Sly & The Family Stone
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Family Affair
It's a family affair, it's a family affair
It's a family
affair, it's a family affair
One child grows up to be
Somebody that just loves to learn
yeah
Another child grows up to be
Somebody we just love to burn
Mom loves the both of them
You see it's in the blood, you
see it's in the blood
Both kids are good to Mom
Blood's thicker than the
mud, it's a family affair
It's a family affair, it's a family affair
I'm that newlywed just a year ago
But they're still
checking each other out
And nobody wants to blow
Nobody wants to be left
out
You can't leave 'cause your heart is there
Sure you can't
stay 'cause you been somewhere else
You can't cry 'cause you'll look broke
down
But you're cryin' anyway 'cause you're all broke down
It's a family
affair
It's a family affair, it's a family affair
It's a family
affair, it's a family affair
It's a family affair, it's a family affair
It's a family
affair, it's a family affair
It's a family affair, it's a family affair
It's a family
affair, it's a family affair
It's a family affair, it's a family affair
Dance To The Music
Cynthia get up and dance to the music!
Get on up and dance
to the music!
Dance to the music, dance to the music
Dance to the music,
dance to the music
Hey Greg!
What?
All we need is a drummer
For people who only need a beat
yeah
I'm gonna add a little guitar
And make it easy to move your feet
I'm gonna add some bottom
So that the dancers just won't
hide
You might like to hear my organ
I said him, "Ride Sally ride now"
Cynthia get up on
If I could hear the horns blowin'
Cynthia on the throne,
yeah!
Listen to me
Cynthia and Jerry got a message they're sayin'
"All the squares, go home!"
Listen to the voices
Dance to the music
Dance to the music
Dance to the music
Everyday People
Sometimes I'm right but I can be wrong
My own beliefs are
in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no
difference what group I'm in
'Cause I am everyday people, yeah, yeah
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For
living with a fat one, trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for
different folks
And so on and so on and Scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh, sha sha,
we got to live together
I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever
we do
You love me, you hate me, you know me and then
You can't figure out
the bag I'm in
'Cause I am everyday people
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For
being' such a rich one, that will not help the poor one
Different strokes for
different folks
And so on and so on and Scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh, sha sha,
we got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That
won't accept the red one, that won't accept the white one
Different strokes
for different folks
And so on and so on and Scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh, sha
sha
'Cause I am everyday people
'Cause I am everyday people
'Cause I am everyday people
'Cause I am everyday people
Hot Fun In The Summertime
End of the spring and here she comes back
Hi, hi, hi, hi
there
Them summer days, those summer days
That's when I had most of my fun back
High, high, high,
high there
Them summer days, those summer days
I 'Cloud nine' when I want to
Out of school, yeah
County
fair in the country sun
And everything, it's true, ooh, yeah, yeah
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot
fun in the summertime
Hot fun in the summertime
First of the fall and then she goes back
Bye, bye, bye, bye
there
Them summer days, those summer days
'Boop-boop-ba-boop-boop' when I want to
Out of school
County fair in the country sun
And everything, it's cool, ooh, yeah
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot
fun in the summertime
Underdog
Hey, dig
I know how it feels to be expect to get a fair shake
But
they won't let you forget
That you're the underdog and you've got to be twice
as good
(Yeah, yeah)
Even if you're never right
They get uptight when you get
too bright
'Cause you might start thinking too much, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
I know how it feels when you know you're real
But every
other time
You get up, you get a raw deal, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Say, I'm the underdog
I'm the underdog
Say, I'm the
underdog
I'm the underdog
I know how it feels to get demoted
When it comes time you
got promoted
But you might be movin' up too fast, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
If you ever loved somebody of a different set
I bet the set
didn't let you forget
That it just don't go like that
(Yeah, yeah)
I know how it feels
For people to stop, turn around and
stare
Signify a lil' bit of low life, don't rate me, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
I don't mind
I'm the underdog
No, I can handle it
I'm the underdog
I'm the underdog, yeah
Underdog
Said, I know how it feels to be played upon
[Incomprehensible]
But you're really, you're really all alone
They just
underestimate me
(Yeah, yeah)
I know how it feels when you're feelin' down
And you wanna
come up but you realize
You're in the wrong part of town, yeah
(Yeah,
yeah)
I know how it feels to have to go along
With people you
don't even know
Simply because there happens to be
A whole lot more of
them, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Say, I'm the underdog
I'm the underdog
I don't mind,
'cause I can handle it
Underdog, it's gonna be alright
I'm the underdog
Stand
Stand, in the end, you'll still be you
One that's done all
the things you set out to do
Stand, there's a cross for you to bear
Things
to go through if you're goin' anywhere
Stand for the things you know are right
It's the truth that
the truth makes them so uptight
Stand, all the things you want are real
You have you to complete and there is no deal
Stand, stand, stand
(Everybody, yeah)
Stand, stand,
stand
Stand, you've been sitting much too long
There's a
permanent crease in your right and wrong
Stand, there's a midget standing
tall
And a giant beside him about to fall
Stand, stand, stand
Stand, stand, stand
Stand, they will try to make you crawl
And they know what
you're sayin' makes sense at all
Stand, don't you know that you are free
Well, at least in your mind if you want to be
Everybody
Stand, stand
Stand
Na na na na na na na na na na
Stand
Na na na na
na na na na na na
Stand
Na na na na na na na na na na
Stand
Na na na na
na na na na na na
Stand
Na na na na na na na na na na
In Time
There's a mickie in the tastin' of disaster
In time you get
faster
(In time)
Harry Hippie is a waste as if
He hasta procrastanatin'
Something moving in the brain of a doer
In time feel a
little newer
(In time)
I switched from coke to pep and I'm a connoisseur
Um hum
(About time)
'Cause there's a method in the madness of the thinkin'
In
time, oh, we oughta
(In time)
It seems the best of all the sadness is a
sinkin'
In time muddy water
(In time)
And there's a wreck yard in the mind of a quitter
In time
gonna get bitter
(In time)
He don't give a heck or is he blind and makin'
litter
In time gonna need a baby sitter
(About time)
I felt so good I told the leader how to follow
In time get
down
(In time)
So glad I could not feel indeed so very hollow
No need
to follow
Insecurities attracting every flirter
In time, yeah, it's
murder
(In time)
If you don't mind please why give slack to a deserter
(About time)
Well, well, well, well, well, oh, day light is all I see
Ah, stay light away from me
See you tomorrow noon
(Miss me, I'll see you
soon)
I told you it's not the teachin' it's the learnin'
In time
don't need no burnin'
(In time)
And when I mold you to start reachin' in
the mornin'
In time
Well, well, there's a feelin', oh, so real in every human
On time
(About time)
There's a reelin' when you don't know what you're
doing
In time
(About time)
Hey
Stay around and get a show
Hey, hey, hey, hey don't you
know
(In time)
Two years too long to wait
Two words will get it
straight
(In time)
You see an answer in time
(In time)
And that
ain't nothin', I'm a dancer
Two years too long to wait
Oh, two words will get it
straight
Two years too long to wait
Two words will get it straight
(Yeah sure, yeah sure, yeah)
Two years too long to wait
Two words will get it straight
(In time, in time)
Two years too long to wait
Two words will get it
straight
Sing A Simple Song
Sing a simple song
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm talking, talking, talking, talking, talking in my sleep
I'm walking, walking, walking, walking, walking in the street
Time is
passing, I grow older, things are happening fast
All I have to hold on to is
a simple song at last
Let me hear you say
"Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya,
ya"
Sing a simple song
Try a little do re mi fa so la ti do
Do re mi fa so la ti do
Do re mi fa so la ti do
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm living, living, living life with all its ups and downs
I'm giving, giving, giving love and smiling at the frowns
You're in trouble
when you find it's hard for you to smile
A simple song might make it better
for a little while
Let me hear you say
"Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya,
ya"
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm talking, talking, talking, talking
I'm walking,
walking, walking, walking
I'm living, living, living, living
I`m giving
love and lovin' loving
Everybody sing together
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya,
ya, ya
Sing it in the shower
Sing it every hour
Sing it, sing
it, sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it
Sing it with your mother sing it
Sing it, mama, sing it
Sing it with your father sing it
Sing it, papa,
sing it, sing it
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
I'm talking now, I'm walking
I'm walking, oh yeah
Okay, okay now
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