Maggot Brain is the third studio album by the American funk band Funkadelic, released in 1971 on Westbound Records. It was the last album that featured the original Funkadelic lineup; shortly after Maggot Brain was recorded, Tawl Ross, Eddie Hazel, Billy Nelson, and Tiki Fulwood left the band for various reasons. The album incorporates musical elements of psychedelic music, rock, gospel, and soul, with significant variation between each track. Pitchfork Media named it the 17th best album of the 1970s. In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 479 on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album is listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
This song is a departure from the groove-oriented Funkadelic sound and is more of a traditional lyric-based acoustic rock piece. It begins with a descending acoustic guitar line which is joined by piano, bass and drums which support a cast of singers. It is a rewrite of a song by The Parliaments titled, "What You Been Growin'" and is heavily influenced by gospel music stylistically.
Amugeot-do an haedo dwaeh dwiieseo nal kkoganajwo
Oneul haru mwo hae-nneunji i just wanna tal-k, baby
But you know that i gotta go oneu-reun cheongmal kagi shirheo
Michin -deut u-llineun jeonhwahgi turn it off
Malman haejwo baby keureom an gal-ke
Haejwo marhaejwo naman midko wah jeonbu da ttaeryeo chyeo
Ok it’s ong malman haejwo boy wanna share a who-re day
I know ireom an dwehneun georarado nan neoha-goman itko shipeo
Modu nal wonhaedo nan ni kkeo ttaeryeo chigo shipeo
Haru jon-gil moksori deudko shipeoseo jeonhwah haesseo right after i to-oga
shower
Nae-irachimbu-teo ili it-jiman neomu jagi shirh-jiman ja-euji ma
But you know that i gotta go oneu-reun cheongmal kagi shirheo
Bangsong maenijeo gihwehksa whatever amugeot-do nan molla neorangman itko
shipeo
Haejwo marhaejwo naman midko wah jeonbu da ttaeryeo chyeo
Ok it’s ong malman haejwo boy wanna share a who-re day
I know ireom an dwehneun georarado nan neoha-goman itko shipeo
Modu nal wonhaedo nan ni kkeo ttaeryeo chigo shipeo
Maldo an dwehneun marirado deudko wahseo apahal-kka bwah nalmada
Gaseum jo-rike dwaeh ireoda neol irheul-kka bwah cheomcheom nae-ga
shirheojil-kka bwah
Haejwo marhaejwo naman midko wah jeonbu da ttaeryeo chyeo
Ok it’s ong malman haejwo boy wanna share a who-re day
I know ireom an dwehneun georarado nan neoha-goman itko shipeo