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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.

Janis Joplin

And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
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Anything Brain Man Minute Sort Switch
You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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Black False Myth People Racism Soul Stuck Themselves White
Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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All Compromise Freedom Got Self
As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
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Back Gonna Good Philosophy Right World
At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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Know Least Nouns Object Objects Plural Retract
If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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Back Good Hold Holding Rather Sometimes
And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
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Anything Better Decide Maybe Trouble Want
I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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Feel Feeling Much Soul Think
I’m one of those regular weird people.
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Being Weird Kind One People Regular
If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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Down Man Rock Roll Sitting Smile Sweaty Thinking
When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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Audience Band Boss Everything Like Magic Together
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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Beer Bottle Gimme Humorous Pigfoot
Honey, if you’ve had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
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Action Chick Eye Getting Honey Piece Trying
The more you live, the less you die.
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Death Die Less Life More
The consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all… whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.
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Action Consequence Happen Implication Result Screw
All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That’s all I ever wanted.
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Beer Couple Good Heavies Life Man Stoned Time Wanted

Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.

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