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- Shawn Boothe - Unauthorized Biography of James Brown Lyrics
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- [Shaun Boothe]
- The Unauthorized copy... {UH!}
- Dedication to the family of deceased
- My name Shawn Boothe
- Acknowledgements:
- First off I wanna thank Nas {UH!}
- And I wanna thank everybody for helping me out with this
- Couldn't do it without you
- {1, 2, 3, 4 - hit it!}
- May 3rd, 1933
- James Brown is born - stillborn delivery
- Revived by resuscitation
- His childhood was nothin amazing
- Abandoned at 4
- Mama took a dash for that, door
- Guess it's hard bein that poor
- Raised by his aunt in Augusta, Georgia
- Sixteen wound up cuffed up
- Armed robbery
- Spend three years state property, but at least he ate properly
- Before that, he was dancin for change
- Polishin shoes, really nuttin to lose
- Locked up he joined a band called the Flames
- And reconnected with his gospel roots
- Uh, leadin the band was a man by the name Bobby Byrd
- And his family helped get Brown parolled
- After countless shows on the Chitlin Circuit
- The Flames agreed and James became lead
- Switchin from gospel to R&B
- Their first song released was "Please, Please, Please"
- Uh, that was '56
- Two years later, they had a #1 hit
- See they ain't never seen feet that quick
- Or the elaborate theatrics that he patented
- Like the cape routine, even the way he screamed
- Became a part of his personal trademark {HAOW!!}
- But he wasn't nationally known
- 'Til after he released the Live at The Apollo LP
- [*"The Boss" by James Brown plays*]
- In '63, but originally
- The label didn't see it sellin, they was like, "Why chance, it?"
- So he financed, it
- And before you knew it, it was gigan-tic
- "Paid the cost to be the boss," he said
- And later on it became one of his songs, uh
- Credited for turnin gospel to soul, then soul to funk
- when his band emphasized the One
- Had 'em screamin "I'm Black and I'm Proud!"
- From old to young, told his people don't hold your tongue
- That was '68 in the summer
- Before that we were callin each other colored
- In '72 the Black leader
- Was asked to score the film, Black Ceasar
- Which was about Black mobsters and so
- In fun they called him the Godfather of Soul
- ...And he stuck with it
- Just tellin you how they came up with it
- [*"Blind Man Can See It" by James Brown plays*]
- Now with everybody jackin his swagger
- From Jackson to Jagger, his influence kept music improvin
- Funkmaster, even Elvis wanted his band for back-up
- Two times he revolutionized Black music
- Then he did it with rap music
- [*"Funky Drummer" by James Brown plays*]
- They took his grooves, used them as they own
- Searchin his songs like siftin for gold
- Ironically the nuggets they did chop
- Created the Golden Era of hip-hop
- [*"The Payback" by James Brown plays]
- He ran the whole scene
- Had 'em searchin for that James Brown soul like dope fiends
- But it wasn't all rosy {HEY!!}
- Flattered, but when you don't see proceeds... {You got ta, got ta pay back!}
- It pissed him off, {REVENGE!} they would get rich and not hit him off
- When it's him that they samplin
- He didn't hate rap, he just wanted +Payback+
- Like "Damn, I made that!" {I'M MAD!}
- But now top of the list is he
- The most sampled artist in history
- Sampled by nearly every veteran in rap
- His mark in Hip-Hop another feather in his cap, uh
- [Outro]
- The unauthorized biography of James Brown {UH!}
- Epilogue... {UH!}
- Leavin a legacy of over 115 charted hits, and I believe six children {UH!}
- He is considered perhaps the most influencial person in music history {UH!}
- Not without flaw, but who is? {UH!}
- Deceased December 25th, 2006, the end.
- Next chapter: Bob Marely
- PEACE
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