Mind Power

You know We're dealing with A very critical and crucial times Most, crucial and critical time that I've ever witnessed Being as young as I am You know We all don't want to say nothing else, so we say "as young as we are" Now I want to talk about The pronunciation And the realization Now the educators They call it E.S.P. Positive thinking, right? Some of the people across the other side of the pond call it Vibes Vibrations Astrology and all those different things you understand But I call it, what it is and what it is What it is and what it is Lookie here Now you see A brother You take in the ghetto you find a whole lot of crime I can understand Hey I know what it means Being nine years old before I got my first pair of underwear out of a store You know Putting on a half A half pressed suit From the pawn shop With tennis shoes Trying to be hip See I know where it's coming from Like the fellow say, "having catfish head stew" And then like the catfish went in there with his head and come out very quick and didn't leave nothing else! Now, there's one thing that the educators and the politicians and the establishment Gotta remember Now, brothers need jobs If you don't work You can't eat If you don't work You can't eat Get hip to yourself, good God, my brother, and get it from the street If you don't work You can't eat Sis If you don't work, Lord You can't eat So you've got to have mind power to deal with starvation And that's what we're dealing with You see we can't Go back to the biblical stories "2 loaves of bread" Or "2 little fishes, 5 loaves of bread" "2 little fishes" yeah "5 loaves of bread" Now lookie here There's too many brothers that go by that Now I want you brothers to dig where we coming from Set your mind Right here Dig the JBE experience I dug this from a young man out of New York He said the GBE The GBE Now we want to take it to the JBE The JB experience Now friend Brother, brother Lay it on me Lay it Mind Power Mind Power Mind Mind Power What it is, what it is What it is, what it is It is what it is It is what it is It is what it is That's what it is It is What it is That's what it is You know Dealing with Harlem South Side of Chicago The Bay area Watts Five Point, Buttermilk Bottom in Atlanta Diane Street in Augusta West Broad in Savannah U Street in Washington Going over to Baltimore South Street in Philly Boston I know Somebody needs to help us Give us Just give us a chance Somebody Brothers across the nation You got to get yourself together Unified We need information Brothers across the nation Pass on that right-on Information Brothers across the nation That love power Funky robot That mind power JB experience JBE Now back to And meanwhile back to the ranch Let's talk about the things what That we deal with each and every day Now horns Now horns Lets tell everybody What it is, is what it is What it is, is what it is What it is, is what it is What it is, is what it is What it is You can't change it What it is, is what it is Don't try to change it What it is, is what it is Deal with it What it is, is what it is Don't fool yourself What it is, is what it is Look in the mirror What it is, is what it is You'll find What it is, is what it is You can't fool yourself What it is, is what it is Gotta deal with it What it is, is what it is What it is What it is, is what it is What it is What it is, is what it is Tell 'em man What it is, is what it is Deal with it What it is, is what it is What it What it is, is what it is Wait a minute A lookie here I believe we should go back to the top I wanna go back to the beginning 'Cause I like to hear ol' Morgan play them funky sticks over there Now we'll build it up a bit and we'll tell 'em What it is, is what it is What it is, is what it is What it is, is what it is What it is, is what it is Give me some horns What it is, is what it is What it is, is what it is What it is Give me a taste Jimmy Give me taste Hit me I wanna go way back there To the top Way back there Right now --- Mind Power - James Brown