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Verse 1
Am
You know what, this is James Brown
F
I'm such a lover of people
G
Am
Because people did so much for me
Verse 2
Am
I'm a lover of all humanity, all mankind
F
G
Am
And I feel that he who has
been successful
Should look out for his fellow man,
his brother
F
I feel that's my role, that's my job
G
I know, and when I was a kid...
Verse 3
Am
You see, I was gonna be a preacher,
huh, ay
F
G
Maybe I am, but to me, I feel like I'm a teacher,
'Cause I've been able to experience
things that most poor...
A lot of people haven't been able
F
to, even the rich
G
So I'll start by preaching right here
Verse 4
Am
'Cause 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
F
I heard heroin talking one more
G
Am
time, and said
Verse 5
Am
"From where I came, nobody knows
I come from a land where the poppy
F
G
Am
seed grows
A whole nation gathered,
to plot my destruction
F
Because I'm a breeder of crime and
G
wholesale corruption
Am
Verse 6
You say, I'm pure and then I'm dilutable
F
G
And once I'm in your blood I'll make
Am
it pursuitable"
And I heard her only to say,
"Sing it on son"
She says, "Sing it on son",
F
G
Am
she says, "I've lost my son, he's gone on away
Sing it on,
so you might save a life"
Verse 7
F
G
Am
I said, "Madam, just looka here
I say, own a record and make all men
F
G
Am
That dare to use it wallow in sin"
Driven them to commit
a world of crime
F
Captured their will and destroy
G
Am
their mind
They changed their lives
and destroyed the meek
F
Misused the fools and made
G
the strong men weak
Verse 8
Am
F
Hallo, wait a minute, looka here
G
Am
They take gold from the rich
and made them poor
Take a young foolish maiden
and made her a whore
F
G
Am
Look at that"
Verse 9
Am
And then I heard, by that time
I heard a man over in the corner
He was sitting down with
his head hanging low
F
I noticed him when I
G
Am
first walked in
And he was addicted to drugs but he said,
"I feel it
Verse 10
And brother, I want to get up and testify"
F
G
So everybody started screaming
Am
and hollering and crying
I saw a little tears coming from my
eye 'cause I know I felt it
F
And this brother got up and said,
G
"Let me have it
Am
I want to tell you everything
Verse 11
Talk to a man that knows"
Am
He said, "Some will sell
me, and some will buy
F
G
For a state of affection and
Am
they cause high
But regardless of the position,
reason of use
You control my addiction
Verse 12
and I give nothing but abuse"
F
G
Am
He said, "Let me tell you about heroin
With a full cause of torment
For it's pleasures and pain
F
It will take all of your money
G
Am
and poison your brain"
Verse 13
Am
Lord, I started singing, I said... mmm
The place started to kinda
F
G
rocking a little bit
Am
I heard somebody pat their foot
and say, "Sing on, brother"
I started humming a little bit
in the background
Verse 14
F
And then that brother said, "Wait a
G
minute"
Am
He said, "Beware of the sharp needle brother,
it'll make you sick
Annoyed, anguished,
and won't let you kick
F
It'll make you hustle,
G
steal, borrow and beg
Am
I'm still talking about that bad thing,
King Heroin
When you want to look for a vein
F
G
Am
in your arm or your leg"
Verse 15
Am
I felt so bad I didn't know what to do
He said, "More priceless than diamond,
more treasured than gold
F
G
More important than whiskey,
Am
more deadly than wine
It'll just give you discomfort and no
Verse 16
peace of mind"
F
"And when you come out the nod", he
G
Am
said, "you'll always be aware
You've shot every drop of your heart
and it's full of fear
F
Now you must rush out and hit
G
another sting
Am
Praise me as Old Heroin, the King"
But he said, "Be quick,
F
my friend and get off your knees, I can't"
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