I’ve always loved War’s Low Rider and Sly Stone’s Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
BARRY WHITEI never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free – flowing.
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The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.
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I’m so thankful that your mine, your sweetness is my weakness.
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I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn’t see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
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Been making love for hours and, baby, we’re still going strong. Girl, this night is ours and I swear I feel it coming on. All I know is when we get through, I ain’t going to be able to move.
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If you were a young kid, 19, 20 years old who has two children and a third one on the way and refuses to leave them.
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A kid who was on welfare, because he refused to steal anybody’s property or take anybody’s money. You found life a lot tougher.
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free – flowing.
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Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.
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The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: “talk to me, tell me what’s on your mind.”
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Blacks own so little of the music business, it’s pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.
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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.
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It’s ecstasy when you’re laying down next to me.
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When a man’s making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.
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