Letras de Recitation by Hank Ballard

The James Brown World, here it is
The James Brown World of music folks, the Lord of Funk and his disciples
Wow, incredible man, really incredible
I′m speaking about this new album on James Brown, Apollodore Records
Yeah, I just finished digging on it, you know
And he comes from all sides on this one, like each track take you from one bag to another, you know

He's low down, he′s funky, he's sentimental, and the man is sad
Throughout the whole album you'll find these elements of moods
And when you bag up that many moods, you gotta reach a lot of souls
In some of the most remote areas
Music such as Good foot, The Whole World Needs Liberation, Your Love Was Good For Me, Cold Sweat

Nothing beats a try but a fail, Lost someone, Funk inside of town
That′s a little tune that James, Bobby, Barry and myself did together, you know
Like it′s a real party, low down, get down, sad
And then there's Please, Please, Please, like you′ve never heard before, you know, the all-time classic
Ain't it a groove? Make it funky, part three and four

Incidentally, I′m Hank Ballard, your love sad man
Rapping to you on the contents of James Brown's latest album, yeah, a living legend
That′s what they call him, a living legend, and guess what?
That's what the man is, a real, large, living legend

Yeah, after 18 years he's still terrorizing the music world with his funky music
And judging from his new album, he′s still on the good foot of his career
James Brown world, James Brown world music
Oh well, he deserves to be in the galaxy of stars
But it wasn′t easy for James from the beginning

He had to fight his way through a mean, vicious jungle, you know, the jungle of show business
It's vicious out there, man, there′s a lot of vicious actually I know
And my advice to all newcomers is that if you're timid and looking for mercy
Stay on the road that leads to a more compassionate world
′Cause this one out here will eat you up alive brother, I mean alive

Yeah, I got caught running around in the graveyard of losers
Huh, I had an unshakable determination that I was coming out
This is not my place, you know
So I came out and joined the James Brown production
James was the only one besides myself that had a strong belief in my talent

I knew he could formulate a groove that would put my star back in this galaxy, you know
James Brown world, James Brown world of music, wow, I'm glad I′m part of this world
So was Ms. Lynn Collins, Mr. Bobby Byrd, Ms. Vicki Anderson, Mr. Lee Austin, Mr. Charles Babbage
And of course Bob Boat, Mr. Bob Boat, that is
Ms. Janette Washington, Mr. Dana Ray, and of course Fred Weston and J.B.'s
Yeah, and a great many of others, you know, that I really don't have time to run off
But it′s quite a few in the James Brown world

Wow
James Brown world of music
My man, your man, people of man