Determined to make it,
His dance a threat,
His voice a power,
Combined,
A Cold Sweat,
It's Time To Go Home
His face was stone,
His hair was whipped,
Jaw line was bold,
His heart,
A warm morning mist,
It's Time To Go Home
Gifted to touch,
He gave so much,
Every show,
Each night,
And never lost his touch,
It's Time To Go Home
The pain of the struggle,
was etched in his face,
but the words from his mouth,
reflected God's grace,
It's Time To Go Home
Please Don't Go,
Master of the show,
Brothers gotta work it out,
We free but won't go
It's Time To Go Home
Say It Loud,
We need a theme,
Brothers killing Brothers,
We still Proud,
but we have no hope,
No dreams,
It's Time To Go Home
Dream young man,
Dream young girl,
Be like The GodFather Of Soul,
And conquer this man's world,
It's Time To Go Home
It's official he was prophetic,
Hardest working man in show business,
proclaimed and vetted,
It's Time To Go Home
Now be still, sleep and rest,
prepare to minister your music,
on the highest level yet,
It's Time To Go Home
The author of melody has required your soul,
God knew when he made you,
Soul Brother Number One
you too cold!
It's Time To Go Home
5 comments:
This is AWESOME, Hammer!!
I love it, will you be releasing that as a dedication song?
If you weren't thinking about it, maybe you should.
Peace & Blessing,
Anita
Dear MC... a glorious homage, to a man whom inspired you to aspire to greatness of Self... detach from ego; and BE all that you can be...
So few children under our great gods porch today; dream.
MC.. may 2007, be YOU, to offer them a peace-dream, a hope-dream, a DO, until you do it.. dream.
Via music, the gospels, the written word, designs, or paintings... may it BE.. in 2007--that an opening, be it even small.. spread open, enough for all the troubled youth and adults in the world.. to aspire to peaceful intent, compassionate negotiation, and positive movements.
James Brown, was the voice of his day.. you are the voice of ours... WE hear you, out here!!
Love n'peace, North
A beautiful tribute to the Godfather of Soul!
Sorry for your loss. Our loss.
All through middle school and high school(early to mid 1990s) I used to get DJ Earl Brown to bring a James Brown CD and a Hammer CD to each dance.
James Brown was an inspiration no matter what color you are. I know you were very fond of him and got to interact with him on a personal level most of us in the general public weren't able to get to.
You're next in line to keep the James Brown song and dance tradition alive in today's music scene.
Go get 'em, Hammer.
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