[Spoken: James Brown] You know, this is James Brown I'm such a lover of people Because people did so much for me I'm a lover of all humanity, all mankind And I feel that he who has been successful Should look out of for his fellow man, his brother I feel that's my role, that's my job I know when I was a kid You see, I was going to be a preacher, heh, ay Maybe I am, but to me, I feel like I'm a teacher, somewhat Beacuse I've been able to experience things that most poor Or a lot of people haven't been able to, even the rich So I'll start by preaching right here Because I want to preach to you one more time about heroin I talked once before, now I want to preach I want to start by saying I heared heroin talking one more time, it said:
From where I came, nobody knows I come from a land where the poppy seed grows A whole nation gathered to plot my destruction Beacause I'm a breeder of crime and wholesale corruption You said, I'm pure and then undiluatable And once I'm in your blood I make it pursuitable And that old lady saying 'Sing it on, son Sing it on, son' She said 'I lost my son, he's gone on away So, sing it on, son, you might save a life' I said, Madam, said, looka here I say, on the record and make all men That dare to use it will wallow in sin Driven them to commit a world of crime Captured their will and destroy their mind They changed their wise and destroyed the meek Misused the fools and made the strong men weak I know, wait a minute, looka here They take gold from the rich and made them poor Take a young foolish maiden and made her a whore Looka there And then I heard By that time I heard a man over in the corner He was sitting down with his head down low I noticed him when I first walked in And he was addicted to drugs, they say, I feel it Said brother I want to get up and testify So everybody started sceraming and hollering and crying I saw a little tears coming from my eye Because I know I felt it And this brother got up and said 'let me have it I want to tell you everything' Talk to a man that knows He said some will sell me and some will buy For a state of affection and they cause high But regardless of the position and reason of use You control my addiction, I give nothing but abuse He said let me tell you about heroin With the full course of torment For its pleasures and pain It will take all of your money and poison your brain Lord, I started singing, I said mmm The place started rocking a little bit I heared someone pat their foot and say 'sing on, brother' I started humming a little bit in the background And then that brother said 'wait a minute' He said, 'beware of the sharp needle brother It'll make you sick Annoyed, anguished, and won't let you kick It'll make you hustle, steal, borrow, and beg I'm still talking about that bad thing, king heroin When you want to look for a vein in your arm or your leg' I felt so bad I didn't know what to do He said, more priceless than diamond, more treasured than gold More potent than whiskey, more gallant than wine It'll just give you discomfort and no piece of mind And when you come out the nod, he said you'll always be aware You've shot every drop of your heart, and it's full of fear Now you must rush out, hit another sting Praise me as old heroin, the king But he said 'be quick my friend and get off your knees Ah yeah, get off your knees You're uptight and accept no pleaTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
