Give It Away!
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(lyrics)
What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your mamma
What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your pappa
What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your daughter
You do a little dance and then you drink a little water
What I’ve got you’ve got to get it put it in you
What I’ve got you’ve got to get it put it in you
What I’ve got you’ve got to get it put it in you
Reeling with the feeling don’t stop continue
Realize I don’t want to be a miser
Confide w/sly you’ll be the wiser
Young blood is the lovin’ upriser
How come everybody wanna keep it like the kaiser
[Chorus:]
Give it away give it away give it away give it away now
Give it away give it away give it away give it away now
Give it away give it away give it away give it away now
I can’t tell if I’m a kingpin or a pauper
Greedy little people in a sea of distress
Keep your more to receive your less
Unimpressed by material excess
Love is free love me say hell yes
I’m a low brow but I rock a little know how
No time for the piggies or the hoosegow
Get smart get down with the pow wow
Never been a better time than right now
Bob Marley poet and a prophet
Bob Marley taught me how to off it
Bob Marley walkin’ like he talk it
Goodness me can’t you see I’m gonna cough it
[Chorus]
Lucky me swimmin’ in my ability
Dancin’ down on life with agility
Come and drink it up from my fertility
Blessed with a bucket of lucky mobility
My mom I love her ’cause she love me
Long gone are the times when she scrub me
Feelin’ good my brother gonna hug me
Drink my juice young love chug-a-lug me
There’s a river born to be a giver
Keep you warm won’t let you shiver
His heart is never gonna wither
Come on everybody time to deliver
[Chorus]
What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your mamma
What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your pappa
What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your daughter
You do a little dance and then you drink a little water
What I’ve got you’ve got to get it put it in you
What I’ve got you’ve got to get it put it in you
What I’ve got you’ve got to get it put it in you
Reeling with the feeling don’t stop continue
Realize I don’t want to be a miser
Confide w/sly you’ll be the wiser
Young blood is the lovin’ upriser
How come everybody wanna keep it like the kaiser
Give it away give it away give it away give it away now
Categories: Ted Giffin
One of my favourite songs OF ALL TIME and you have totally done it justice. I admit, I was a bit nervous when I hit play because I love the Chillis so much – but you pulled it off! My hat is off to you, sir.
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Wow, that is such a relief. Laid a scratch vocal track, thumping out a rhythm with out really playing, built the bass next, drums, gtr, real vocals, and erased the scratch. Was worried about how it came off. So Great! Thank You!
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The bass was particularly good, Flea is not an easy act to follow.
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See my trouble at first was that, I tried to do Lead Vocals and the Bass at the same time, talk about a mind scramble. So scratch, then did the bass, then the drums. Guitar was just influencing the bassline, the way I did it. So glad that It was not butchery. Good deal!
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Great version, and all because of a Bukowski mistake on my part lol.
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🙂
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