“This Is My Country” Lyrics
Curtis Mayfield feat. The Impressions
Do do do Do do do Some people think we don’t have the right To say it’s my country Before they give in, they’d rather fuss and fight Than say it’s my country I’ve paid three hundred years or more Of slave driving, sweat, and welts on my back This is my country Do do do Do do do Too many have died in protecting my pride For me to go second class We’ve survived a hard blow and I want you to know That you’ll face us at last And I know you will give consideration Shall we perish unjust or live equal as a nation This is my country Do do do Do do do And I know you will give consideration Shall we perish unjust or live equal as a nation This is my country Do do do Do do do Do do do
As We continue to relive History of “Hatred/Evilness/Satanic/Bigotry” again in this Country, “repeating” mistakes of the past through an administration fueling the flames like a old time Western Lynch mob, these “TRUE LIFE SOCIETAL & HUMANISTIC” songs carry just as much “CL:OUT” as they did many years ago…
As much as Mankind has learned, as much as mankind has “NOT” learned, we walk through our daily lives and continue to “FAIL” within “GOD’S SUPREME LOVE” for HUMANITY! Because “GOD IS LOVE!” …
[Intro]
Mother, mother
There’s too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There’s far too many of you dying
You know we’ve got to find a way
To bring some loving here today, yeah
[Verse 1]
Father, father
We don’t need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we’ve got to find a way
To bring some loving here today
[Chorus]
Picket lines and picket signs
Don’t punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what’s going on
What’s going on
Yeah, what’s going on
Ah, what’s going on
[Bridge]
In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Right on
Walkin’ down the street, smoggy-eyed
Looking at the sky, starry-eyed
Searchin’ for the place, weary-eyed
Crying in the night, teary-eyed
[Hook] x2
Don’t you know that it’s true
That for me and for you
The world is a ghetto
[Verse 2]
Wonder when I’ll find paradise
Somewhere there’s a home sweet and nice
Wonder if I’ll find happiness
Never give it up now I guess
[Hook] x2
[Verse 3]
There’s no need to search anywhere
Happiness is here, have your share
If you know you’re loved, be secure
Paradise is love to be sure
[Hook] x4
LONG PLAY MUSICAL DOMINANCE, OUTSTANDING Work by THE TEMPTATIONS!!
Masterpiece (Norman Whitfield) publ. Stone Diamond Recorded Hitsville-GW / L.A., completed 09-Jan-73 ; produced by Norman Whitfield Album: Masterpiece (1973)
The Temptations – Masterpiece Lyrics
Where I was born ev’rything was dull and dingy
I lived in a place they called “The Inner City”
Getting ahead was strictly a no no
‘Cause nobody cares what happens to the folks
That live in the ghetto
Thousands of lives wasting away
People living from day to day
It’s a challenge just staying alive
‘Cause in the ghetto only the strong survive
Money I ain’t got none, job can’t find one
The streets raised me from a baby, ooh
Thousands of lives wasting away
People living from day to day
It’s a challenge just staying alive
‘Cause in the ghetto only the strong survive
Broken down homes, kids strung out
They don’t even know what life’s all about
Stealin’ cars, robbin’ bars
Mugging, drugs, rat infested
And no one’s interested
Kids dodging cars for recreation
Only adds to a mother’s frustration
Break-ins, folks comin’ home
And finding all their possessions gone
Oh it’s an ev’ry day thing – well well – in the ghetto
Oh it’s an ev’ry day thing in the ghetto
The Temptations – Runaway Child Lyrics
You played hooky from school
And you can’t go out to play, yeah
Mama said for the rest of the week
In your room you gotta stay, yeah
Now you feel like the whole world’s pickin’ on you
But deep down inside you know it ain’t true
You’ve been punished
‘Cause your mother wants to raise you the right way, yeah
But you don’t care ’cause you already made up your mind
You wanna run away, yeah
You’re on your way
Runaway child, running wild
Runaway child, running wild
Better come back home
Better come back home where you belong
Where you belong
Roaming through the city, going nowhere fast
You’re on your own at last
Hey it’s getting late, where will you sleep
Gettin’ kind-a hungry
You forgot to bring something to eat
Oh lost with no money, you start to cry
But remember you left home
Wanting to be grown
So dry your weepin’ eyes
Siren screamin’ down, neon light is flickin’
You want your mama, ah there’s nothing for you
You’re frightened and confused
I want my mama
But she’s much too far away
She can’t hear a word you say
You heard some frightening news on the radio
About little boys running away from home
And their parents don’t see them no more
You wanna hitch a ride and go home
But your mama told you never trust a stranger
And you don’t know which way to go
Streets are dark and deserted
Not a sound nor sign of life
How you long to hear your mother’s voice
‘Cause you’re lost and alone
But remember you make the choice
Runaway child, running wild
Better go back home where you belong
Runaway child, running wild
Better go back home where you belong
You’re lost in this great big city
(Go back home where you belong)
Not one familiar face, ain’t it a pity
(Go back home where you belong)
Oh, runaway child, running wild
You better go back home where you belong
Mama, mama please come and see about me
But she’s much too far away
She can’t hear a word you say
I want my mama
You’re frightened and confused
Which way will you choose?
One, two
One, two, three, four
People moving out, people moving in
Why? Because of the color of their skin
Run, run, run but you sure can’t hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Vote for me and I’ll set you free
Rap on, brother, rap on
Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody’s interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to my nation
Ball of confusion
Oh yeah, that’s what the world is today
Woo, hey, hey
The sale of pills are at an all time high
Young folks walking round with their heads in the sky
The cities ablaze in the summer time
And oh, the beat goes on
Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul
Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon
Politicians say more taxes will solve everything
And the band played on
So, round and around and around we go
Where the world’s headed, said nobody knows
Oh, great Googamooga
Can’t you hear me talking to you?
Just a ball of confusion
Oh yeah, that’s what the world is today
Woo, hey, hey
Fear in the air, tension everywhere
Unemployment rising fast, the Beatles new record’s a gas
And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation
And the band played on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors
Mod clothes in demand, population out of hand, suicide, too many bills
Hippies moving to the hills, people all over the world are shouting
‘End the war’ and the band played on
Great Googamooga
Can’t you hear me talking to you?
It’s a ball of confusion
That’s what the world is today, hey, hey
Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya
Sayin’ ball of confusion
That’s what the world is today, hey, hey
Let me hear ya, let me hear ya
Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya
Sayin’ ball of confusion
The O’Jays had quite a few huge hits in the Seventies while recording for Philadelphia International Records. I took their hits single ‘Back stabbers’ and extended it a bit. I also edited the video which i found on Youtube. no copyright infringement intended. Enjoy!
“Back Stabbers”
The O’Jays Lyrics
(What they do)
(They smile in your face)
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers (back stabbers)
(They smile in your face)
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers (back stabbers)
All you fellows who have someone
And you really care, yeah, yeah
Then it’s all of you fellows
Who better beware, yeah yeah
Somebody’s out to get your lady
A few of your buddies they sure look shady
Blades are long, clenched tight in their fist
Aimin’ straight at your back
And I don’t think they’ll miss
(What they do)
(They smile in your face)
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers (back stabbers)
I keep gettin’ all these visits
From my friends, yeah, what they doin to me
They come to my house
Again and again and again and again, yeah
So are they there to see my woman
I don’t even be home but they just keep on comin’
What can I do to get on the right track
I wish they’d take some of these knives off my back
(What they do)
(They smile in your face)
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers
(Back stabbers)
Low down, dirty
(What they do)
(They smile in your face)
Smiling faces
Smiling faces sometimes tell lies (back stabbers)
(They smile in your face)
I don’t need low down
Dirty bastards (back stabbers)
LYRICS of Smiling Faces Sometimes
The Undisputed Truth
Produced by Norman Whitfield
Album The Undisputed Truth
[Verse 1]
Smiling faces sometimes
Pretend to be your friend
Smiling faces show no traces
Of the evil that lurks within
[Chorus]
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes
They don’t tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces
Tell lies and I got proof
[Verse 2]
The truth is in the eyes
Cause the eyes don’t lie, amen
Remember a smile is just
A frown turned upside down
My friend let me tell you
[Chorus]
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes
They don’t tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces
Tell lies and I got proof
[Verse 3]
Beware, beware of the handshake
That hides the snake
I’m telling you beware
Beware of the pat on the back
It just might hold you back
Jealousy (jealousy)
Misery (misery)
Envy
I tell you, you can’t see behind
MMAANNN, The Great Norman Whitfield was The “FORCE” behind SSOOO many GREATEST Songs…I coupled these group(s) of Songs and Music together, because of their “GLOBAL IMPACT” and Importance to Telling the Stories about HUMANITY and our WORLD, Back Then, BEFORE THEN, AND NOW, in TODAY’S TIMES: these are Still “HUMANITY-IMPACTING” songs of our times, More than 40,50,60 years later….AS Wise as we have become, we are still so full of “THE DEVIL”, that we continue to “WANDER IN The WILDERNESS” and We, as Human Beings, refuse to, and buck against “GOD’S LOVE” for us that HE gave HIS only begotten SON (JESUS CHRIST), that whosoever believeth in HIM, shall have Everlasting LIFE!”
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