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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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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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