Personally, I
am a little more optimistic than Mr. Mayfield, but it is a cool song
nonetheless. Do you think he could get away with that opening today? Probably.Personally I have no problem with that. But, if the occasions arose, (highly unlikely), I would like to be accorded the same privilege without being lynched.
(DON'T WORRY) IF THERE'S A HELL
BELOW WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO
[spoken:]
Sisters, niggers, whities, jews, crackers!
Don't worry, if there's hell below, we're all gotta go!
Aaaaaaah!
Sisters, brothers and the whities
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Hurry
People running from their worries
While the judge and the juries
Dictate the law that's partly flaw
Cat calling, love balling, fussing and cussing
Top billing now is killing
For peace no-one is willing
Kind of make you get that feeling
Everybody smoke
Use the pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And Nixon talking about don't worry
He says don't worry
He says don't worry
He says don't worry
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's a hell below
We're all gonna go
Everybody's praying
And everybody's saying
But when come time to do
Everybody's laying
Just talking about don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
Sisters, brothers and the whities
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Smoke, the pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And everybody saying don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's a hell below
We're all gonna go
Lord, what we gonna do
Tell me what we gonna do
If everything I say is true?
This ain't no way it ought to be
If only all the mass could see
But they keep talkin' 'bout don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
Sisters, niggers, whities, jews, crackers!
Don't worry, if there's hell below, we're all gotta go!
Aaaaaaah!
Sisters, brothers and the whities
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Hurry
People running from their worries
While the judge and the juries
Dictate the law that's partly flaw
Cat calling, love balling, fussing and cussing
Top billing now is killing
For peace no-one is willing
Kind of make you get that feeling
Everybody smoke
Use the pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And Nixon talking about don't worry
He says don't worry
He says don't worry
He says don't worry
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's a hell below
We're all gonna go
Everybody's praying
And everybody's saying
But when come time to do
Everybody's laying
Just talking about don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
Sisters, brothers and the whities
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Smoke, the pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And everybody saying don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's a hell below
We're all gonna go
Lord, what we gonna do
Tell me what we gonna do
If everything I say is true?
This ain't no way it ought to be
If only all the mass could see
But they keep talkin' 'bout don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
They say don't worry
Such a great song from a wonderful artist. I don't recall ever hearing this on the radio when it came out. You had to have the album.
ReplyDeleteI also like this 'cracker' version from 2006.
http://youtu.be/cxk7fl7-MiU
I went to the youtube to read some info and there was the funniest comment there : "who disliked this song? go to hell."
ReplyDelete"If only all the mass could see"
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