Images of sorrow, pictures of delight
things that go to make up a life
endless days of summer longer nights of gloom
just waiting for the morning light
scenes of unimportance like photos in a frame
things that go to make up a life
As we relive our lives in what we tell you
He's alright, my baby is alright
He knows what I like naturally
My man is all right, Yeah he's got it right
My baby's alright, alright with me
There are men, then there are men (oh yeah)
And mine is a Mercedes Benz
He's so strong, yet so gentle (he's so)
He always know the right things to say
Even on my bad days
Makes no demand, he understands
He's not afraid to say (I love you)
Maybe he don't live (in a mansion)
Maybe he don't drive (nothing fancy)
But he revs me up, the lovin that he gives to me is enough
He's alright, my baby is alright
He knows what I like naturally
My man is all right, Yeah he's got it right
My baby's alright, alright with me
In a crowd, he stands out (stands out)
He's a gentleman without a doubt
He's so smooth, yet so sexy (so so sexy)
He's versatile and that really gets me
If you know what I mean
He's mystical, logical
He brightens up the (darkest day)
Maybe he don't wear (Valentino)
But he don't care (because he knows)
That what's inside is better than anything money can buy
He's alright, my baby is alright
He knows what I like naturally
My man is all right, Yeah he's got it right
My baby is alright, sexually
So right that it makes me go, Yeah, Yeah...
He got the goody goody goody goody good lovin
Feels so nice when we're kissin and huggin
He got the goody goody, the good lovin
Keep ma bell dem ringin
And when him touch mi body an it
Feels so fine
Ina mi heart
Ina mi mind
Whenever I'm in danger
He's my knight in shining armor...do it
(I just want to be satisfied and treated like a queen)
Him a raise mi temperature to the extreme
(He's logical and mystical the man of all my dreams)
Get me so hot...my haffa let off steam
(he's alright)
Nice and clean
(unbelievable all night)
Body well lean
(Come and touch my light)
Good lovin everyday...Ladies whe you sel..
Makes no demand, he understands
He's not afraid to say (I love you)
Maybe he don't live (in a mansion)
Maybe he don't drive (nothing fancy)
But he revs me up, the lovin that he gives to me is enough
He's alright, my baby is alright
He knows what I like naturally
My man is all right, Yeah he's got it right
My baby is alright, sexually
He's alright, my baby is alright
He knows what I like naturally
My man is all right, my baby, he's my baby
My baby's alright, so right for me, Yeah
So right that it makes me go, Yeah...Yeah....
Yeah mon Wild Orchid (and Lapierre) to wild up your ear
Ah mon big up wanna taste ah good loving er tang every tang
Nice and easy so you mean uh huh!
So right that it makes me go yeah
Com-a- toucha- my- life
Hey, hey
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ah, ha
Freddies dead
That's what I said
Let the rap a plan
Said he'd see him home
But his hope was a rope
And he should've known
It's hard to understand
That there's 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 up and abused him
Another junkie plan
Pushin' dope for the man
A terrible blow
But that's how it goes
A freddies on the corner now
If you wanna be a junkie, wow
Remember freddies 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 freddies dead
Hey, hey
Love, love
Hey, hey
Yeah, yeah
Ha, ha
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ha, ha
Yeah, yeah
Freddies 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
Why I need a woman child
Don't wanna be like freddie now
'Cause freddies 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 freddies on the corner now
If you wanna be a junkie, why
Remember freddies dead
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Freddies dead
Hey, hey
Ha, ha
Love, love
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 wait for me
Without pain in its stride
Fighting what is wrong
Across the world as well as home
But respect for everybody's right
Would be really out of sight
Our great obligations
Would not be bad situation
If the young what we listen 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
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got have
You say we got 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 to save the children
The little ones
Who just don't understand
Give them a chance
To breed their young
And help purify the land
We got have
We got have peace
People hear us
Through our voice the world knows
There's no choice
And the people in the neighborhood
Who 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 got to have peace
To keep the world alive
And war to cease
We got to have peace"
Let the world know
We got to have peace, peace
We got to have peace
Let the people say peace
We 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
We got to have peace
I said, peace, peace, peace
Look [Incomprehensible]
Familiar music, familiar sound
Does mute your thoughts for the underground
Lonely sight for any turning light
Future prophesy for the [Incomprehensible]
There'll be equal stay and equal play
The underground where none can betray
The underground
The underground
The underground
There'll be no light, so there can be no sight
And you'll judge your fellow men on the stand
By what is right
They'll all turn 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
Does mute your thoughts for the underground
Lonely sight for any turning light
Future prophecy for the [Incomprehensible]
The underground
The underground
Tripping Out
I'm tripping out, tripping out over you babe - over you babe
I'm tripping out, 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 - ooowee
You're not like other girls, or is it my imagination
This pounding in my heart, is all because of you
I'm tripping out, tripping out over you babe – yeah mama
I'm tripping out, tripping out over you – come on
Instrumental [16 bars]
(Its a good feeling)
(All over you)
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 – your so good to me mama
Tripping out, tripping out, tripping out, over you – I love you baby
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
Add A Little Sugar Honey Suckle
And A Great Big Expression Of Happiness
Boy You Couldn't Miss
With A Dozen Roses
Such Will Astound You
The Joy Of Children Laughing Around You
These Are The Makings Of You
It Is True 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've Tried To Recite
They're Close But Not Quite
Almost Impossible To Do
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
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
Oh, 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
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
Oh, 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
The game he plays he plays for keeps
Hustlin' times and ghetto streets tryin' ta 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
Superfly
The aim of his role
Was to move a lot of blow
Ask him his dream
What does it mean? He wouldn'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
Oh, 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
Superfly superfly
Superfly superfly
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
when the lights are closing and the people are crying the super people come along
Chorus:Super people did what they did we need to help them become better*2
the super people are mice and brave when you go to sleep you cry and cry the super people will be there
Chorus
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
I am blind and I cannot see
You are there, your petty evil don't bother me
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 this educated people
Running the lives of high society
Making up the blues
Holding back schools
Lot of greed, lot of temptation
Proof of 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 [incomprehensible]
What do we need for justice
Is there really enough room to demand?
Old man you know too well us
You gain 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
Well the message with the tears
Through the eyes is everyone will see
I can hear the people's fears
[Incomprehensible] everywhere to 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
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
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
People get ready, there's a train 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
People get ready, there's 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 whom would
hurt all mankind
Just to save his own
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
For there is no hiding place against the kingdoms throne
People get ready there's a train comin'
You don't need no baggage, just get on board
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'
Dear, i thought i drop a line
The weather is cool
The fooks are fine
I'm in bed each night at nine
Ps i love you
Yesterday we had some rain
But all in all i can't complain
Was it dusty on the train
Ps 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
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
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
My baby my baby my baby
Do what you do, do what you do
Do what you do when you're feeling free
You can be what you want to be
Open your mind and you can see
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
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
Raining in the [Incomprehensible]
Think about a restaurant
Mother, mother's son
Think I'll make a great big kiss
[Incomprehensible]
Mother, mother's son
Get down and get fucked
Watch out for those junkies
Mother, mother's son
Mother
Mother's son, mother
In street with 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 fool you
I will have to school you
Mother, mother's son
Mother, mother's son
Can't get no water
When the [Incomprehensible]
Just thinking not giving
Makes life not worth living
Can't let fool you
I will have to school you
Now you want to be a superstar
One more time to test the will power of me
These feelings that I hold now
Just won't let me be
This woman won't leave me alone
She's trying to ruin my happy home
With a man's temptation
Now I've got another back home
Who's the beat of my heart
I never thought no one else
Could ever tear us apart
To each other we had been so true
Until alas come a love like you
With a man's temptation
I know I've got to be strong
I've got to fight this all along
So afraid of what I must do
I got to take my woman or you
Now, I've got a feeling telling me
To let your heart be your guide
I don't want to lose either one
Which makes it hard to decide
Though my mind continues to roam
Oh Baby, my heart it stays at home
Controlling my temptation
I'm sorry little miss
That's the way love is
I'm sorry I can't stay
I must be on my way
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
Keep on pushing
I've got to keep on pushing (mmm-hmm)
I can't stop now
Move up a little higher
Some way, somehow
'Cause I've got my strength
And it don't make sense
Not to keep on pushin'
Chorus:
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Keep on pushin'
Verse 2:
Now maybe some day
I'll reach that higher goal
I know that I can make it
With just a little bit of soul
'Cause I've got my strength
And it don't make sense
Not to keep on pushin'
Verse 3:
Now look-a look (look-a look)
A-look-a yonder
What's that I see
A great big stone wall
Stands there ahead of me
But I've got my pride
And I'll move on aside
And keep on pushin'
[repeat chorus]
Coda [repeat to fade]:
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
Where 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 and 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, ya'll
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
Keep on, keeping on
(Keep on, keeping on)
We got to move on up, ya'll
(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 [Incomprehensible]
And I found it never fails
Never worry too long
(Worry too long)
About what goes on
(About what goes on)
Today it's sorrow
(Today it's sorrow)
Look like joy tomorrow
(Look like 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
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
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
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
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
Remember when we were part of that special 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
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
Oh, 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 Lucifers 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, oh, 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
Do do wap 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
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
Got to give it up, don't desert
If you leave me, babe, know you would hurt, hey
Do do wap is strong in here
Do do wap is strong in here
Do do wap is strong in here
Do do wap is strong 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
Do do wap, hey, hey
Do do wap strong in here, hey, hey
Do do wap, hey, hey
Do do wap, hey, hey
Do do wap is strong in here
Do do wap is strong
Do do wap, hey, hey
Do do wap is strong in here
Do do wap is strong
Do do wap, hey, hey
Do do wap is strong in here
Do do wap is strong
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
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'II 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
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
Chorus:
She was a gypsy woman,
She was a gypsy woman
Verse 2:
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
Chorus 2:
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
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
I want you so, babe
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
I could live with you
In solitude
And need no one else
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
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
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 reel I can feel so much desire
Take my soul, baby
Life unfolds from my soul when you start a fire
So get down, just 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
Future shock
Ooh, hoo...
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
Whisper on
To weigh him down
[chorus]
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
It ain't over
(over, over, ain't over)
[repeat chorus]
Future shock, future shock
The price of the beat
Higher than the dope in the street
Is it any wonder
For those with nothing to eat
[repeat chorus]
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
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 you wonder now and then
The only time he'll choose you
When there'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
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 flaw
Cat calling, 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, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke
Use the pill and the dope, 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, worry, worry,
worry
He says don't worry, worry, worry, worry
He says don't worry, worry, worry, worry
He says 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, go, go, go, go
Everybody's praying
And everybody's saying
But when come time to do
Everybody's laying
Just talking about don't worry, worry, worry, worry
They say don't worry, worry, worry, worry
They say don't worry, worry, worry, worry
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 Qut 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
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
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
Now it's always the right time
With somethin' positive in your mind
There's always someone to pull you down
You just get that work and hold your ground
If there's ever somethin' bad you don't wanna see
Just keep on walkin' 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
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 where they fall, say yeah
Summer, winter or just cold
Through the rain and through the snow
Let's get on back to livin' again, right on
Just get on back to livin' 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 am 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
It's best to keep a lateral high
So summer, winter or just cold
Through the rain and through the snow, yeah
Let's get on back to livin' again, right on
Just get on back to livin' again
Get on back, get on back
If you're feelin' inferior, hey
Make yourself superior
If you practice, baby, all the time
No one can think what's on your mind
Tossin' 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
Let's get on back to livin' again
Just get on back to livin' again
Get on back, get on back
Summer, winter or just cold
Through the rain and through the snow
Let's get on back to livin' again
Just get on back to livin' again
Get on back, get on back
Let's get on back to livin' again, right on
Just get on back to livin' again
Get on back, get on back
Let's get on back to livin' again, right on
Just get on back to livin' again
Get on back, get on back
Let's get on back to livin' again, right on
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
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)
Lord 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)
Lord have mercy, we're movin' on up
(Movin' on up)
Hey, hey, we're movin' on up
(Movin' on up)
Lord 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)
Lord have mercy, we're movin' on up
(Movin' on up)
We'll just keep on pushin'
We're a winner
Lord, baby, everybody
Hey, you know we're movin' on up
We're a winner
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
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
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
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 IN LOVE
SO IN LOVE, YOU DO SO MANY THINGS WITH A SMILING FACE.
SO IN LOVE, EVERYTIME WE KISS, IT'S SUCH A PLEASANT
TASTE.
THAT'S WHY I KNOW THIS FEELINGS GOOD STRONG, TRIAL &
ERROR WE SEEM TO GET ALONG.
I WANA TESTIFY IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.
LET ME RECTIFY I MEAN IT HONESTLY (EEW)
LIFE IS CRAZY, BELIEVE ME, IT IS TRUE (EEW)
WE DON'T ALWAYS MEAN, THE THINGS WE SOMETIMES DO.
I COULD BE, YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE, YOU KNOW WE'RE SO IN
LOVE.
LAY ME DOWN, REST AWHILE, YOU'RE MOVING MY EMOTIONS.
SO IN LOVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY, YOU HAVE MY
DEVOTION.
THIS LOVE AFFAIR IS BIGGER THAN WE TWO,
LOOSE OUR FAITH, AND IT WILL SWALLOW YOU.
LOVIN YOU, IS WHAY I'LL ALWAYS FEEL. NEVER EVER DOING
THINGS AGAINST OUR WILL(EEW)
NATURAL THINGS, NEVER REQUIRE ANY KIND OF TE-EST, BEING
YOU AND I BEING ME, YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE REST
(IN MY HEART I WANA STRESS), YOU GOT ME SO IN LOVE
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
SO IN LOVE,I TRIED TO DO THE BEST THAT A MAN CAN DO.
SO IN LOVE, THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS,
IS SEE EACH OTHER THROUGH.
SO IN LOVE, SO IN LOVE
LAY DOWM REST AWHILE YOUR OVING MY EMOTIONS.
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 pusher man
Finance is all that he understands
You junkie, mama cries, you know
Would rip her, but I love her so
I'm your mamma, 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
Feelin' 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
Solid 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?
Woo-hoo, no
Got to be mellow, y'all
Gotta get mellow now
Pusherman gettin' mellow y'all
Heavy mind have you signed?
Makin' money all the time
My LD entrusts 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
Too bad, splee 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 rake it, this life just don't make it
Lord, lord
Got to get mellow now
Gotta be mellow, y'all
Got to get mellow now
I'm your mamma, 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 man boy, thick and thin
I'm your pusherman
I'm your pusherman
I'm your pusherman
Pusherman
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)
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
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
Ain't a girl to be found
Without a mouth [Incomprehensible]
You just remember from hip to the lip
Before you ask any questions
I ain't for no heart wrappin'
So you can stop with your eyelids slappin'
It's gonna be a real cryin' 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 chart 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 anythin' you want me to do
Make me believe, make me believe in you
Ain't no girl to be found
Without a mouth [Incomprehensible]
You just remember from hip to the lip
Before you ask any questions
I ain't for no heart wrappin'
So you can cut off that eyelids 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 anythin' you want me to do
Just make me believe
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 borne 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, kung fu
Don't have to explain it, no, kung fu
Don't know how you'll take it, kung fu
I'm just trying to make it, 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 nothing brings about the difference
You are my lover, do believe
Shall we join hands for tomorrow?
Don't giving up, then up your sleeve
Keep your head high, kung fu
I will till I die, yeah, kung fu
Don't be too intense, no, kung fu
Keep your common sense, yeah, kung fu
Don't mistake life for a secret
There is no secret part of you
You bet your life if you think wicked
Someone else is thinking wicked too
Keep your head high, kung fu
I will till 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 borne 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, kung fu
Don't have to explain it, no, kung fu
Don't know how you'll take it, kung fu
I'm just trying to make it, kung fu
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
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, ooh
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 His Juries
Dictate The Law That's Partly Flaw.
Cat Calling 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
Use The Pill And The Dope
Educated Fools
From-Uneducated Schools
Pimping People Is The Rule
Polluted Water In The Pool
And Nixon Talking About Don't Worry
He Says Don't Worry
He Says Don't Worry
He Says Don't Worry
But They Don't Know There Can Be No Show
And If There's A Hell Below We're All Gonna Go
Everybody's Praying And Everybody's Saying
But When Come Time To Do
Everybody's Laying
Just Talking About Don't Worry
They Say Don't Worry
They Say Don't Worry
They Say Don't Worry
Sisters, Brothers And The Whitie
Blacks And The Crackers
Stone Stone Junkie
Police And Their Backers
They're All Political Actors
Smoke, The Pill And The Dope,
Educated Fools From Uneducated Schools,
Pimping People Is The Rule
Polluted Water In The Pool
And Everybody's Saying Don't Worry
They Say Don't Worry
They Say Don't Worry
They Say Don't Worry
But They Don't Know
There Can Be No Show
If There's A Hell Below
We're All Gonna Go
Lord What We Gonna Do
If Everything I Say Is True
This Ain't No Way It Ought To Be
1f Only All The Mass Could See
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 Sittin 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
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
I got to play in the alleys, ain't got no pride
Just took everything out of me, I got it sad
Got to make it alone
Got to get away from home
There's ain't no fun, my life I just run
Run on, run on, run on ghetto child
Run on ghetto child
Run on ghetto child
Run on ghetto child
You're runnin' wild
Watch a while
You see he never smiles
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
You know I can't satisfy your love
I can't satisfy
You see I can't satisfy your love
I can't satisfy
I found out in time
What was on your mind
You never meant to stay
Did without me anyway
One of the chosen few
Did what you told me to
All you ever did was lie
I can't satisfy
So I can't satisfy your love
I can't satisfy
You seem so complete
So pretty and sweet
But never knew I'd know
Just which way you're going to
Sometimes I wonder why
Why do you make me cry
Why do the love inside
Swallows up all of my pride
And I can't satisfy your love
I can't satisfy
And I can't satisfy your love
I can't satisfy
You seem so complete
So pretty and sweet
But never knew I'd know
Just which way you're going to
Sometimes I wonder why
Why do you make me cry
Why do the love inside
Swallows all of my pride
And I can't satisfy your love
I can't satisfy
I can't satisfy your love
I can't satisfy
One of the chosen few
Did what you told me to
All you ever did was lie
I can't satisfy
And I can't satisfy your love
I can't satisfy
I can't satisfy your love
I can't satisfy
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
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