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Track: Ain't It Funky Now (Parts 1 and 2)
Artist: James Brown
Album: Ain't It Funky

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Name: James Brown
Spotify Genres: funk, soul, motown, classic soul
Followers: 2,308,682
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American singer, songwriter, and musician. Born: 3 May 1933 near Barnwell, South Carolina, USA. Passed Away: 25 December 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA (aged 73). James Brown was raised in poverty in Augusta, Georgia. Previously worked as a shoe shiner, car washer & a cotton picker. 1950s: Joined the Gospel Starlighters in 1953, a vocal quartet led by [a=Bobby Byrd], after completing a four-year stint in prison for robbery. As Brown became the focal point of the act, the group changed its name to 'The Famous Flames' and its focus from gospel to R&B. In 1955 The Famous Flames record "Please Please Please" at the studio of WIBB in Macon, Georgia. In 1958 James Brown's first #1 hit, "Try Me", is released. It was the best-selling R&B single of 1958, and the first of 17 chart-topping R&B singles by Brown over the next two decades. 1965: Records "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", a revolutionary single that ushers in a whole new era of soul music. Released that summer, it tops the R&B chart for eight weeks and even cracks the pop Top Ten. 1971: Signs with Polydor Records, for which he recorded extensively throughout the decade. 1974: The Payback, the most successful of James Brown's Seventies albums—many of which were double-LPs with lengthy, extended tracks—makes its debut on Billboard's album chart. It is the only gold-certified (500,000 copies sold) album of his career. 1984: Bronx DJ [a=Afrika Bambaataa] teams up with Brown to record the anthemic single "Unity". 1986: "Living In America", the theme song from Rocky IV, reaches #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, becoming Brown's biggest pop hit since "I Got You (I Feel Good)" went to #3 in 1965. 1992: Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th annual Grammy Awards. 2006: Hospitalized with pneumonia, dying on Christmas Day. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (Performer). Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Release: James Brown And The James Brown Band - Ain't It Funky
Year: 1970
Genres: Funk / Soul, Blues
Styles: Funk, Rhythm & Blues

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LYRICS

Fellas, things done got too far gone
We gotta let the girls know what they gotta do for us
It's than gotta be a drag, man, a man can't do nothin' no more
A-ha-ha-ha-ha
Is really a drag?
You gotta do somethin'
Can I count 'em?
Look me here

Girl, let me tell you what you got to do
Keepin' me so mellow, so nobody can get through
When he had to do your lovin', smilin' keeps us cheek
Walk away and twist your hip, make sure you keep him weak
Don't let nobody take care o' your business better than you do
Do what he wants, give what he wants, expect 'em come to you

And than you can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can hold your men
You can hold , hey

Never get so confident was nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to go
You know what we got to tell 'em to take a plea until balls
Use your thing so carefully and don't be a total loss
Sister, when you loved your man, be careful, I ain't tellin' that
He will put you back on the corner, use you like it's in the hat

You can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can
Hold, hey

Hit it
Good god, kill it
Hit me now
Good god

Never get too confident so it's nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to blow
You know I got what it takes to take a plea until balls
You gotta use it carefully and it can't be a total

Hit me now
Good god, kill it
Yeah
Good god

Fellas
Can I get some help?
Can I get some help?
Look for me some help
Can I get a witness?
Shall I need a witness?
Shall I need a witness?
I, I, I, I need a witness
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness over there
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness over here
I'm a witness right here
I'm a witness over there
Is a witness over there?
I'm a witness right here
Wait a minute

Girl, let me tell you what you got to do
Keepin' me so mellow, nobody can get through
And when he had to do your lovin', smilin' keeps us cheek, good god
Walk away and twist your hip, make sure you keep him weak
And make sure you keep him weak, good god
Sure you keep him

Ain't it funky now? Good god
Ain't it funky now? Hey
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
One more! Ha
Don't Good god

Don't let nobody take care o' your business better than you do
Do what he wants, give what he wants expect 'em come to you

Ain't it funky now?
Can I get some help?
Look for me some help
Than clap your hands
I said, clap your hands
Put the level little higher
Put the level little higher
A little bit higher now
Put the level little higher
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Yeah
People scream
Can I scream, brother?
Can I scream, brother?
Brother, can I scream now?
Can I scream, brother?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Gotta scream
Good god, gotta scream, now
I gotta scream, now
I gotta scream, now
I gotta scream, now
You want a whole o' men
I need a whole o' men
I need satisfy the men
I need a whole o' men
I got a whole o' men
Ain't it funky now?
Good god, ain't it funky now?
Hey, yeah, yeah
Can I get some help?
I gotta have some help
I wanna get some help
Wanna get some help
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna
Yeah, now
Good God
Can I, can I, can I, can I, can I, can I, yeah

Never get so confident, so it's nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to blow
You know I got what it takes to take a please until balls
You gotta use it carefully and it can't be a total loss

You girl, looky here

Sister, when you tell your love your man, get how, tellin' that
You take upon a planet and use it if it's in the hat

Come on
Can I get some help?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
A witness over there?
A witness over there?
A witness, witness, witness, witness
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can?
Can I get a witness?
Hey yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ah
Ah
Can I get a witness?
Ah, lord
Ah
Ah
Brother, do you know what I'm talkin' about?
Brother, do you understand it now?
Ha
Brother Byrd, you know what I'm talkin' about
Ha
Can I get a witness?