it Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Right in the pocket Love me right in the pocket Love me right in the pocket Love me right in the pocket Love me right in the pocket Love me right Love me right And let me flow through the socket Don't let nobody rock it Oh baby Oh baby Like we're both laying Oh baby Oh baby Tell it all over town Love me right in the pocket Love me right Love me right Love me right So You Don’t Love Me So there's nothing left What can I say other than take care of yourself Till the ends of the earth, I suppose There's everyone's worldly vow But somehow it seems mine Have seem to have stopped half way Maybe I wanna let things just come with me So you don't love me I am not accusing you Do what you think you are oughta do For it's just one thing and then another Like you don't love me So you don't love me We'd given it all a final try You've hurt me so bad I could have died But ain't no hard feelings I won't worry my mind with such dealings So you don't love me In a world already filled with misery I have no intentions to let my spirit come right on me Live on through the years, keep some proud on my face The scar of the disgrace, I guess I got to find me a better place Wherever you might be, keep yourself alright Every heart I suppose got to slip out little light Hope the other cares as much I used to do Keep your love life true, keep your love life true You don't love me In a world already filled with misery I have no intentions to let my spirit come right on me Live on through the years and keep some proud on my face The scar of the disgrace, I guess I got to find me a better place So I am not accusing you Do what you think you oughta do For it's just one thing and then another So you don't love me So you don't love me So you don't love me You don't love me You don't love me So you don't love me So you don't love me You don't love me You don't love me You don't love me So you don't love me You don't love me So you don't love me A Prayer A prayer, just what would I say Speak of those who?re around Who pray for you everyday Everybody know we are just people In the people's hands Bless the soul of our man That we might understand All of my life I've longed to be close Nearer to someone I thought would need me the most Have no fear, your God is near Just say a little prayer Nothin' beats a failure but I try With this one life to die for I wanna satisfy with love Just what would I do Allow your mind to improve And keep yourself very, very clear All can be forgiven Now there's still hope for the living Say a little prayer Nothin' beats a failure but I try With this one life to die for I wanna satisfy A prayer, just what would I say Speak of those who need your love And who pray for you everyday Everybody knows we are just people In the people's hands So keep a little prayer Everybody knows we are just people In the people's hands So say a little prayer (Our Father) Say a little prayer (Who art in Heaven) Say a little prayer (Hallowed be Thy name, in kingdom come) Yeah, yeah (Thy will be done, amen) Mother’s Son Raining and the weather's foul Think I better rest a while Mother, mother's son Think I'll make a great big kiss Pray they don't need much to cease Mother, mother's son Get down and get funky Watch out for damn junkies Mother, mother's son Mother Mother's son Mother In the street with the people you meet Getting tired, want something to eat Mother, mother's son No, you won't be a superstar But try to be the child you are Mother, mother's son Can't let 'em fool ya Or we'll have to school you Mother, mother's son Mother, mother's son Can't get no wilder When they get you in front of a gun Just thinking not giving Makes life not worth living Can't let 'em fool ya Or we'll have to school ya Know you want to be a superstar But try to be the child you are Cannot Find Way People cross the country They all protest the same old news The white and black The rich and poor Find were all standing in the same old shoes We just cannot find a way We cannot find a way Preacher man preacher man Find ??? the best he can But the taxi bridge seems obsolete And ??? something still over the land We just cannot find a way Who can find a way We got style Cadillacs and rockets to the moon Name your thing whatever means can be madе for you real soon Work to make a dollar but you in the hand I cannot cry can't afford to diе ??? like a superman Who can find a way Who can find a way ??? Ain’t No Love Lost Been layin' with you, girl, a many a year Suffered your every weakness And shared with you every tear Stood lookin' like a fool Claimin' you all mine When I know what you was doin' People doin' it all the time Who am I to say How women are supposed to play You claim not to deceive me And now you wanna leave me Ain't no love Ain't no love Ain't no, ain't no Ain't no love lost Ain't no love lost I guess you've not become Miss Casanova And with a little luck you make it over You may not know That with another love's hard to find And what's been played on me Can be played on you in time Who am I to say How women are supposed to play You claim not to deceive me And now you wanna leave me Ain't no love Ain't no love Ain't no love lost Ain't no love lost You told me long ago That you really love me so And now you've gone and left And I'm here by myself Do you wanna know my feelings What is really in my heart Go on about your business From you, girl, I don't want no part And it's such a shame to think you've got it made Was mad on what you've learned, it's just on how you play And whoever's next, a simple ??? It's better when you're gone 'Cause I really like you out of sight Who am I to say How women are supposed to play You claim not to deceive me And now you wanna leave me Ain't no love Ain't no love Ain't no love Ain't no, ain't no, ain't no Ain't no love lost Ain't no, ain't no Ain't no love Ain't no love Ain't no love lost Ain't no love lost Ain't no love lost Ain't no love lost Ain't no love lost, yeah
There's No Place Like America Today Billy Jack Just out of Monday Run into a friend Down the street, down the street Where I live Ah! Ah! Sad things begin I could feel from within From the message From the message He had to give 'Bout a buddy of mine Running out of time His life's running out of time Somebody past noon Shot across the room And now the man no longer lives Too bad about him Too sad about him Don't get me wrong The man is gone But it's a wonder he lived this long Up in the city they called him Boss Jack But down home he was a alley cat Ah! didn't care nothing about being black Ah! Billy Jack Can't be no fun Can't be no fun To be shot, shot with a hand gun Body sprawled out, you without a doubt Running people out, there on the floor Ah! Ah! Bad bloody bloody mess Shot all up in his chest Shot all up in his chest One sided duel, gun and a fool What a way to go Up in the city they called him Boss Jack But down home he was a alley cat Ah! Didn't care nothin' bout being Black Ah, Ah, Billy Jack Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! When Seasons Change When seasons change – and we've again surpassed September A lot of scars – that kind of scare you to remember Scufflin' times – in seeing people trying to put you down For goodness sakes People trying to take what you know you've found Stranded in someone else's neighborhood Listening to the undertone Lord! Sure makes it a blessing to know you got your own Time makes you suffer – when seasons change Can't call no names – when you got your own self to blame Praying to Jesus – make me a little stronger So I might live the life – a little bit longer So many changes – going in and out of my life How can anyone survive When everybody's been made a sacrifice Look all around – and see yourself so weak and so vulnerable So you're trying to be strong – but your money ain't too long And it's so terrible Don't you know – if you want a good life Best look into yourself 'Cause the world is cold – and everybody's bold And there's no one else Time makes you suffer – when seasons change Can't call no names When you got your own self to blame Strain won't give me no – satisfaction Taxes are taking up – a new collection So many changes – going in and out of my life How can anyone survive When everybody's been made a sacrifice When seasons change – and we've again surpassed September A lot of scars – that kind of scare you to remember Scuf flin' times – in seeing people trying to put you down For goodness sakes People trying to take what you know you've found So In Love So in love You do so many things with that smilin' face? So in love Every time we kiss, it's such a pleasant taste That's why I know this feelin' good and strong Tryin' I was, was here to get along I want to testify you mean so much to me Let me write the fact, I mean it honestly Life is strange, believe me it is true We don't always mean the things we sometimes do Look at me, look at you You know we're so in love Baby, don't ask why You're movin' my emotions So in love You don't have to worry You have my devotion This love affair is bigger than we two Lose the faith and it will swallow you Loving you is what I'll always feel Never ever doin' things against our will Nothing is, nothing required, any kind of cares You being you and I being me You don't worry 'bout the rest And our love is our confession That we're so in love So in love I try to do the best that a man can do So in love The key to our success to see each other through So in love Baby, don't ask why You're movin' my emotions So in love Jesus Maybe the words I say is just another way to pray I don't know Don't think that I'm any saint 'cause I can't do nothin' for you I only asked of you just as I got to do myself Look into your inner self only you know how to be free If you wanna grin let it smile Feel a little happy go on and dance a while Can nobody play down God's lovin' child 'Cause when the spirit hits you you got to move And just as He made us one of many Then aren't the many of us maybe only one surely can you be the rising sun but The depth of night the light for sight Sort of sets the moral standards of soul Gives you the strength to pay the price of life And rewards you with a bit of fulfillment The definition of true He is more real than you isn't he? Almighty Doctor must have been a heavenly man Jesus! Lot of inspiration all over this land Jesus In spite of your fears you can shed happy tears Jesus! Don't care what you call Him none can befall Him Hear me say Amen! Amen! Amen! Hear me say Amen! Now stand up and clap your hands Amen! Amen! Amen! Ah! Ah! Ah! Travelin' soul the way the story goes We all know He was crucified But what He gave us never will die! He never had a hustlin' mind Doin' crime wastin' time! Drinkin' that wine Drinkin' and drinkin' and drinkin' and drinkin' You need courage in time of fear Because of undyin' news you hear Talk about Jesus talk about Jesus Strength in time of new temptation Don't want to lose a love relation Talk about Jesus talk about Jesus He never had a hustlin' mind Doin' crime wastin' time Drinkin' that wine Drinkin' and drinkin' and drinkin' and drinkin' and drinkin' and drinkin' The world I see before me is tryin' to make me a slave Jesus! Than to see many children hungry I'd rather go to my grave Jesus! The lovin' way of life Has terribly been arranged Jesus! Something's mighty mighty wrong And it seems awful strange Just like a back up gear there are those in fear Of falling near we who are already here Look-a-here, look-a-here, look-a-here You need courage in time of fear Because of undyin' news you hear Talk about Jesus talk about Jesus Strength in time of new relations Don't want to lose a love relation Talk about Jesus talk about Jesus He never had a hustlin' mind Doin' crime wastin' time Drinkin' that wine Drinkin' and drinkin' and drinkin' and drinkin' and a... Talk about Jesus Talk about Jesus Blue Monday People Some people feel so empty All their problems and hurt of pride You make me so happy sweet baby Love is by my side Waking up now in the morning A little morning sigh Ready not to get it together We know temptation Don't tell the whole story But you and me baby We have taken inventory We Blue Monday people And I know there's a few I don't know your problems Only you know how to solve them When seasons are strong Sometimes your life don't get along But when cupboards are bare Our love we can share Truth is not the whole question What is the answer you hide? The system need us But it's trying to mislead us They know this money don't feed us Depression ain't just Quite what you promised Won't you mister be honest Acting like a child Sometimes we get wild Right when the loving is strong We don't want to get along Don't have to listen to me One day you may see We Blue Monday people Just trying in a strain Life breaking our hearts I'm so tired it's a shame This hustling affair Ain't the way I even care We'll be together in spite Of the crimes of the night Crimes of the night Crimes of the night Need someone to see me through Need someone to comfort me Sometimes you can let me be Just let me be Depression ain't just Quite what you promised Won't you mister be honest Acting like a child Sometimes we get wild Right when the loving is strong We don't want to get along Don't have to listen to me One day you may see We Blue Monday people And I know there's a few I don't know your problems Only you know hot to solve them When seasons are strong Sometimes your life don't get along But when cupboards are bare Our love we can share We're Blue Monday people Hard Times Cold, cold eyes on me they stare People all around me and they're all in fear They don't seem to want me but they won't admit Thinkin' black on black Strange creature out here havin' fits From my body house I'm afraid to come outside Although I'm filled with love I'm afraid they'll hurt my pride So I play the part I feel they want of me And I'll pull the shades so I won't see them seein' me Havin' hard times in this crazy town Havin' hard times, there's no love to be found From my body house I see like me another Familiar face of creed and race a brother But to my surprise I found another man corrupt Although he be my brother he wants to hold me up Love To The People Well! Fallin' in - out of the streets again Unemployment lines - a lot of people standing in News is bad on every TV show So I tune in my radio - talkin' 'bout Love to the people Little bit of warning to the cold Little but of brotherhood - guaranteed It can be good for the soul Well! Nothing but beans on the table Livin' the blues - paying the dues I'm not hardly able A lot of folks they say there is no way And don't look to another day Well there's another way Love to the people Little bit of warning to the cold Little but of brotherhood - guaranteed It can be good for the soul In the morning - it's alright I'm not givin' up - up this little pride I got a lifetime - to keep a-livin' mine The way you do it - is to get right to it Sometimes I think before our life is gone We'll see the kingdom come Love to the people Little bit of warning to the cold Little but of brotherhood - guaranteed It can be good for the soul In the morning - it's alright I'm not givin' up - up this little pride I got a lifetime - to keep a-livin' mine The way you do it - is to get right to it
Give, Get, Take And Have In Your Arms Again (Shake It) Oh, shake it Uh, huh, oh, shake it Shake it Don't you be so mean, let me say it right You've got a walk, if could talk, would say dynamite I must have been livin' good and true 'Cause I've been blessed with all of you Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, baby Shake it I wanna be in your arms again, where I feel secure Make the kind of love I know we like for sure Blowin' all in my ear, sayin' things I like to hear Give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up, baby Shake it, oh, shake it This has always been, you see, a sweet relation Some of the nice things I give to my temptation With you I wanna be so nasty, all you have to do is ask me Give it to you, give it to you, give it to you, baby Shake it It's a sizzlin' romance when I kiss your finger With every little rock and roll, the feel will linger From my heart on to my feet are temperature and heat Shake it, move it on, baby, shake it Shake it, oh, shake it I wanna be in your arms, I wanna be, I wanna be I wanna be in your arms again, I wanna be, I wanna be I wanna be in your arms again, I wanna be, I wanna be I wanna be in your arms again, I wanna be, I wanna be I wanna be in your arms again, where I feel secure Make the kind of love I know we like for sure Blowin' all in my ear, sayin' things I like to hear Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, baby Shake it, shake it, oh I wanna be in your arms, I wanna be, I wanna be I wanna be in your arms again, I wanna be, I wanna be I wanna be in your arms again, I wanna be, I wanna be I wanna be in your arms again, I wanna be, I wanna be I wanna be in your arms again, where I feel secure It's a sizzlin' romance when I kiss your finger With every little rock and roll, the feel will linger From my heart on to my feet are temperature and heat Shake it, move it on, baby, shake it This Love Is Sweet This love is sweet This love is sweet Ooh ooh oooh Ooh ooh oooh Things will never be the same Since I found you baby You've gotten over my chauvinist ways This love is true babe All I'm trying to say In some special way Some people mess around and be a player I'm jumping in with both feet This love is sweet Even when you try and possess me Don't let me be gone too long I know that you will miss me Miss me, know you're gonna miss me Try to make it simple The bets that I can You're my kind of woman I got to be your man You're like a candy treat This love is sweet This love is sweet I cannot get enough of your lovin' Kissing and a-hugging Rubbing and tugging Do it all night, make it right This love is sweet This love is sweet This love is sweet This love is sweet I tried to make it simple The best that I can You're my kind of woman I got to be your man You're like a candy treat This love is sweet This love is sweet This love is sweet This love is sweet This love is sweet P.S. I Love You Dear, I thought I drop a line The weather is cool The fooks are fine I'm in bed each night at nine P.S. I love you Yesterday we had some rain But all in all I can't complain Was it dusty on the train P.S. I love you Write to the brown's just as soon as you're able They came around to call And not burn a hole in the dining room table Now let me think; I guess that's all Nothing else for me to say And so I'll close, but by the way Everybody's thinking of you P.S. I love you Party Night Oh Check it out Oh Check it out Check it Oh Have a party night Disco satellites Everybody was groovin' We were movin' Girl I used to know I bumped into her right at the door Groovin' We were movin' With just a little time I'd like to make you mine I got you on the floor This time I know You don't have to go Don't have to go Don't have to go No, no you don't have to go Hearts will party down Just dancing with the people around Groovin' Everybody was movin' My girl is so fancy free Such a face so exciting to me Get down with me baby We were moving Having cheese and wine Dancing all the time And I had just turned around Little fine girl she was just getting down All the sweet loving Give me all your sweet loving All of it, all of it, all your sweet loving All your sweet loving Give me all your sweet loving Give me all your sweet loving All of it, all of it, all your sweet loving All your sweet loving Lady Hey hey hey Hey hey Hey hey hey The set had just begun I looked up and my girl was gone Get down with me baby She was moving The place was in a groove And really on the move Dripping on the floor All I could do was pray for more Give me all your sweet loving All of it, all of it, all your sweet loving All your sweet loving Give me all your sweet loving Give me all your sweet loving All of it, all of it, all your sweet loving All your sweet loving Give me all your sweet loving Soul Music On the West side there's a stuff wide space Down in the basement of a secret place People there don't mind. Cos everybody's got time Close relations with the people you know Kind of funky but you don't wanna go Happy for the love I found We're celebrating all over town Hold on, hold on baby. Let me take you higher Shake it, shake it baby. Set my baby on fire Soul music is so pretty. When you're living in the city Swinging in and out to and fro Why she want me? That. I don't know Just the way I wanna be She likes to keep me free Grooving in, sucking in with the beat Stopping hands on the good, fine meat She sure like to walk with me With the Soul Music. Just continue to shout. Let me take you higher. Higher Shake it, shake it baby. Set your baby on fire Soul music is so pretty. When you're living in the city Feel a tingle all in in my pants I can make it if I take a chance Can't go nowhere, just wanna dance With the Soul Music, Soul Music, Soul Music. Soul, Soul Come on, come on baby. Let me take you higher Shake it, shake it baby. Set my baby on fire Soul music is so pretty. When you're living in the city On the West side there's a stuff wide space Down in the basement of a secret place Where people there don't mind. Cos everybody's got time With the Soul Music Everybody Walks Soul Music Everybody talks Soul Music Soul, Soul Hold on, hold on baby. Let me take you higher Shake it, shake it baby. Set my baby on fire Soul music is so pretty. When you're living in the city Swinging in and out to and fro Why she want me? That. I don't know Just the way I wanna be She likes to keep me free She likes to walk with me (Soul) She likes to talk with me (Soul) Moving in and out She like to move on up! Only You Babe Only you babe (you babe) Only you babe (you babe) Only you babe, Only you babe (you babe) Only you babe (you babe) Only you babe Sometimes I get a little lonely, I'm lonely for you girl All my body pains, only need for the good things All the making love and breaking bread Face to face, get down with the love most inner place With only you babe (you babe) Oh, all this love can be replaced I pick up love, upon your face I kiss your lips, my body breaks You lift me up, and turn me around You can appreciate; this good love can't go down Only you babe (you babe) Only you baby Only you babe (you babe) Only you baby Only you babe (you babe) Only you baby People don't understand Misled with there intents Think they can get along with anyone Who gives sweet, sweet, sweet company My baby without trying Never is denying So down with the satisfying Always gratifying Nothing can go wrong This love can carry on So happy sad, you left me sad So we did try, you make me cry Oh, you don't know, you've grown a part of me Good, good feelings, giving tenderly Wooo hooh! Pick me up baby Wooo hooh! Pick me up baby Only you babe (you babe) Only you babe (you babe) Only you babe (you babe) Only you baby Only you babe (you babe) Only you babe (you babe) Only you baby Mr. Welfare Man Welfare Welfare Welfare A hard sacrifice I wanna testify, staying a loving man Society gave me no choice, tried to silence my voice Put my woman on the welfare I'm so tired, I'm so tired of trying to prove My equal rights Though I've made some mistakes For goodness sakes Why you gonna keep messing up my life? Keep away from me, Mr. Welfare Keep away from me, keep away, keep away Mr. Welfare Ohhh Holding me back, using your tax To make me kneel against my will That's how it go Why, I don't know, I don't believe This life's for real Like the private eye for the FBI Just as envious as the Klu Klux Klan Though I'm a passing fate And I'm trying to escape I got to do what I think I can Keep away from me, Mr. Welfare Didn't you hear me, don't come near me, babe Mr. Welfare, Mr. Welfare They wanna say I'm a lazy man But you got to understand There's a thing about my pride You can't make me move If there ain't no groove Because it eats me all up inside Welfare Just another day, trying to make a way All I see outside of me is crime What can I do to make it through Ain't gonna say nobody's crying I got a woman, true And a baby too With a love that grows and grows and grows Here come the bills, there go the thrills And a job, all doors are closed Keep away from me, Mr. Welfare Mr. Welfare, Mr. Welfare Keep away from me, Mr. Welfare man They wanna say I'm a lazy man But you got to understand There's a thing about my pride You can't make me move If there ain't no groove Because it eats me all up inside Welfare Hey, hey, hey! Never Say You Can't Survive Show Me Love Hey babe Show me love, show me love Baby Show me love, show me love There's a girl living behind the corner I got to meet her and I'm gonna Daddy wanna be your man Be sure to fit me in your plans I'm on you like a glove I guess that I'm in love No other woman can mean a thing Baby let me show you what the love will bring Baby Show me love, show me love Baby Show me love, show me love When meeting you looked so cool Don't even know if I can rap that smooth I got it and I got it bad Its a feeling that I've never had Let daddy love you crazy With a whole lot of sugar gravy No other woman now can mean a thing Let me show you baby what I mean Love, love yeah Ooh baby Show me love, show me love Hey baby Show me love, show me love Through the weather whether rain or snow It would never never be too cold I'm whining baby on my knees Baby baby if you please One way to defy Is for me to put the action behind No other woman now can mean a thing Let me show you baby Let me show you baby Love me Love Love, love Love me, love Love me Show me, show me Show me love Show me love Show me love Show me love Show me love Show me love Just Want To Be With You I just want you to know That I really, really think you're something special Wanna try hard to show Make it sweet, sweet, sweet wherever we go Just to know love is true Heaven blessed truth in you I just want to be with you Just to have you baby, by my side Love would be the only rule You're gonna see, baby, how hard I can try None will ever do so well Like a load of farming, fairy tale Oh no, baby, baby I just want you to know When I first saw you, baby, I fell to the floor Dreaming you in my head Understanding love with nothing you can say I need you baby, you know I do Taking every part of you Want to be with you Love the way you tell my friends you're true Want to be with you I just want to be with you I just want to be with you I just want to be with you I just want to be with you I just want to be with you I just want to be with you I just want to be with you
When We’re Alone When we're alone The Strenght of your touch I can feel down in my bones Such a loving ways And a warm embrace Tender in your eyes Twinkling stars over dark black velvet skies Such a lovely treat To give the world you meet Do you mind if I try To compete for the seed Of your lucky lucky lucky lucky guy Oh it would be so mellow If I could be that fellow Just say you really love me Could this be true One day baby baby baby Oh I might be a little bit crazy but I just feel like I love you so much I can't help myself No, no, no, no, without you baby I don't believe there'd be nothing left Oh knowing how you please me Take my hand and squeeze me Just trying to be real Trying not to mislead you with these words And how I feel Oh I'm a slow beginner You make me feel a winner To say you really love me Could this be true I need you and I need you Baby maybe something more than me Plan for this whole thing to be When we're alone Strenght of your touch I can feel down in my bones Oh such loving ways And a warm embrace To say you really love me Could this be true One thing baby, baby, baby, baby Oh I might be a little bit crazy but I just feel like I love you so much Do you mind if I try Oh now babe to compete By the scene of your luck, luck, lucky guy Oh it would be so mellow If I could be that fella
Never Say You Can’t Survive All of your life Between heaven and hell A great big fictious game Where to live is to know All your shames and your pains To be in search of plain old happiness (Because you are a special wonder) Because you are a special wonder And let nobody put you under Whenever your friends They have their doubts in you And the words You know they just aren't true Keep right on stepping Ain't nothing happening Never say you can't survive A life is for a fruitful turning May love forever keep us learning No way to depart Love in your heart Know you need to give Because you really want to live You are a special wonder Oh baby, let nobody put you under When you make a way A love and a hope Only then are you gifted with a will Still you promise to die Before you live So much to give Oh the need to be touched You just do for me so much It gives you an uplift, both of our hearts do a little dip Embraced with the kisses upon your baby's lips Good, good feeling Rockin' and a-reelin' Lovin' and a-teasin' Kissin' and a-breathin' (Hey hey) Good luck charm Layin' in my arms Need to be touched Needing so much No way to depart Love in your heart Know you need to give I'M Gonna Win Your Love Well, well, well, well Well, well, well, well, well Hey Sometimes I'm wrong But I think I'm right I got a real good feeling Gonna win sweet love tonight Shy little sexy woman who know She's the apple of my eye, apple of my eye A livin' dream But she won't give in No matter how hard I try And I try, and I try, and I try But I wanna win your love Watch me baby, now 'Cause I'm gonna win your love Well, well, well, well, well I wanna win your love Believe me baby I'm gonna win your love I guess I'm selfish maybe But I can't help it baby I don't wanna fool you now I just wanna be the one Back up if you wanna But don't you ever think I'm gonna Never gonna stop from trying And I know the love is satisfying Baby what you gonna do Believe in me, believe in me, believe in me Wanna make this love come true Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby I really want this love to be I do, you ask me now, how's it gonna happen? Give your love to me so naturally Believe in me 'Cause I wanna win your love Ah baby, ah baby, ah yeah I'm gonna win your love Wooh, wooh, wooh, wooh, wooh, wooh I wanna win your love Hey baby, hey baby, hey 'Cause I'm gonna win your love Gonna win your love Wanna win your love Gonna win your love Gonna win your love Gonna win your love Wanna win your love I got to have your love I got to have your love I got to have your love I got to have your love I wanna win, I wanna win your love Love, I got to win your love I wanna win your love I got to win your love All Night Long Always in love with you Baby, all night long Don't be afraid of the love I'll never hurt you Oh baby, all night long We'll keep sweet, sweet things going on Come on and groove with me Listen to the blues with me Take off your shoes If you wanna get loose with me Beyond my wildest dreams You're truly, truly - truly, truly Oh, sweet fine thing What can it mean Well, well, I've seen you in my dreams You knocked me out without a doubt Every time we take a try With you baby I know I'm gonna be so satisfied I promise to do Baby, baby, all night long To be true all for you Little girl you are the one Baby please, can you believe me Never leave, always be Your love has got me ravin' My needs for you are cravin' To hear you cry, satisfied, can reply Let a woman not put no test on you Just be yourself to do Every day, anyway Love me always, come what may What can it mean Well, I've seen you in my dreams You knocked me out without a doubt Every time we take a try With you baby I know, I know I'm gonna be satisfied Always in love with you Baby, all night long Don't be afraid of the love I'll never hurt you Oh baby, all night long We'll keep sweet, sweet, sweet things going on Come on and groove with me Listen to the blues with me Take off your shoes If you wanna get loose with me Always in love with you Oh baby, all night long All night long All night long When You Used To Be Mine It's been such a long time Since I've met with you, you, you You were in love, all tied up And wanted to see it through Was once all like a dream Used to be a part of your life, maybe all your life You're runnin' in and out, my heart begin to shout I feel it cryin' out and cryin' out Just take me on back To another sweet era of time Start a new beginnin', make a happy endin' When baby, you used to be mine But you're a spoiled sexy mama Lovin' a habit that's hard to break We're tryin' to get over, don't know what it's gonna to take Could it be just too late? Little bit older Maybe a little bit a wiser now Still you can fall in the same I just kinda get weak somehow Just take me on back To another sweet, sweet era of time Start a new beginnin' and make a happy endin' When you used to be mine Been such a long time Since I've met with you, you, you You were in love, all tied up And wanted to see it through Was once all like a dream To be a part of your life You keep runnin' in and out, my heart begin to shout I can feel it cryin' out, cryin' out To take me on back To another sweet era of time Start a new beginnin' and make us a happy endin' Baby, you used to be mine Baby, when you used to be mine Baby, when you used to be mine Baby, when you used to be mine Baby, when you used to be mine Sparkle I sparkle loving the way that I do It is true, I feel so good just having you Breathlessly and eager, submission isn't easy for me We were so loving, wasn't we? I'd always known it could be Don't wanna do nothing, girl, against your will This ain't no cheap thrill, I really mean just the way I feel If ever you fall, and you don't know what to do I have nothing but myself and I give myself to you Since your tingle sparkle, I hope the love never breaks away Keep a little fire burning everyday, save it all for you Don't wanna feel misused, so let this love be true Understand there'll be no other woman but you, baby You can believe this love from me, 'cause I believe in you And when comes the need and I'm really on your mind Everybody needs sometimes, something funky good and kind I sparkle with the fire, going higher, higher, higher You always seem to please me, as you mellowed me down so easy Just want you to know, when your jealousy show Understand there'll be no other woman but you, baby You can believe this love in me, as I believe in you Don't wanna do nothing, girl, against your will This ain't no cheap thrill, you got to know just how I feel If you think you're gonna fall, all you have to do is call I have nothing but myself, and I give myself to you Breathlessly and eager, you've got me 'round your finger I sparkle with the fire, going higher, higher, higher You always seem to please me, and you wear me down so easily Good work is never done, until the morning Until the morning, until the morning comes, baby Short Eyes OST Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here Well! To keep from dyin', hey! hey! I've been lyin', uh huh! Shot a man, hey! And I stole and ran Well! Well! we tried to beat 'em And I lost my freedom My woman know that I'm in need So save some of mine for me If you got to give it up. don't desert me 'Cause leavin' me you know it would hurt me Snake pits and lucifer burns Can't take the strength I've earned and learned Grease, it just ain't greasy And nasty baby come so easy Ain't no heaven. ain't no heaven, this devil level All alone, all alone, all alone, all alone I get stoned, I get stoned Saw him pile him in the shower Hey! Now I plan to be a bad titty sucker And I plan to stay a black motherfucker Stepped in depth of the same livin' hell So I ain't too proud to die here as well Do do wap is strong in here Do do wap is strong in here Waking up to find yourself creamin' Check your fears and hope that you're dreamin' A little space is all that I need If these suckers just allow me to breathe My woman's candy makin' him sick But when I cop there won't be nothin' to lick Give her some of all the hard, hard pain Make her achin' body call for my name My woman know my passion of needs So save some of mine if you please If you got to give it up, don't desert me If you leave me, babe, know it would hurt me, hey! Do do wap is strong in here Do do wap is stro'ng in here Wakin' up to find yourself creamin' Check your fears and hope that you're dreamin' A little space is all that I need If these suckers just allow me to breathe Snake pits and lucifers burns Can't take the strength I've earned and learned Stepped in depth of the same livin' hell Ain't too proud to die here as well Do do wap is strong in here Do do wap is strong in here, hey! hey! Do do wap is strong in here Do do wap is strong in here Back Against the Wall Sittin' here waiting for tomorrow I don't think it'll ever come Well, just think that I'm a young dude My whole life is almost gone Well, well, this prison life's a pressure Keeps my back against the wall Constant look out for the snakes and the bandits Program leans toward the unseen law I keep my back against the wall (Back against the wall) Back against the wall My friends now have all but cut me loose On the outside playing safe It's alright 'Cause in here is just like leaving the homeland, baby If I survive it back I could love your face You're just a number from the past I'm still sittin' here today I don't know nothin' about my future, baby But with my life I gotta pay They got my back against the wall (Back against the wall) Back against the wall (Back) against the wall (Back) against the wall My back against the wall Back against the wall Back against the wall Sittin' here waiting for tomorrow Don't think it'll ever come Just to think that I'm a young dude Well, my whole life is almost gone Well, street con brother showed me the ropes Ah, coolest way of dealin' in the streets Took my mind, woman, and damn near my soul Judge prison sentence then cut me deep They had my back against the wall My back against the wall Back against the wall My back against the wall My back against the wall Back against the wall Back against the wall Back against the wall Back against the wall Back against the wall Wall (Back against the wall) Wall Back against, back against the wall Need Someone to Love I just can't wait to love you Gotta see my woman right now We ain't getting any younger Need someone to love When clouds come it's rainin' Sun come up and shine, shine, shine Lord, I ain't complainin' I've done a little bit wrong and I said a lot of times But if there's any good in me I'll bring it out so that you might see that I'm just another lonely man that Wanna stop all the crimes and start over again And I just can't wait in the line Gotta see my woman right now We ain't getting any younger Need someone to love This woman on the other side She's every bit of the better half and all of my pride Though I've hurt her so constantly She's always had faith and trust in me But how long can a good thing last? Though I vow never to hurt her in the past Will she be there waiting for me? Five long years now you will free, free, free Need someone to love Gotta see my woman right now We ain't getting any younger Need someone to love I just can't wait to love you Gotta see my woman right now We ain't getting any younger Need someone to love A Heavy Dude All I wanna do is satisfy If it ain't good enough well you know I'll try Mhmm Well well well well well well Satisfy Hope something good always happens to you Now that I really know you baby And your love is cool Well well well well Your love is cool Hang it all out on this dancing floor I wanna do it to you baby make me scream for more Scream for more Scream for more Scream for ya oh babe Go on with your sexy ways Your game is so good on't need you to play Oh but baby I wanna try I'm ready for you baby Cause I realize (?) Keep the groove (?) (?) for you Heavy heavy Heavy heavy dude Heavy dude You (?) that every which way The loves so good do however you say Do whatever you say Scream for you babe Heavy dude baby I need you baby baby Please baby Need you babe Need you babe Ooh I feel alright (?) (?) You know I wanna do (?) I wanna do Heavy heavy heavy dude Heavy Heavy dude Heavy dude baby What you're doing baby What you're doing baby Heavy Heavy dude Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know Do it to me baby Do it to me baby Do it do it Heavy dude Heavy dude Heavy Heavy dude What a groove Such a groove What you're doing What you do babe When you going How's it going Don't you move Keep the groove Heavy dude babe Heavy dude Heavy dude Heavy heavy dude Short Eyes / Freak freak free free free Stranger man took my only daughter 'Round the candy shop, soda pop All for just a quarter Rememberin' the loving way she wore her hair Her sunrise eyes, her petite size Just want to warn you children some Short Eyes is pusher number one Girls, when you shake your shaggy, shaggy, beware! Dudes when you hang out in the alley, beware! Dirty, dirty, dirty Short Eyes Any kind of people so disguised Brother man will see them penalized Sad, sick ain't no way for bail Kinda feel like sending him to hell Handsome man becomes an ugly freak (Freak, freak, free, free, free) Out just long enough for nasty treats Living corpse wedged up in the tombs Has to face the judgment in the room, beware Dirty, dirty, dirty Short Eyes Any kind of people so disguised Brother man will see them penalized Freak, freak, free, free, free Freak, freak, free, free, beware! Dirty, dirty, dirty Short Eyes Any kind of people so disguised Brother man will see them penalized Freak, freak, free, free, free Freak, freak, free, free, free Freak, freak, free, free, free Freak, freak, free, free, free Another Fool in Love To think that I'm in love So strange that it may seem My love for you I know Yet people tell me I'm a fool, a fool for loving you And I love you so How, how can I be such a fool When everyone I know Has at least loved one or two They've either been in love Or either thinking of being fools, too I'm not ashamed I'm not ashamed of my love for you Even though I've been accused of loving And loving and having trusting ... I'm to be the biggest fool Fool, fool, fool Another fool It's alright Everything now seems so clear to me See, no matter what they say I'll love you anyway Another fool, you got it Another fool, baby Another fool Fool, fool, fool It's they way I choose To be a love fool Another fool, babe Another fool 'Cause I love you I love you I love you I'm another, babe Hey-hey-hey
Do it All Night In Love, in Love, in Love I've opened up my eyes to see this love is the real thing Bright stars shining through the night is how clearly your heart sees Life's hardships are just short trips and you ??? What is better doesn't matter, just to be with you than that Your face glows so bright, the sun's out tonight The sun's out tonight, the sun's out tonight In love, in love, in love In love, in love, in love In love, in love, in love In love, in love, in love I always feel so free to say this love is the real thing In doing so naturally, the truth of time is all I see I sing to you and give to you my one and only soul What is better doesn't matter, you are my one and only goal Your face glows so bright, the sun 's out tonight The sun's out tonight, the sun's out tonight In love, in love, in love In love, in love, in love I'm in love, in love, in love In love, in love, in love Oh baby, baby, you drive me crazy Can it be, can be it that you're the only thing for me? I'm in love, in love, in love In love, in love, in love In love, in love, in love In love, in love, in love, in love In love, in love
You are, you are You are, you are You are, you are You are, you are You are, you are The love I'm after You are the life and breath The tenderness, the laughter You are my heaven on earth Silver and gold and all I know You are this hour The fire within me that warms me so You are, you are That wonderful, wonderful person Wonderful, wonderful Almost complete, you see Darling, the very first one (wonderful, wonderful) You are, you are You are my personal needs endeavor The ultimate goal is you and I Loving and loving, forever and ever Ooh, baby, it's wonderful, wonderful Wonderful, wonderful Ooh, baby, you are The things you are The things you are All the rumors going 'round Of this new love I've found maybe But all I know is I love you so And you are where I want to be (I love you, I love you) I say, I wanna be Having you all for me We're just dancing and dancing And dancing and dancing And dancing and dancing and dancing You are, you are You are, you are The early morning You are, you are Comfort and light as the night stella starlit You are, you are You are, you are my personal needs endeavor Wonderful, wonderful The ultimate goal is you and I Oh, loving and loving forever and ever All the rumours going 'round Of this new love I've found maybe But all I know is I love you so And you are where I want to be I said I want to be Having you all for me I love you, I love you, I love you You are, you are You're wonderful, wonderful, wonderful You are You are You are, you are Heartbeat Tell Me, Tell Me (How Ya Like to be Loved) How do you like to be loved? How do you like to be loved? How do you like to be loved? How do you like to be loved? Tell me, tell me How you like to be loved (How do you like to be loved?) Tell me, tell me How you like to be loved (How do you like to be loved?) Are you my kind of girl When it comes to making love? What's your attitude? Am I your kind of dude? Do you mind if I squeeze you tight? Kiss you softly through the night? Tell me what turns you on Don't make me wait too long Making love is on my mind Why do we keep wasting so much time? Tell me, tell me How you like to be loved (How do you like to be loved?) Listen baby, tell me, tell me How you like to be loved (How do you like to be loved?) How do you like to be loved? Do you think you'd have more fun Being some place one on one? Just what I want to do While I make love to you Getting down by candlelight Kinda make the feeling right Put a log on the fire Taking love much higher Making love is on my mind Why do we keep wasting so much time Tell me How do you like to be loved? (How do you like to be loved?) Tell me, tell me How do you like to be loved? (How do you like to be loved?) How do you like to be loved? Do you mind if I squeeze you tight? Kiss you softly through the night? Tell me what turns you on I just wanna get it on with you baby Candlelight, doesn't matter if it's day of night Slow or fast, how long can we make it last? Tell me How do you like to be loved? (How do you like to be loved?) Tell me, tell me How do you like to be loved? (How do you like to be loved?) How do you like to be loved? Be so good to you How do you like to be loved? I could be so true to you How do you like to be loved? Just wanna turn you on, baby Just wanna turn you on You could be so good to me I could be so good to you Tell me, tell me I could be so good to you Do like you wanna do Give it up, give it up to you, babe Give it up, give it up to me, babe Just wanna turn you on Could be so good to you Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me Be so good to you Be so good to you Baby, could be so could to you Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on Oh, baby
What Is My Woman For Pretty woman, you're as fine as you can be Gave me babies, girl, we raised a family You stood by me when my world came down on me You reached out and grabbed my hand and set me free Can't begin to tell you why I gave her so much praise Full of passion, oh this girl, she loved for days Never stopping, loving oh so many ways You are so a part of me, you turn me on Oh, what is my woman for Oh, what is my woman for What is my woman for If not to love? Oh, never changing, she's as solid as that wall Its amazing how she give her all and all And if I tumble, she won't hardly let me fall Super Woman, you're powerful to me Girl, you freak me with your never-ending thrill When I'm near you I can't keep my body still Got me screaming, screaming louder than I should Pretty woman, you're so really good to me What is my woman for What is my woman for What is my woman What is my woman for If not to love? I love you, baby Oh, never changing, she's as solid as that wall Its amazing how she give her all and all And if I tumble, she won't hardly let me fall Super Woman, you're powerful to me Oh, what is my woman for To love me To love me baby, baby What is my woman for If not love I love you, girl I love you, I love you, I love you So beautiful to me You're so beautiful to me Pretty woman You're so beautiful to me Gave me babies Lots and lots of babies What is my woman for If not to love, love, love? Give you lotta love, love, love I like it I like it, baby I give you a lot of love, love, love It's alright, its alright It's alright, its alright Love me in the morning, baby Love me this morning, mama Whatchu say babe Whatchu say Whatchu say Whatchu sayin' Say what Say what Say what Say what Say what Oh, Babe Oh, it's alright
Between You Baby And Me Well, here we are It's kind of nice, we're like this Very special treat though, I like that Between you baby and me, love I can't believe this feelin' You're so sweet honey, delicious All our world is true, true You're so nice, a lot of talent, I like it Smooth and serious and I can be persuaded I truly, truly, truly adore you, how I adore you Take me in a precious way, precious way You and me baby, between us, just between us Make all the stars glow from our eyes All the treasured pleasure emotions, love's emotions Nothing to lose but a try, try A try, oh baby It's like dancing when romancing with you love, oh baby We get down, get down and move all around Swaying, swaying, laying, embrace me Embrace me, please embrace me We two just getting down Get down for me, baby You and me baby, between us, just between us Make all the stars glow from our eyes All the treasured pleasure, emotions, love's sweet emotions There's nothing to lose but a try, try me, baby Try me, between you baby and me, love Between you and me, I can't believe if this feelin' I want you to believe it You're so sweet, sweet honey, delicious Baby, and all our world is true, it's so true All our world is true Yes indeed, it's really me and you Me and you little mama Dancing, romancing Get down for me baby, baby Just embrace me, embrace me one more time You know I want to, baby, ooh sweet embrace You know I need to, baby, oh, my love All our world is true, it's true
Victory Victory, I think i found the one for me Victory, she made a champion out of me Victory, I think i found the woman for me Victory, I think i found it, found it All the guys around me were out of my league They made it hard to compete Came out on the winning side, I never lost my stride You brought good luck and fortune to me Victory, I think i found the one for me Victory, she made a champion out of me Victory, I think i found the woman for me Victory, I think i found it, found it You really helped me, girl, to win the race Always got a smile on your pretty face Looks like i finished first, my act was unrehearsed Now i get to take you home with me Victory, I think i found the one for me Victory, she made a champion out of me Victory, I think i found the woman for me Victory, I think i found it, found it Victory, I think i found the one for me Victory, she made a champion out of me Victory, I think i found the woman for me Victory, she made a champion out of me
Over the Hump You gotta get over You gotta get over You gotta get over Get over the hump Get over the hump Some of us never do relax Never leave 'til the job is done Staying uptight, ducking heart attacks When you ought to be out having fun Can't keep your nose to the grindstone Twenty-four hours a day To relieve the ache, you must take a break And get over to get out from under You gotta get over You gotta get over Get over, get over, get over Get over the hump Get over the hump Don't sit there and rationalize Trying hard to depend on it The message is right before your eyes Afraid you're gonna wind up and enjoy it Trying to keep up with the Joneses Taking no time off to play You'll be [?] falling on your knees Six feet under, let's get out from under You gotta get over You gotta get ov-, over Over and over Get over the hump Get over the hump Over over over over over over Some of us never do relax Never leave 'til the job is done Staying uptight, ducking heart attacks When you ought to be out having fun Can't keep your nose to the grindstone Twenty-four hours a day To relieve the ache, you must take a break And get over to get out from under You gotta get over You gotta get over Get over, get over, get over Get over the hump Get over the hump Get over, get over Get over I got to get over Get over the hump I got to get over Get over, get over, get over, get over the hump
You Better Stop You better stop Think before you do this to me Just for a second, reflect Oh, don't put that dagger through me Although we live like man and wife We both knew there were no tithes I shared what I have, gave it free You've got a new home, drive a car You didn't do bad for the times that we had But that wasn't enough Now you're playing him rough You still want to be in the limelight Demanding your half of my gold For this life that you've grown accustomed to You'd be so cold to sell your soul You better stop Think before you do this to me Just for a second, reflect Oh, don't put that dagger through me You didn't bring in a thing but you Didn't even stay at a price I paid for my ride while I've ridden The saddle has not been abused I don't think it's right, if I have to, I'll fight To keep from being used Why must you parade our whole history To a world that's too jaded to care? Believe in their play, don't put stones in my way Is there no price on self-respect Stop Aww baby stop Oh stop Oh now baby stop You better stop Think Before you do this to me Just for a second reflect Reflect on it baby Don't put that damage on me Don't put that damage on me Oh stop Think about it You better stop You're So Good To Me Embracing me this way Kiss my lips a taste But oh sweet ecstasy! Give it all up to me (give it all up, give it all up, give it all up) Carry on our day this way You're so good to me Don't try to understand, to much lack of this I wanna be the man I know there is some risk Oh, sock it to me, sock it to me Oh, you're so good to me Don't wanna see selfishly, us broken-hearted Should always be you for me and you for me We too, loving through, hey baby (Sexy dancing minx), sexy dancing minx (Sexy dancing minx) You're just what it takes (You're just what it takes) And I hope it's not too late (And I hope it's not too late) Want you tenderly You're so good to me Say girl you're my love Friends are all we have The way we have our love When we want to enjoy Lonely, lonely now You're so good to me I can never get over you (I can never, can never, can never) No matter how I try Hung up for your love (Hung up for your love) (Hung up for your love) Baby that's my life (Hung up for your love) No on could satisfy You're so good to me I never craze at pace (Never get over, get over you) Wanted you this way (Never get over, get over you) Love begin to race Whatever come what may Love me tenderly You're so good to me (Never get over, get over you) I can never get over, get over you No matter what I try to do Hung up on your love its true I can never get over, get over you You're so good to me Hey baby, hey baby Oh, embracing me this way Kiss my lips a taste But oh sweet ecstasy! Give it all up to me (give it all up give it all up, give it all up) Get down, get down all day Cos you're so good to me But never get over, get over you No matter how I try Hung up on love, on love its true Baby that's no lie No one could satisfy You're so good to me You see, I could never get over you, get over you, get over you 'Cause you're so good to me
Heartbeat It took one look, hope you never leave from me When we dance, at first glance, romance charming me Don't wanna blow, I don't know this holding hands so tight I don't know what to do if you came tonight One look, we shook, then it began Woman, woman, make me your man Strange nights, outta sight, come on and dance Harder, partner, give us a chance\ I like you like candy, saving your love for me Making me so happy Wanting you more and more Screaming across the floor, liking it more and more In my arms, I'm so warm on this cold, cold night Everything's alright I thought I knew what to do if you came tonight Heartbeat in my feet, dancing all night Confess, out of breath, head feeling light Heartbeats, heartbeats, take this romance Rhythm feet, rhythm feet, get up and dance And you can do it And you can do it Baby you can do it Oh you can do it Baby you can do it I like you like candy, saving your love for me Making me so happy Wanting you more and more Screaming across the floor, loving it more and more In my arms, I'm so warm on this cold, cold night Everything's alright I thought I knew what to do if you came tonight Heartbeat's in my feet, dancing all night Confess, out of breath, head feeling light Heartbeat, heartbeat, take this romance Rhythm feet, rhythm feet, get up and dance And you can do it And you can do it And you can do it
Something To Believe In Love Me, Love Me Now Dancing is a world Our preference one on one Having fun 'Til night is done You say I'm the man to make our love begin Oh tell me when We start again I took for granted love you see You made the love tender to me Love me, love me now Dancing in a world I had to check you out Your love somehow Just blew me out All up in your ??? like a fantasy Oh come dance with me Come dance with me Do I give myself away Make the time and call today Love me, love me now Dancing with a girl she make an appetite Like apple pie Her body's ripe People everywhere seem to be amazed Oh your sexy grace Your tender face Plus a calm a different kind Loving ways will seem to find Love me, love me now Love me, love me baby Love me, love me, love me baby Took for granted love you see ??? Love me, love me now To you I'd give myself away ??? Love me, love me now Love me, love me Do do doo do do Baby so in love with you Love me, love me now Love me, love me, love me baby Love me, love me, love me baby Love me, love me, love me baby Love me, love me, love me baby Come dance with me Come dance with me Come dance with me Come dance with me Come dance with me Love me, love me, love me baby Love me, love me, love me baby Love me, love me, love me baby Love me, love me baby Come love again You need your man Just tell me when We groove again Love me, love me baby Love me, love me baby Like apple pie, under the night The moon is right, I'm through tonight Love me, love me baby Love me, love me, love me baby I'm on your vibes All in your eyes Your sensuous ways They hypnotize Love me, love me baby Love me, love me, love me baby Love me, love me baby Love me, love me, love me baby Come dance with me Come dance with me Come dance with me Come dance with me
Never Let Me Go Just let me love you tonight Forget about tomorrow My darling, won't you hold me tight? And never let me go Dry your eyes No tears, no sorrow Cling to me with all your might And never let me go Oh, a million times or more We said we'd never part But lately I found That you're a stranger in my heart Give me the right In summer or spring time Let me tell the world that You are mine and never let me go (Go), go, (Go) Go (Go), go (Go) Never let me go Tripping Out I'm tripping out I'm tripping out over you, babe - over you, babe I'm tripping out I'm tripping out over you babe, over you Each day I'm not with you, is like a day without sunshine I'm the whole of you, babe You've become a part of me - ooh wee You're not like other girls, or is it my imagination? This pounding in my heart, girl, is all because of you\ You've got me Tripping out, tripping out over you, babe Over you, little mama I'm tripping out, tripping out over you, babe Over you, babe Let me be your slave, because I've learnt to worship you I'll do anything you say, anything you want me to To me you are my queen, and I'm your knight in shining armour Standing guard over your love, the love you've given me You've got me Tripping out, tripping out, over you, babe I'm going crazy for you, mama I'm tripping out, tripping out, tripping out, over you Come on Come on Come on It's a good feeling, ain't it, girl Come on All over you, all over you, baby Come on Ooh wee, ooh wee, tripping out, tripping out Come on Each day I'm not with you, is like a day without sunshine I'm hung up on your love You've become a part of me To me you are my queen, and I'm your knight in shining armour Standing guard over your love, the love you've given me You've got me Tripping out, tripping out, over you, babe You're so good to me, mama Tripping out, tripping out, tripping out over you [Outro] I love you, baby You're so good to me, little mama Ooh wee, it's alright, it's alright Tripping out Oh, trip on, it's alright, it's alright Little fine pretty thing, tripped me out She tripped me out Got me all mixed up for you, baby Every time I see you, every time I see you And I hear you say "ooh wee", you trip me out So sweet, so sweet, tripping me out So sweet, tripping me out So sweet, so sweet, so sweet, so sweet Tripping me out Tripping out, tripping out Tripping out, tripping out all night long People Never Give Up A little sugar, honey suckle lamb Great expression of happiness Boy, you could not miss with a dozen roses Such would astound you The joy of children laughing around you These are the makings of you It is true, the makings of you, oh It's been a miracle for what you've done Please stay right by my side Two can be one for the righteous way to go Anyone would know I believe I thought I told you so You're second to none Love of all mankind should reflect some sign Of the words I'm trying to recite They're close, but not quite Almost impossible to do Describing the makings of you It’s All Right Say it's all right (it's all right) Say it's all right (it's all right) It's all right, have a good time 'Cause it's all right, whoa, it's all right We're gonna move it slow When lights are low When you move it slow, it sounds like more And it's all right, whoa, it's all right Now listen to the beat Kinda pat your feet You got soul, and everybody knows That it's all right, whoa, it's all right When you wake up early in the morning Feelin' sad like so many of us do Hum a little soul Make life your goal And surely something's got to come to you And say it's all right (it's all right) Say it's all right (it's all right) It's all right, have a good time 'Cause it's all right, whoa, it's all right Now everybody clap your hands Give yourself a chance You got soul, and everybody knows That it's all right, whoa, it's all right Someday I'll find me a woman Who will love and treat me real nice Then my woe's got to go And my love, she will know From morning, noon, and night And she's got to... Say it's all right (it's all right) Say it's all right (it's all right) It's all right, have a good time 'Cause it's all right, whoa, it's all right Now everybody clap your hands Now give yourselves a chance You got soul... Something To Believe In If you had a choice of colors Which one would you choose, my brothers If there was no day or night Which would you prefer to be right How long have you hated your white teacher Who told you, you love your black preacher Do you respect your brother's woman friend And share with black folks, not of kin People must prove to the people A better day is coming for you and for me With just a little bit more education And love for our nation, would make a better society Now some of us would rather cuss and make a fuss Than to bring about a little trust But we shall overcome our beliefs someday If you'll only listen to what I have to say And how long have you hated your white teacher Who told you, you love your black preacher Can you respect your brother's woman friend And share with black folks, not of kin I said, now people must prove to the people A better day is coming for you and for me With just a little bit more education And love for our nation, would make a better society And if you had a choice of colors Which one would you choose, my brothers If there was no day or night Which would you prefer to be right If you had a choice of colors Which one would you choose my Brothers Never Stop Loving Me Truly you satisfy My sensitive needs Love forever soaring free When you give it all to me Never stop loving me Time will have passed you up When in good company Tender and warm in my arms My day has become good nights Never stop loving me Cause we just make good love together We just make good love together We just make good love together We just make good love together We just make good love together Truly you satisfy My sensitive needs Love forever soaring free When you give it all to me Never stop loving me Never stop loving me Never stop loving me Ooh We just make good love together Make good love We just make good love together We just make good love together We just make good love together (?) morning rise, the sun is bright We just make good love together We just make good love together We just make good love together Ooh never, never Stop loving me Oh baby Soaring free, you and me Soaring free You and me baby Baby Make good love Make good love Make good love You and me baby
Love is the place She Don’t Let Nobody (But Me) Other guys try to hold her hand Other guys want a one night stand They all stare when she's around I'm so proud how she puts them down She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me Nobody but me, y'all I don't worry 'cause we're so tight See each other 'most every night She let me have the master key That's why I kiss her explicitly She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me Nobody but me, y'all Some dudes, they think she's teasing They think she wants to play But she's so dog-gone pleasing And hey, that's just her way And no-one's gonna steal her She does what she wants to She only lets me feel her And then I know it's true She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me Nobody but me, y'all In a day and age when you can't be sure I've got one with a love that's pure Guess you'd call her my lucky star She goes out, but she don't go far She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me Nobody but me, y'all Some dudes, they think she's teasing They think she wants to play But she's so dog-gone pleasing And hey, that's just her way And no-one's gonna steal her She does what she wants to She only lets me feel her And then I know it's true She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me Nobody but me, y'all She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me Nobody but me, y'all She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no Toot An’ Toot An’ Toot In my robes dynamite I come in the night Put a pulse in your neighborhood My lady fine in lace As I stop to base my face Condominium down in Hollywood Was a child in the street But no more bare feet From the centerfold To custom made west I live for my style See me pause as I smile ??? I might impress Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, toot, an' toot Strut, dance an' shoot I don't even sing Don't seem to do a thing My wisdom vows never to be broke Never been to jail Plans not to go to hell And all my ladies say He really ain't no joke Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, toot, an' toot Strut, dance an' shoot Hey They say I sure do make a party Free freak to ask to see See me Gettin' that love babe Gettin' that love babe Ooh everybody Clapping hands, just dancing Just the way you want to see Want to see me Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, toot, an' toot Strut, dance an' shoot Someone to be blamed Blame me, I'm not ashamed Of the love and lust I have achieved I like all in truth Giving love to my youth Making magic, showing nothing up my sleeve Let's get it on The funky party I wanna funk the party down Party down Just the way I like Getting that loving Just the way I like Getting that love Everybody Clapping hands, just dancing Just the way you wanna see See me Getting that love Yeah yeah Getting that love Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, too, an' too Strut, shoot an' shoot Toot, toot, an' toot Strut, dance an' shoot Babydoll My dearest darling If I could just bring back those special days The days I had your loving ways They haunt me now The wrongs I've done Now I'm the fool The lonely one I stand here now Feeling so outside I stand here now Feeling so outside I ask you now Heart open wide Babe Hey babydoll Don't ever leave me no You're the spark that starts it all And you're what makes me tippy toe Ooh babe Hey babydoll If I could hold you now Take me in Don't let us lose it all Let's start again Don't let us fall I never thought you'd grow to be So far away from me I cheated you so bad You've got every right to say Just go away, you cannot stay Am I too late to give To be so sensitive Let our love live oh babe Other eyes have blinded me Now I can see and I can see Babe Hey babydoll Don't ever leave me no You're the spark that starts it all And you're what makes me tippy toe Ooh babe Hey babydoll If I could hold you now Take me in Don't let us lose it all Let's start again Don't let us fall If I could only say How much I love you babe I love to squeeze you so Lord knows Lord knows I'll appreciate That love we left That love so rare Oh My heart is out My arms want only you I've learned my lesson well If I have lost that special part of me I tell myself, and everybody Take time To love the one you love Don't be like me oh no Take the time It takes to love The one who really loves you yeah Take time To love the one you love Or you might lose her now Take the time it takes To love the one The one who really, really loves you Don't be like me no, no Take the tiem To love and to love Take the time it takes to love The one who really, who really really loves you I've learned my lesson well I tell myself and everybody Take the time it takes To love the one The one who really, who really really loves you yeah Take time to love The one who really loves you Take the time it takes To love the one Who really really loves you Don't be no fool babe Hey baby doll I don't wanna lose you baby I don't wanna lose you baby Love Is the Place Good good Good good Good good Good love Ain't nothing like a love Love is the place for you and me Let's go now Love is the place where we should be I'll show you how Reach out and tell each other now Face to face Love is the place Love is the place Take my hand And I begin to quiver You're the soul of me You're my true life giver You are the perfect one And I can see no other Our fate has just begun Two hearts who melt each other Now love is the place for you and me Let's go now Love is the place where we should be I'll show you how Reach out, reach out And tell each other now Face to face Love is the place Love is the place We can't win, there's so much to discover This ??? that there's no other lover And there could never be A better love for me You're why I'm alive And you're how I do survive Hey Love is the place for you and me Let's go now Love is the place where we should be I'll show you how Reach out, reach out Reach out, tell each other now Face to face Love is the place Love is the place Listen to me now We can't let nobody bring us down Nothing but happiness all around I can feel your love I can feel it through and through There's a special plot set aside for me and you Hear me now, hear me now Love is the place for you and me Let's go now Love is the place where we should be I'll show you how Reach out, reach out Reach out, and tell each other now Face to face Love is the place Over here love is the place Let me hear you children Sounds mighty good Over here now C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon Ooh wee ooh wee Where's it at Love is the place Right here Right here Raise your hands, raise your hands now Raise your hands, raise your hands now ??? Take me 'round a little bit higher now You try to hold another's hand Love is the place Love is the place for you and me Let's go now Love is the place where we should be I'll show you how Reach out, reach out Reach out and tell each other now Face to face Love is the place Yes it is Love is the place Just Ease My Mind She's been always the kind of person When the love came in my mind Perfect struct and a sinful beauty Never believe I'd ever find Such a tenderness, my lady You got a mind that's mighty fine I knew I'll always love the woman Woman's love just ease my mind Just ease my mind Just ease my mind Ease my mind Never saw me no diploma From book school and I never will But this love for me you're giving me I know from the world I'll never feel A little luck and the right behavior Make you a winner every time Called on the Lord and I got an answer He say woman's love just ease my mind Just ease my mind Just ease my mind You just ease my mind Ease my mind She's been always the kind of person When the love came in my mind A perfect struct and a sinful beauty I never believe I'd ever find Couldn't believe... Such a tenderness, my lady You got a mind that's mighty fine I knew I'll always love the woman, huh Woman's love just ease my mind Just ease my mind Woman, ease my mind Ease my mind Never saw me no diploma From book school and I never will But this love for me you're giving I know from the world I'll never feel A little luck and the right behavior Make you a winner every time Called on the Lord and I got an answer Woman's love just ease my mind Just ease my mind Just ease my mind Ease my mind Just ease my mind Ease my mind You Mean Everything To Me You're my everything My life and town You're the stars in my eyes The passive sounds You're those loving fantasies With reality You're that perfect ten Numbered so womanly You're the colored balloons In the big parade All the happy thoughts Ooh in my mind today You mean everything to me I know just what I wanna do I wanna give me up to you, to you You were my dream come true When first meeting you The laughter, the fun Flattering things we do Embraced in arms I just feel so free, so free Pardon me, pardon me, pardon me Say you belong to me Do you need a friend If you need a friend Someone to go walking Holding hands again Whatcha say You mean everything to me I know just what I wanna do I wanna give me up to you, to you Alright Shee be doo Shee be doo Shee be doo Sure is cool You're my everything My life and town You're the stars in my eyes The passive sounds Those loving fantasies with reality You're that perfect ten Numbered so womanly You mean everything to me So good, so good So sweet to you You mean everything to me I wanna give me up to you Sure being smooth You mean everything to me I know just what I wanna do I wanna give up to you, to you Love me true Its alright, its alright You're the colored balloons In the big parade All the happy thoughts, you in my mind today You mean everything to me I know just what I wanna do I wanna give all my loving to you Baby You mean everything to me I wanna count rome one to ten You better bring it on again You Get All My Love You're the glue that holds me The one that makes me strong You were there and I can see To choose the right from wrong I'm with you for always For us they'll be no end You're all my dreams For all my days My lover and my friend And I'll make sure That you'll stay mine By being kind to you I'll never cross that cheating line And never be untrue And you don't have to worry You'll stay so far above Just know its you that keeps me going And you get all my love No one makes me feel right The way I do with you Its forever that we'll be tight A tie you can't undo By looking hard both near and far Its happiness I have found I'm way up on the highest star And haven't hit the ground And I'll make sure that you'll be mine By being kind to you I'll never cross that cheating line And never be untrue And you don't have to worry I put you so far above Just know its you that keeps me going And you get all my love You don't have to worry You stay so far above Its you that keeps me going And you get, you get all my love You don't have to worry I put you so far above Remember its you that keeps me going And you get all my love
Come Free Your People A little sugar, honey suckle lamb Great expression of happiness Boy, you could not miss with a dozen roses Such would astound you The joy of children laughing around you These are the makings of you It is true, the makings of you, oh It's been a miracle for what you've done Please stay right by my side Two can be one for the righteous way to go Anyone would know I believe I thought I told you so You're second to none Love of all mankind should reflect some sign Of the words I'm trying to recite They're close, but not quite Almost impossible to do Describing the makings of you Honesty Hey Baby Selfish Yeah, I am But you got the kind of love That makes me want it all Hey, baby, you are in my mind so heavenly Hey, baby, you are the way I like my world to be Hey, baby, I like (Oh, I like) the way your hips go to and fro Ooh, baby, so cool livin' life like a movie show (Like a movie show) Your mama don't get no love (Mama don't get no love) Your brother don't get no love (Brother don't get no love) Your baby don't get no love, give it all to me (Give it all to me) Your daddy don't get no love (Daddy don't get no love) Your sister don't get no love (Sister don't get no love) Your puppy don't get no love Give it all to me (Give it all to me) Honestly, you and me, like tumbleweeds, just roll along so free To tell the truth, just lovin' you, it sure is cool, and everything we do Want nothing less, 'cause you're the best Without a fuss, you've won me and my trust Without a doubt, we can find each other out The time is now, show me how Hey, baby, so fine (You're so fine) You know I want you to be mine You, baby, so cool (You're so cool) Fix it up with you all the time Your mama don't get no love (Mama don't get no love) Your brother don't get no love (Brother don't get no love) Your baby don't get no love, give it all to me (Give it all to me) Your daddy don't get no love (Daddy, daddy, daddy) Your sister don't get no love (Sister don't get no love) Your puppy don't get no love Give it all to me Honestly, baby, you and me, we're like tumbleweeds, just roll along so free To tell the truth, baby, lovin' you, it sure is cool, and everything we do Want nothing less, 'cause you're the best Without a fuss, you've won me and my trust Without a doubt, we can find each other out The time is now, show me how Baby, your mama don't get no love (Mama don't get no love) Your brother don't get no love (Brother don't get no love) Your baby don't get no love, give it all to me (Give it all to me) Your daddy don't get no love (Daddy, daddy, daddy) Your sister don't get no love (Sister don't get no love) Your puppy don't get no love Give it all to me (Give it all to me) Your mama don't get no love (Mama don't get no love) Your brother don't get no love (Brother don't get no love) Your baby don't get no love, give it all to me (Give it all to me) Your daddy don't get no love (Daddy don't get no love) Your sister don't get no love (Sister don't get no love) Your puppy don't get no love Give it all to me (Give it all to me, give it all to me) Your mama don't get no love (Mama, mama, mama) Your brother don't get no love (Don't get no love) Your baby don't get no love, give it all to me (Give it all to me) Still Within Your Heart A little sugar, honey suckle lamb Great expression of happiness Boy, you could not miss with a dozen roses Such would astound you The joy of children laughing around you These are the makings of you It is true, the makings of you, oh It's been a miracle for what you've done Please stay right by my side Two can be one for the righteous way to go Anyone would know I believe I thought I told you so You're second to none Love of all mankind should reflect some sign Of the words I'm trying to recite They're close, but not quite Almost impossible to do Describing the makings of you Dirty Laundry Dirty laundry In the country Can't trust Uncle Sam Broken link Future sinkin' And no one gives a damn I learned to count But I found out There is no balanced scale People know I think we know For some its living hell Dirty laundry In the country Can't trust Uncle Sam Broken link Future sinkin' And no one gives a damn No working day No weekly pay Can't even feed my kid For broken folk No antidote While others get so fat Think I'll call my lord tonight And ask ask him how he'll see This good old world to be And if I read my Bible right And search for better time Don't wanna do no crime But times are kinda slow But the better days gotta show And everybody know Dirty laundry In the country Can't trust Uncle Sam Broken link Future sinkin' And no one gives a damn The dollar bill You think is real huh Spends to buy you nothing For broken folk No antidote Just trying to get me something Think I'll call my lord tonight And ask him he he see This good old world to be And if I read my Bible right But times are kinda slow But better days gotta show And everybody know Dirty laundry In the country Can't trust Uncle Sam Broken link Future sinkin' And no one gives a damn People hustle And preach the gospel Too many words to hear No working day No weekly pay The old folks live in fear Dirty laundry In the country Dirty laundry In the country Dirty laundry In the country Dirty laundry In the country Nobody But You Other guys try to hold her hand Other guys want a one night stand They all stare when she's around I'm so proud how she puts them down She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me I don't worry 'cause we're so tight See each other 'most every night She let me have the master key That's why I kiss her explicitly She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me Some dudes, they think she's teasing They think she wants to play But she's so dog-gone pleasing And hey, that's just her way And no-one's gonna steal her She does what she wants to She only lets me feel her And then I know it's true She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me In a day and age when you can't be sure I've got one with a love that's pure Guess you'd call her my lucky star She goes out, but she don't go far She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me Some dudes, they think she's teasing They think she wants to play But she's so dog-gone pleasing And hey, that's just her way And no-one's gonna steal her She does what she wants to She only lets me feel her And then I know it's true She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody, no, no She don't let nobody Nobody but me If You Need Me If you need me Just call I'll do anything that I can do to get to you If you need me Just call I'll do anything I can to get to you Know I need you Call I'll do anything I can do To get to you If you want me If you need me If you love me If you want me If you need me If you love me If you want me If you need me If you love me All night now Its alright Hold me tight Its alright Love tonight All night now Its alright Hold me tight Its alright Love tonight If you need me Call me You know what to do I'll never stop lovin' you You know If you need me You just call me I'll do anything that I can do To get to you I haven't ??? Learning all the hooks Seeing all the crime life Knowing all the crooks But you ??? ??? So much information Was ??? So if you need me Never loved a woman just like you Never left a body feeling the way you do Never met another woman who taste like you ??? Try me Try me Try me Try me Try me Try me Try me Try me It's love to be It's love to be It's love to be It's touching me Making love, making love love If you need me Call I'll do anything I can do to get to you If you need me What You Gawn Do He's gone away He's gone to stay Took up with another fine fish Out in the sea You cry so hard He's gone so far People do it Time's you know have got the best of me So whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Don't be no fool Now whatchu gon' do Jamaica, Africa Let's go Bermuda In the hand you'll see Before there's another left When the trade winds blow There's a message too Whatever people do You got to be yourself So whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Don't be no fool Now whatchu gon' do The third world say Rest in peace no pay Other people in the world They have a right In between east and west Wonder now which is best Between the nuclear war Brother both are dynamite So whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Don't be no fool Now whatchu gon' do Live in the melting pot Where its good and hot Create of so may races become the blend We try so hard To make our mark The freedom train breakin' down Now and then So whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Don't be no fool Now whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Whatchu gon' do Hey hey whatcha gon' do Don't be no fool We come in peace with a message of love We Come In Peace We come in peace We're coming in peace We come in love Alien our language On how the human feels Make the world so angry People wanna kill So we come in peace We come in peace We come in peace We come in love The message from the party The thing to do with ??? Try to keep it happy Don't depress yourself to cry My friend we come in peace We come in peace We come in peace We come in peace We come in peace Baby I don't want to argue Don't even want to fight I just want to love you And hold you all the night So I come in peace Let me come in peace We come in peace Let me come in peace I come in peace Let me come in peace Let me come in love All I wanna do is love you All I wanna do is love you All I wanna do is love you That's all I wanna do That's all I wanna do All I wanna do is love you All I wanna do is love you All I wanna do is love you All I wanna do is love you That's all I wanna do That's all I wanna do All I wanna do is love you Seen too many loved ones ??? we come to see some things Let's please not lose another Why can't we break the chain Can we come in peace Can we come in peace We come in peace We come in love Oh We come in peace We come in peace We come in love ??? We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We come in peace baby Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up We've got to move on up ??? Baby, It’s You I hear the clock on the wall, here comes the night We got all the love in control, to make it right With you, baby, bless your soul You know you keep a man from getting old Baby, it's you Baby, it's you You, baby I breathe the air, sweet perfume We see the moon, misty shadows mold your body in the room All through the years, far as I can see It's me loving you and you loving me Baby, it's you Baby, it's you You, baby All in your arms is a wonderful thing A natural sensation as my body sing We're two groovy people, baby, you don't know Dancin' to the music, movin' to and fro Just layin' my face all upon your breast Floats me above the world and I must confess Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you This magic hour, like a flower, blossoming now Like a birth of love unexplained, happening now Feel me tremble as we reach our goal You hold me so tight, keep me in control Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you You (You), you (You), you (You) Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you All through the years, far as I can see Is me loving you and you loving me Feel me tremble as we reach our goal You know you keep a man from getting old Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you You (You), you (You), you (You) Baby, it's you, you, you You, baby Baby, it's you, you, you You, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you You, you, you, you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you You, you, you, you, you You, you, you, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you You, you, you Baby, it's you, you, you You, baby Baby, it's you Bodyguard Let me be your bodyguard I promise to protect your heart Let me be your bodyguard I'll never neglect you Always respect you ??? in lovely fits I can handle whatever I'm up against I wanna have your love all to myself Don't want to share you with no one else Its true Honey its you Let me be your bodyguard I promise to protect your heart Let me be your bodyguard I'll never neglect you Always respect you I'll protect you girl free of charge That's how bad I wanna win your heart I'm in your corner whether you're right or wrong I'll be beside you when I'm weak or strong Its true Incredible, incredible Let me be your bodyguard I promise to protect your heart Let me be your bodyguard I'll never neglect you Always respect you Always respecting you Don't want to share you Honey with no one else Its true Incredible you Let me be your bodyguard I promise to protect your heart Let me be your bodyguard I'll never neglect you Always respecting you Your bodyguard Let me be your bodyguard I promise, I promise Let me be your bodyguard I promise to protect your heart Let me be your bodyguard I promise to protect your heart Keep you from dangers and the strangers I'll watch out over you Keep you under my protection Little mama ??? Just wanna keep loving you So let me be Let me be Let me be Let me be your body Your bodyguard I promise, I promise, I promise I promise To protect your heart Let me be your bodyguard I promise to protect your heart I'll be your private detective Make sure you're always respected baby Let me be Let me be your bodyguard Let me be your bodyguard Breakin’ In The Streets Everybody's breakin' down in the street I see a little girl I want next to me Guess ??? I just wanna show her what I'm all about She groovin' so hot, can't let it slow me down Breaking with this love affair all over town So lift up your feet, c'mon follow me C'mon Groove me what I know the groove is all for me I hope what I do you wanna do again Give up your style the way I know you can The groove is so hot, can't let her slow me down Breaking with this love affair all over town So lift up your feet, c'mon and follow me Groove me when I know the groove is all for me I hope what you do you wanna do again Love me with a style the way I know you can The groove is so hot, don't let it slow you down I'm breaking with this love affair all over town Jam The groove is so hot Breaking with this love affair all over town Jam jam jam
Everybody needs a friend There's no flowers without the sweet bee There's no shade without the big tree There is no sweet end if you don't begin Everybody need a friend Lady you'd never neglect The woman's heart you respect One to give birth to your soul She's richer than all earth's gold Learn to love her man And her body too Win the trust for the love to flow so true A friend is important to you But you must be one too You can't live if you don't know to cry You don't make it if you don't know to try The fulfillment you have every day Means that sometimes you pray You're alive but don't know to live And to live you must learn to give To survive is not all of life Sweeter is the sacrifice Learn to love her man And her body too Win the trust for the love to flow so true One to give birth to your soul She's richer than all earth's gold Learn to love her man And her body too Win the trust for the love to flow so true To survive is [A] not all of life Sweeter is the sacrifice Sweeter is the sacrifice Everybody need a friend Sweeter is the sacrifice If you can't lose you won't learn to win The fulfillment you have every day Means that sometimes you pray Everybody need a friend Sweeter is the sacrifice Sweeter is the sacrifice Everybody need a friend Sweeter is the sacrifice Everybody need a friend We Gotta Have Peace We gotta have peace To keep the world alive and war to cease We gotta have joy Within our hearts with love we can't destroy People hear us Through our voice, the world knows there's no choice We're begging, save the children The little ones who just don't understand Give them a chance To live their lives and help purify the land People hеar us Through our voice, the world knows therе's no choice And the people in our neighborhood They would if they only could Meet and shake the other's hand Get together for the good of the land Give us all an equal chance It could be such a sweet romance And the soldiers who are dead and gone If only we could bring back one He'd say "We've gotta have peace" To keep the world alive and war to cease We gotta have joy Within our hearts with love we can't destroy People hear us Through our voice, the world knows there's no choice And the people in our neighborhood They would if they only could Meet and shake the other's hand Get together for the good of the land Give us all an equal chance It could be such a sweet romance And the soldiers who are dead and gone If only we could bring back one He'd say "We've gotta have peace" We got to have peace I say peace, peace, peace We gotta have peace Peace, peace, peace We gotta have peace I say peace, peace, peace Hmm, we gotta have peace People hear us Through our voice, the world knows that there's no choice And the people in our neighborhood They would if they only could Meet and shake the other's hand Get together for the good of the land Give us all an equal chance It could be such a sweet romance And the soldiers who are dead and gone If only we could bring back one He'd say "We've gotta have peace" We got to have peace Let the people say peace, peace, peace Aha, we got to have peace Let the babies say, peace, peace, peace Oh, we gotta have peace We say peace, peace, peace Oh, we gotta have peace I say peace, peace, peace Oh, we gotta have peace I say peace, peace, peace We gotta have peace We gotta have peace, we gotta have peace Peace, peace, peace
Take It To The Streets Homeless I'm just homeless Homeless I'm just homeless Homeless Oh Lord Just a year ago I was in the go ??? And walking on air Never thought as far I just hit a bar Saw the signs of grief And still would not care Please ??? Please ??? they repeat Don't ??? Look out for the need Of these I was someone more 'Cause I was no one poor To find that I too was down on my knees I'm just homeless Homeless I'm just homeless Homeless And people wonder why Homeless Homeless Oh lord I'm just homeless Homeless Don't you cry for me Just out here I see Babies and families Don't have a dad ??? Politicians see But won't take the time Homeless Homeless Ooh yeah Homeless Homeless See me walking by Homeless Homeless Homeless Homeless Homeless Homeless Homeless Homeless I'm just homeless Homeless I'm just homeless Homeless ??? and fat tables Leaving biscuits and ??? Men and ladies In their Mercedes Passing by me But no time for the poor Without some money Sure 'nuff the money talk Just try to buy with your pocket unfilled (No bills) Become invisible And indefensible ??? Just don't bring a meal I'm just homeless Homeless Homeless Homeless See me walking by People wonderin' why Tears flow down my eyes Take it to the street I feel so incomplete Worry worry me Politicians see Trying to keep my pride Don't want to die inside Got to Be Real I can tell by the look in your eyes Your heart is empty And it comes to me with no surprise Of how you got that way And I know Day by day You try to hide What's deep down inside You You've got to be real To that self be true Baby you've You've You've just got to be real And you can count on me to see you through sugar Oh baby Don't you know That I'm aware I wanna be more than just a friend I see you I care Let's let our love begin And I know Day by day You try to hide What's deep down inside But you've got to be real You've For me you've got to be real To that self be true Oh baby now You've It's you that's got to be real But I'm desperate for you To be real Its the key to my heart And your lies tear us apart You've We see the way to go Just take it slow baby To that self be true I can do it for you baby You've Got to be real ??? Believe me I know I know It's so good for us When you keep the trust baby Let's get real Feel me baby Whatever ??? I just wanna share Oh you It's you, it's you Don't be alarmed We'll weather the storms You do your thing By my side Oh, you baby There's a love to do Don't let our hearts be empty No more tears Ain't no other love Ain't no other love babe Slappin' hands, making plans You Baby its you babe Ain't no time like tonight You've Just got to be real It's just got to be real You just got to be real For me baby You've Need no other love Let the love come on, come on On and on It's got to be Got to be real Oh baby You've Me and you Things to do Just got to be, gotta be By your side Do Be Down Do be Everybody says to you all the time To be true Everybody want But no one can find To be loved A human need that is never felt Well baby I don't care Just to be there And to be down Its time to know Just what is so And what you like I give you me You give me you And that's alright Just what I'm trying to say In this fragile love of the way we found Since you finally unwound Just to be you And do be down I just wanna know No matter where we go Girl let's no destruct what we adore Strange as it may sound Let's keep this love around You for me Me for you That's all I wanna do Do be you What everybody say to you all the time To be true Everybody wants but no one can find To be loved A human need that is never felt Well baby I don't care Just to be there And do be down Well baby I don't care Please be there And do be down Well baby I don't care Do be there And do be down Well baby I don't care Do be down And do be down Well baby I don't care On and On I watch the clouds roll by As morning floods the sky Why do things change Like stars in the night You stop and catch my eye I move frame by frame And I know... I sit in my room and I think of you It just brings me down I don't know what went wrong But I'll sing this song...to you And I'll hope that you see You mean everything to me Lay awake in bed while thoughts fly through my head Can't things stay the same I know it's been awhile But I can't forget your smile I hope it's the same Its been so long, its been so long, its been so long Time will move on & on Its been so long, its been so long, its been so long Time will move on & on It's time to move on & on 'Cause time will move on & on & on I'll let you know, I'm letting go But I hope that you see you meant everything to me He’s a Fly Guy Down from the bar There's a platform stage People primpin' pimping Sharp as razor blades In from the street While the little people stare It's all about the style And the clothes you wear He's a fly guy, no one can deny He's a fly guy, ain't nothing 'bout him shy He's a fly guy, don't even bat an eye He's a fly guy Harden in the face You know not to annoy Sweatin' his expression Is your tears of joy The look hе's got is fire hot I'm saying the least Most girls would likе to feast On this original piece He's a fly guy, none can deny He's a fly guy, ain't nothing 'bout him shy He's a fly guy, he don't even bat an eye He's a fly guy A pleaser, not a teaser Is how he finish his day Deals with chicks and fix the tricks As long as they pay Like a nightmare of pain If you know what I mean Screams of laughter, running after His own self esteem He's a fly guy, no one can deny He's a fly guy, nothing 'bout him shy He's a fly guy, he don't even bat a eye He's a fly guy Don't sucker me, just let me be My own kind of man Watch what you screw, what you do And how you attend What can you say, some kind of way He conquers defeat He's here to stay, game of the day Is Street selling meat He's a fly guy, no one can deny He's a fly guy, ain't nothing 'bout him shy He's a fly guy, you don't even bat a eye He's a fly guy Don’t Push Street walk Money talks For a nickel and a dime I'll blow your mind Kids on the block Giving it up for me And they don't care And I'll never set 'em free Child dies Mama cries All because Some liar told him lies Man says Its just a shame But in a line up He's the one to blame Don't push I'll turn you out Don't push You'll go down for the count Don't push My words to you yeah If you push You'll be the one to lose Easy ??? You can't win cause you can't lose This kind of girl sits strong baby She's been haunting you so very long Damned if you do, damned if you don't Taste the sweet ??? Luxury to flaunt Drive you crazy (Drive you crazy) Make you hazy (Make you hazy) Mind so lazy I won't knock your groove Don't push me I'll turn you out Don't push Pain is in, pain begins Don't push me Turn you around, knock you down If you push You'll be the one to lose Watch out who you hex You'll be the one who loses You'll be the one Careful when you speak You'll be the one ??? You'll be the one to lose Take it to the street Don't push Take it to the street Take it to the street Take it to the street Take it to the street Don't push Don't push Watch out who you meet Careful when you speak Take it to the street You may take your defeat Got no time to eat Take it to the street New World Order New World Order Darkness no longer, a child is born Mother shed tears of joy as baby test his lungs My daddy's not there where he ought to be Somewhere in Georgia, skinning and shooting craps on his knees Another victim born out here in the hood And based on statistics it really ain't all good Welfare takes the tab and daddy can't sign And it can't be seen, the family becomes a crime The hunt is on and brother you're the prey Serving time in jail, it just ain't the way I'm living so hard, baby, that my hair is gray We got to make a change, it's a brand new day A new world order, a brand new day A change of mind for the human race A new world order, a brand new day A change of mind for the human race Operation influx and it's on the way We've just marched a million plus the other day Look we all witnessed the sweat rolling down Ms Liberty's head She knows the sleeping giant is no longer sleeping dead Oh, what a fulfillment of prophecy Let us teach the children freedom's never been free It's okay to cry, go ahead and cry 'Cause Jesus wept but hope and faith he kept It's a new day A new world order, a brand new day A change of mind for the human race A new world order, a brand new day A change of mind for the human race The die has been cast and there's no need to fear 'Cause people, the answer to your prayers are here Sister Mary don't you weep, tell Martha not to moan We need the love and daddy's coming home There's no need to worry, the times dictate a plan Mother Earth's given birth to a brand new man Sister I know you're misunderstood But hold on to your man 'cause the future looks good It's a new day A new world order, a brand new day A change of mind for the human race A new world order, a brand new day A change of mind for the human race Beware of the lies and false prophecies We are many with eyes but don't all really see You must be merciful my friend to obtain the same So if you break the chain don't pass the blame We should say unto all and I'll say it again It's not just to win, shake a hand, make a friend We who are pure at heart somehow might see There's still light in the world, come rejoice with me It's a new day A new world order, a brand new day A change of mind for the human race A new world order, a brand new day A change of mind for the human race It's a new day, it's a new day It's a new day, it's a new day It's a new day Yes, Lord, it's a brand new day Ms. Martha She sit on her porch every day at about past noon But from her eyes, I just see a sad and blue (Ms. Martha) Is there anything that I can do for you? She'd say, "No my son, the Lord will see me through" (Alright) Her little one was sick, his name was Little Ray Red in his eyes and all he know is getting paid Sell his soul to the devil if he could Mrs. Martha, she do her best, like we know she always would Sometimes I'm up, and times I'm down It's like one way in, and no way out But we oughta know each other And spread love around the world, not hate amongst each other Like Ms. Martha Like Ms. Martha Like Ms. Martha Like Ms. Martha Standing at her place, just to see the waste Never much to say, kept an empty face (Ms. Martha) Could it be, she just doesn't have a man Or maybe, we just don't understand (Alright) There are so many things I wish to do for you Follow your heart to make the dreams come true (She said) the reason why I haven't passed away I lived to make sure you'd see a better day Sometimes I'm up, and times I'm down It's like one way in, and no way out But we oughta know each other And spread love around the world, not hate amongst each other Sometimes I'm up, and times I'm down It's like one way in, and no way out But we oughta know each other And spread love around the world, not hate amongst each other Sometimes I'm up, and times I'm down It's like one way in, and no way out But we oughta know each other And spread love around the world, not hate amongst each other Sometimes I'm up, and times I'm down It's like one way in, and no way out But we oughta know each other And spread love around the world, not hate amongst each other Sometimes I'm up, and times I'm down It's like one way in, and no way out But we oughta know each other And spread love around the world Back To Living Again Now it's always the right time With something positive in your mind There's always someone to pull you down You just get back up and hold your ground If there's ever something bad you don't wanna see Just keep on walking and let it be I don't wanna hear 'bout all that's bad, no no 'Cause all that's bad just makes me sad, mhm So every little once in a while Show some love and make me smile Cry sometimes with tears of joy, oh yeah Sure would help now won't it, boy? Say yeah Summer, winter, or just cold Through the rain and through the snow Let's get on back to living again, right on Just get on back to living again Get on back, get on back Wherever life takes me I don't know, hey Just give me a truth and let me grow, ooh I have these feelings in myself, hey I'm sure there must be someone else Shootin' guns in prison life Is that what you want? Well, Jesus Christ It's best for you to get back on track There ain't no need in lookin' back, don't look back So you're tryin' hard, well try again Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win Just remember by and by, just remember (Remember) It's best to keep a natural high So summer, winter, or just cold Through the rain and through the snow, yeah Let's get on back to living again, right on Just get on back to living again Get on back, get on back If you're feeling inferior, hey Make yourself superior If you practice, baby, all the time No one can think what's on your mind Fussin' and fightin' all the time Do you really want some peace of mind? Yeah Remember back as a little kid? There was so much fun in what we did Summer, winter, or just cold, here we go Through the rain and through the snow (Through the rain and through the snow) Let's get on back to living again, right on (Let's get on back to living again) Just get on back to livin' again (Oh yeah) Get on back, get on back (Get on back, get on back) Summer, winter, or just cold (Summer, winter) Through the rain and through the snow (Through the rain and through the snow) Let's get on back to living again, right on (Yeah, yeah) Just get on back to living again (To living again) Get on back, get on back (Get on back, get on back) Let's get on back to living again, right on (Right on) Just get on back to living again (Go 'head, right on) Get on back, get on back (Get on back, get on back) Let's get on back to living again, right on (Right on) Just get on back to living again (Get on back, living again) Get on back, get on back (Living again, to living again, go 'head) Let's get on back to living again, right on (Living again - go 'head, Mayfield) No One Knows About A Good Thing (You Don't Have To Cry) I know you know he's getting over The rumors say he's fooling around Your face sadly pressed upon my shoulder Too bad to hear, he's putting you down 'Cos no one knows about a good thing Until a good thing is gone Remember when you loved a good thing To lose one is just no fun No one knows about a sweet thing Until the sweet thing is gone Baby, dry your eyes, you don't have to cry You know I love you, love you so madly, oh yeah Again you've been pushed Pushed off to the curdle, oh yeah I begged to take you, I've held you so gladly Just give me some sign, baby say the word 'Cos no one knows about a good thing Until the good thing is gone Remember when you loved a good thing To lose one is just no fun No one knows about a sweet thing Until the sweet thing is gone Baby dry your eyes, you don't have to cry I guess no one knows what you've really been living at It's funny like that I don't wanna complete that I just wanna, I just wanna Don't mean to push, but my love's in a hurry, yes baby I'm standing here like I'm gonna die I must admit you've got me so worried I just want for us to give it a try, give it a try 'Cos no one knows about a good thing Until the good thing is gone Remember when you loved a good thing To lose one is just no fun No one knows about a sweet thing Until the sweet thing is gone Baby dry your eyes, you don't have to cry No one knows about a good thing Remember when you loved a good thing To lose one is just no fun No one knows about a sweet thing Until the sweet thing is gone Baby dry your eyes, you don't have to cry Don't cry baby, don't cry baby Don't cry baby, sweet baby No one knows about a sweet thing Until the sweet thing is gone Just A Little Bit Of Love You hear me callin' Callin' brother, are you listenin' We need to cool at night for our future For the little pretty boys and girls We need to take a time, come together Are you willing? So we can make it right for the people And everyone I love will come Just a little bit of love to make it right Just a little bit of time to cool at night Just a little bit of space to keep us tight We gotta come together We gotta come together Everybody searchin' in confusion No solution We look inside ourselves for the answer But we really don't understand We all must be unplanned To start sharing, to start caring And if the sun shines your way You will find love 'cos love is the only way Just a little bit of love to make it right Just a little bit of time to cool at night Just a little bit of space to keep us tight Just a little bit, just a little bit of love Aye man, it seems so hopeful for blazin' my days And brother, let's begin a stress off my chest with some sex Can I get a little love for my peeps in the streets? But this killing for colors, aye man this shit gotta cease, peace Nothin', zero, zilch, amounts to what? Nothin' but you've gotta have somethin' 'Cos we're comin', comin' correct and together eternally And with that little bit of love, we may live forever See it's a time to live, there's a time to die But when the livin' gets rough, that's the time I realize I've gotta think twice using my ears to hear, L O V E Just love, just love, just love, just love Just a little bit of love to make it right Just a little bit of time to cool at night Just a little bit of space to keep us tight Just a little bit, just a little bit of love Now look all around you Children dyin', people cryin', no, no But nobody seem to care Till it's their time, they really don't give a damn We've got to find a way to start loving To start giving, yeah But if we procrastinate and we blow it Then everybody'll go to hell Just a little bit of love to make it right Just a little bit of time to cool at night Just a little bit of space to keep us tight We gotta keep together We gotta keep together We don't need destruction, we don't need it We don't need to care, no, no We don't need corruption We just need to cheer, just a little bit We don't need attacking, no, no We don't need the pain We don't need to cry down, we don't need it We just need to change, let me just a little bit Just a little bit of love to make it right Just a little bit of time to cool at night Just a little bit of space to keep us tight Love can, love can be Livin' life to see All my children free, oh Just a little bit of love We People Who Are Darker Than Blue (feat. Roger Troutman) We people who are darker than blue Are we gonna stand around this town and let what others say come true We're just good for nothing they all figure A boyish grown up shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where it's at We people who are darker than blue This ain't no time for segregating I'm talking 'Bout brown and yellow too high yellow gal can't you tell You're just the surface of our dark deep well If your mind could really see You'd know your color same as me, Pardon me brother as you stand in your glory I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story Get yourself together, learn to know your sign Shall we commit our genocide before we check out our mind I know we've all got problems that's why I'm here to say Keep peace with me and I with you Let me love in my own way Now I know we have great respect for the sister, and mother It's even better yet But there's the joker in the street loving one brother and killing the other When the time comes and we are really free There'll be no brothers left you see We people who are darker than blue Don't let us hang around this town And let what others say come true We're just good for nothing they all figure A boyish grown up shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where it's at Pardon me brother, I know we've come a long long way Let us stop being so satisfied For tomorrow can be an even brighter day I Believe In You I'm in love with you And I plan to love you longer There's always peace I can find within my heart You keep me up, and for you I crave with hunger Still, I cannot see, why you cling to me To face this takes a faith You surround me, then you kiss me, you embrace me Some kind of wonderful I believe in you (Believe me, baby) And your body as it shows (Believe me, baby) I believe in you (Believe me, baby) I believe in you (I believe in you, oh) I adore you so (Adore you, baby) You're the perfect rose (I know it, baby) I believe in you (Believe me, baby) I believe in you (Oh oh oh oh) You're my kind of man, with a mind completely read We feel a touch, 'cause we know each other care, baby The time is now, so we try ourselves for size Your smiling face brings a sparkle to your eye So sensitive, we give It's ecstasy, now caressing me When I feel it's free And I believe you know (I love you, baby) In your eyes it shows (I love you, baby) I believe in you (I need you, baby) I believe in you (I need you, baby) I adore you so (Adore you, baby) You're the perfect rose (Believe it, baby) I believe in you (Well, I believe in you) I believe in you (I believe it, too) And I believe you know And in your eyes it shows That I believe in you I believe in you I adore you so (Adore you, baby) You're the perfect rose (Curtis, yes, I know) I believe in you (And I believe you, too, oh baby) I believe in you (Baby, baby) I believe in you (You know) In your eyes it shows I believe in you (I believe) I believe in you (And I know you believe it, too) I adore you so (Adore you, baby) You're my perfect rose I believe in you Here But I'm Gone How did I get so far gone Where do I belong? And where in the world did I ever go wrong? If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone Porched up in a rocking-chair With my feet all bare Rolling my blunt in a cigar wrap Live an adolescent mind Never do take the time Waiting for my high, quiet as it's kept How did I get so far gone? Where do I belong? And where in the world did I ever go wrong? If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone Mama told me I was best Argue and punch in the chest Son, now be strong, let me take you home I'd see in her eyes so sincere Screaming, what got me here Standing in the world with my mind all blown How did I get so far gone? Where do I belong? And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone How did I get so far gone? Where do I belong? And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone I do nothing but waste all my time Leaving the world behind Smoking my crack just to keep me high Around the boys I play my part rough Keep myself tough enough Never to cry, don't really wanna die How did I get so far gone? Where do I belong? And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone How did I get so far gone? Where do I belong? And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone How did I get so far gone? Where do I belong? And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone
It Was Love That We Needed It was love that we needed We needed love (it was love) It was love that we needed Love It was love (it was love) It was love (that we needed) We needed love Somewhat impossible No idea what was happenin' to me All of my life, things were cool 'til now Then the feelin', the strangest feelin' came over me My happiness just came with such surprise The water just swelled up in my eyes An all I could see was your pretty, pretty face Jumpin' up and down All around the place It was love (it was love) It was love (that we needed) that we needed It was love, it was love, it was love, it was love We needed love It was love that we needed I'm so proud of you We needed love Never, never, never did I know till now My love feelings for another For just romancin' in the world Dancin' with you, girl I knew we'd soon discover We'd soon discover My happiness just came with such surprise The water just swelled up in my eyes All I could see was you int the place Smiling all around the place It was love, it was love) It was love (that we needed) that we needed It was love, it was love, it was love, it was love We needed love It was love It was love that we needed I'm so proud of you Loves, merry go round, goes around and round Loves, merry go round, goes round Loves, merry go round Romancin' in the world Just dancin' with you, girl You're my world Romancin' in the world Just dancin' with you, girl You're my world Loves, merry go round, goes around and round Loves, merry go round, goes round Loves, merry go round Loves, merry go round, goes around and round Loves, merry go round, goes round Loves, merry go round Romancin' in the world Just dancin' with you, girl You're my world Romancin' in the world Just dancin' with you, girl You're my world... The Got Dang Song It's the got dang song (hey, hey, hey) It's the got dang song (hey, hey, hey) It's the got dang song (hey, hey, hey) It's the got dang song (hey, hey, hey) Third world country, sunny skies Colors bright like butterflies Cup half empty, soon we die There is no hope, can't satisfy Read the Bible, no time to play Cure the sick, gotta find a way Great big mountain lined with gold They have the fortune, us no control It's the got dang song (It's the got dang song, it's the got dang song) It's the got dang song (It's the got dang song, it's the got dang song) Yeah, yeah Minimum wage, say that's the price Workin' in the sun all my got dang life Fifty a year, that's mighty sweet When I'm workin' in the sun all the got dang week Standin' at the bottom of the totem pole Carrying the weight for every got dang soul Figure how the people gonna get up top (yes, God) You're reapin' all the honey, every got dang drop It's the got dang song (It's the got dang song, it's the got dang song) (Do you know what I'm talkin' about, yeah) It's the got dang song (It's the got dang song, it's the got dang song) (Ooh, ooh, ooh, listen [?]) It's the got dang song (It's the got dang song, it's the got dang song) (Say the words, say it, oh yeah) It's the got dang song (hey, hey, hey) Oh yeah, it's the got dang song (hey, hey, hey) (Talkin' 'bout the got dang song) Oh yeah, it's the got dang song (hey, hey, hey) (Listen now) Saw him from the shadow when he shot the gun Through the ghetto jungle, away he run (oh) Livin' in the city, ain't going nowhere (oh) Few folks share and ain't nothin' fair (oh) Could there be a conspiracy? (talk to me, brother, now) To thrive on me, a minority (are you listening?) Some folks say to suck it up, hey (come on, come on, come on) Ain't got no straw, ain't got no cup (oh) The Girl I Find Stays On My Mind Here's another girl And I am afraid that she'll be gone Like the others before her And here's another chance To make myself belong And this time I wanna keep her For this girl I find Stays on my mind She has opened up my eyes As though I were blind Oh Lord, I must find the strength somewhere For I find I really care And today's opportunity has at last Found someone to share The things I wouldn't have dared 'Cause I never felt that were meant for me But this girl I find Stays on my mind She has opened up my eyes As though I were blind This girl I find Stays on my mind She has opened up my eyes As though I were blind Oh Lord, I must find the strength somewhere 'Cause I find I really care And today's opportunity has at last Found someone to share The things I wouldn't have dared 'Cause I never felt that were meant for me And here's another girl And I am afraid that she'll be gone Like the others before her Here's another chance To make myself belong And this time I wanna keep her If she's really for me If she's really for me I am gonna wait and see I am gonna wait and see If she's really for me If she's really for me I am gonna wait and see I love you, I love you I am gonna wait and see If you're really for me Let's Not Forget Let's not forget though trying times there are We have not lost the war, by far Still work to be done and as the old hymn says "We all can overcome" Let's not forget the sunrise in the sky The love and wonders why, you don't do or die But at best you try Don't let life pass you by Do what you do when you're feeling free You can be what you want to be Open your mind and you can see Baby, let's not forget this love is all we need Kiss me once and maybe kiss me twice Sweetens the spice of life my child Just give me a smile It is your big world to make it all worthwhile Let's not forget advice on love today I'm really not so wise this way So what do you say, two loving human beings Just trying to make a way Do what you do when you're feeling free, my baby You can be what you want to be, right now Open your mind and you can see, alright Baby, let's not forget this love is all we need My baby, my baby, my baby Do what you do when you're feeling free You can be what you want to be Open your mind and you can see Baby, let's not forget this love is all we need Do what you do when you're feeling free, my baby You can be what you want to be, right now Open your mind and you can see, alright Baby, let's not forget this love is all we need Do what you do when you're feeling free, my baby You can be what you want to be, right now Oh So Beautiful It is glorious This is Curtis Never forget the life we live is oh so beautiful, yes This life we live (Life we live) Is oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful) Oh so beautifal (Oh, it's so beautiful) And I just want to tell you I'm inspired to live my life You trust in me I trust in you We try to do whats right Long as we can grow It doesn't matter where you go There always be, you see, some sacrifice I'm keeping the body and soul alright Sometimes I got to struggle day and night But I must do what I do 'cause life is truely really good Now it's time to get the money and watch my people grow And now I gots to go to another level I made my moves and paid my dues It's on again (It's on again) This life we live (Life we live) Is oh so beautiful (Is oh so beautiful) Oh so beautiful (Oh so beautiful) Life is beautiful This love we give (The love we give) Is oh so beautiful (Is oh so beautiful) Oh so beautiful (Oh so beautiful) To see the sun do shine You got to come out sometimes It's not for us to know or wonder why Reaching out in harmony Praying for longevity Just trying to find some meaning of my life Knowing life's got a way of making things look tough But still I'm thinking that it's not enough To ever make me ever feel like giving up I'm never gonna stop, don't stop, won't stop I gots to have my fun What would life be that it would be so dull and dumb? So I'm chillin' and I'll never fake the funk (Don't fake the funk, don't fake the funk) This life we live (Life we live) Is oh so beautiful (Is so beautiful) Oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful, oh yeah) Life is beautiful This love we give (The love we give) Is oh so beautiful (Is oh so beautiful) Oh so beautiful (Oh so beautiful, so beautiful) [?] the people of the world Could find the values, to get the challenge, my my Just to solve your conflicts with another Sister and brother, father and mother Hey hey To reap all the glory, we must take inventory And love everything in it, 'cause this is organic This life we live (This life we live) Is oh so beautiful (Oh so beautiful) Oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful) (Do you know what I'm talkin' about?) This love we give (Yeah yeah) Is oh so beautiful (Oh yeah) Oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful) (It is glorious) This life we live (Life we live) (You gotta reap everything you sow in life, oh yeah) Is oh so beautiful (Oh so beautiful) Oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful) (Keep love on the planet we're dealin') This love we give (Oh yes) Is oh so beautiful (It's so beautiful) Oh so beautiful (Oh, it's so beautiful) (Smell the roses sometime, stop this crime) This life we live (Life we live) (Keep it true)
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Amen
( The Impressions ) Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen sing it over Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen See the little baby Wrapped in a manger on Christmas morning See him in the Temple Talking with the elders Who marvel at his wisdom Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen Hallelujah Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen Down at the Jordan John was baptizing and saving all sinners See him at the seaside Talking with the fisherman And making them disciples Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen Keep on pushin now Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen Hallelujah now Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen
Choice of colors
( The Impressions ) If you had a choice of color Which one would you choose my brothers If there was no day or night Which would you prefer to be right How long have you hated your white teacher Who told you, you love your black preacher Do you respect your brother's woman friend And share with black folks not of kin People must prove to the people A better day is coming for you and for me With just a little bit more education And love for our nation Would make a better society Now some of us would rather cuss and make a fuss Than to bring about a little trust But we shall overcome our beliefs someday If you'll only listen to what I have to say And how long have you hated your white teacher Who told you, you love your black preacher Can you respect your brother's woman friend And share with black folks not of kin I said now people must prove to the people A better day is coming for you and for me With just a little bit more education And love for our nation Would make a better society And if you had a choice of colors Which one would you choose my brothers If there was no day or night Which would you prefer to be right And If you had a choice of colors Which one would you choose my brothers If there was no day or night Which would you prefer to be right
Duke Of Earl Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl As I walk through this world Nothing can stop the Duke of Earl And you, you are my girl And no one can hurt you, oh no So, I, oh, I'm gonna love you, oh Come on let me hold you, darlin' 'Cause I'm the Duke of Earl And yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And when I hold you Nothing can stop the Duke of Earl We'll walk through my Dukedom And a paradise we will share Yes I, oh, I'm gonna love you, oh Nothing can stop me now 'Cause I'm the Duke of Earl And yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And I, oh, I'm gonna love you, oh Nothing can stop me now 'Cause I'm the Duke of Earl And yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Fool For You ( The Impressions )
Never liked nobody That's been mean to me I've got a heart full of stone And I hate the misery Then you came along Into my life Destroying my mind Mounting up the toil and strife But I'm a fool for you I'm a fool for you But I'm a fool for you I'm a fool for you Guess I'll always be And I claim it famously 'Cause I'm a fool for you It's a doggone shame Knowin' you don't love me You go on and use me So continuously I don't know why I love you like I do When you're breaking my heart And you know it's true But I'm a fool for you I'm a fool for you But I'm a fool for you I'm a fool for you Doggin' me every day But child, I'm here to stay 'Cause I'm a fool for you You don't want me to stay But I'm a fool for you Do me wrong now every day Child, I'm a fool for you Ah-ha-ha-hoo I'm a fool for you I'm So Proud
Prettier than all the world And I'm so proud, I'm so proud of you You're only one fella's girl And I'm so proud, I'm so proud of you I'm so proud of being loved by you And it would hurt, hurt to know If you ever were untrue Sweeter than the taste o a cherry so sweet And I'm so proud, I'm so proud of you Compliments to you from all the people we meet Yes, and I'm so proud Believe me I love you, too I'm so proud of being loved by you And it would hurt, hurt to know If you ever were untrue Sweeter than the taste of a cherry so sweet Yeah, and I'm so proud of you I'm so proud of you I'm so proud of being loved by you Love's Sweet Sensation
Oh... Baby, baby, it's a dream here with you Alright (Don't do it) Alright Don't say it's over Don't say goodbye Just come on over And we'll talk about it, you and I (You and me) I won't try to tell you [Don't try to tell me] When our love has gone [I don't believe it's gone, naw] No one can tell me There's good in cryin' What's the use in trying Or the need to carry on (Carry on, carry on) Love's sweet sensation (Got a hold of me) Love's sweet sensation [Got a hold of me] Love's sweet sensation (Got a hold of me) Love's sweet sensation Love's sweet sensation Love's sweet sensation Love's sweet sensation Love's sweet sensation Love's sweet sensation (Sweet) You sho'nuff got it, sho'nuff got it Sho'nuff got a sweet hold on me (Got a hold of me) Love's sweet sensation Yeah, sho'nuff got a hold of me [I think it's got a hold of both of us] I tell you what [Hmm] You that bird that's better than two in the bush [You know you talk some mess, don't you] Yummy, yummy, yummy, you're so good to the tummy [Ooh, ha-ha-ha] Ey, I like your hair [You like that] Love's sweet sensation [I like everything about you] So sweet [Huh] You're so sweet Love's sweet sensation Oh, for me [Ooh] I'm all for you too, baby [That's the way it's gonna be] Get down for me, baby, baby [Look out, daddy] Love's sweet sensation Sweet [Sing your song] Sweet [Yeah] I feel that sensation comin' on Love's sweet sensation I mean it's done gotten serious [Very, very] Very Oh, shucks [That's too much, yes] Oh You Have Been Cheatin'
( The Impressions ) I've been trying hard to forget That you've been cheating Wishin' you I'd never met 'Cause you've been cheating Can't you know lies can be seen in your eyes And from wrong you'll never be free While you sit cryin', you've been lyin' You've been cheatin', cheatin' on me Yeah, you made me suspect and I know (who-who) You don't want me (you don't want me) Cookies crumble, and that's how it goes (who-who) You don't want me (you don't want me) Can't you know lies can be seen in your eyes And from wrong you'll never be free While you sit cryin', you've been lyin' You've been cheatin', cheatin' on me Another lover you discover Our love's gone and I don't know why It's just as well, though at last I do know All you said was just a lie So I'm trying hard to forget That you've been cheating Wishin' you I'd never met 'Cause you've been cheating Can't you know lies can be seen in your eyes And from wrong you'll never be free While you sit cryin', you've been lyin' You've been cheatin', cheatin' on me Ooh, ooh, baby (you've been cheating) You must not love me (you've been cheating) You must not want me (you've been cheating) You just don't care...