Ladies and Gentlemen Fella Americans Lady Americans This is James Brown I wanna talk to you about one of our most deadly killers in the country today I had a dream the other night And I was sittin' in my living room Just dozed off to sleep So I started to dreamin' I dreamed I walked in a place and I saw a real strange, weird object Standin' up talkin' to the people And I found out it was Heroin That deadly drug that go in your vein He said...
I came to this country without a passport Ever since then I've been hunted and sought My little white grains are nothing but waste Soft and deadly, and bitter to taste But I'm a world of power and all know it's true Use me once and you'll know it, too I can make a mere schoolboy forget his books I can make a world-famous beauty neglect her looks I can make a good man forsake his wife Send a greedy man to prison for the rest of his life I can make a man forsake his country and flag Make a girl sell her body for a five-dollar bag Some think my adventure's a joy and a thriller But I'll put a gun in your hand and make you a killer In cellophane bags I've found my way To heads of state, to children at play I'm financed in China, Ran in Japan I'm respected in Turkey and I'm legal in Siam I take my addicts and make 'em steal, borrow, beg Then they search for a vein in the arm or the leg So be you Italian, Jewish, Black, or Mex I can make the most virile of men forget their sex So now... So now, my man, you must... You know, do your best To keep up your habit until your arrest Now the police have taken you from under my wing Do you think they dare defy me? I, who am king? Now, you must lie in that county jail Where I can't get to you by visit or mail So squirm with discomfort, wiggle and cough Six days of madness and you might throw me off Curse me in name, defy me in speech But you'd pick me up right now if I were in your reach All through your sentence you've become resolved to your fate Fear not, young man or woman... I'll be waiting at the gate And don't be afraid, don't run... I'll not chase Sure, my name is Heroin and you'll be back for a taste Behold! You're hooked Your foot is in the stirrup And make haste, mount the steed, and ride him well For the white horse of heroin will ride you to Hell
To Hell Will ride you to Hell until you are dead Dead, brother... Dead! This is a revolution of the mind Get your mind together And get away from drugs! That's a demand.
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You know, this is James Brown I'm such a lover of people Because people did so much for me I'm a lover of all humanity, all of man kind And i feel that he who has been successful Should look out of for fellow brother I feel that's my role,that's my job I know when I was a kid You see I was going to be a preacher,huh,ay Maybe I am, but to me, i feel like i'm a teacher,somewhat Beacuse I've been able to experience things that most,poor Or a lot of people haven't been able to,even the rich So I'll start by preaching right here Because I want to preach to you one more time about heroin I talked once before, now I want to preach I want to start by saying I heared heroin talking one more time and said From where I came,nobody knows I come from a land where the poppy seed grows A whole nation gathered to plot my destruction Beacause I'm a breeder of crime and wholesale corruption You say, I'm pure and then undiluatable And once I'm in your blood i make it pursuitable Now only they say sing it on son Sing it on son,she says i've lost my son,he's gone away Sing it on son,you might save a life I said madam,lookie here I say, on the record and make all men That date to use it will wallow in sin Driven then to commit a world of crime Captive their will and destroy their mind They changed their lives and destroyed the meek Misurer of fools and made the strong men weak I know,wait a minute,lookie here They take gold from the rich and made them poor Take young foolish maden and made her a whore Look at that And then I heared about that time I heared a man in the corner He was sitting down with his head down low I noticed him when he first walk in And he was addicted to drugs and he said I feel it And brother I want to get up and testify So everybody started sceraming and hollering and crying I saw a little tear coming from my eye because I know I felt it And this brother got up and said let me have it I want to tell you everything Talk to a man that knows He said some will sell me and some will buy For a state of affection and they cause high But regardless of the position,and reason of use You control my addition and I give nothing but abuse He said let me tell you about heroin And the full because of torment For it's pleasures and pain It will take all of your money and poison your brain Lord, i started singing,mmmm The place started rocking a little bit I heared somone tapping their foot and they sing on brother I started humming a little in the back ground And then that brother said wait a minute He said,beware of the sharp needle brother, it'll make you sick Annoyed, anguished, and won't let you kick It'll make you hustle, steal, borrow, beg I'm still talking about that bad thing, king heroin When you want to look for a vein in your arm or your leg I felt so bad i didn't know what to do He said, more priceless than diamond, more treasured than gold More important than whiskey more deadly than wine It'll just give you discomfort and no piece of mind And when you come out the nod, you'll always be aware You've shot every drop of your heart and it's full of fear And now you must rush out and hit another sting Praise me as old heroin, the king But he sai be quick my friend get off your knees You're up tight and accept no please!