The Payback - James Brown

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The Payback Lyrics

Hey! Gotta, gotta payback!
(The big payback)
Revenge! I'm mad!
(The big payback)
Got to get back!

I need some get-back!
Payback!
Payback!(The big payback)
That's it! Payback!

Revenge!
I'm mad!


You get down with my girlfriend, that ain't right.
Wow! Smokin'!
Hollerin' n' cussin', you wanna fight

Payback is a thing you gotta see
Hell! Brother do any damn thing to me
You sold me out for chicken change
(Yes you did)

You told me that they, they had it all arranged
You had me down, and that's a fact
And now you punk, you gotta get ready

For the big payback
(The big payback)
That's where I land, on the big payback
(The big payback)

I can do wheelin', I can do dealin'
(Yes we can)

But I don't do no damn squealin'
I can dig rappin'. I'm ready! I can dig scrapping
But I can't dig that backstabbin'
(Oh no)
The brother get ready, that's a fact
Get ready you mother for the big payback
(The big payback)
Let me hit them, hit them, Fred hit them
Lord!

You took my money, you got my honey
Don't want me to see what you doin' to me
I can get back! I got to deal with you!
Gotta deal with ya, gotta deal with ya!
I... gotta deal with...!
Hey, let me tell you!
Get down with my woman, that ain't right
You hollerin' and cussing, you wanna fight
Lookie here!
Don't do me no darn favor
I don't know karate, but I know ka-razor
(Yes we do)
Hey! Get ready, that's a fact
Get ready you mother for the big payback
(The big payback)
Hey, I'm a man, I'm a man...
I'm a son of a man, but don't they tell you that pappa can
Get ready for the big payback
(The big payback)
Hit me again!
No, don't...
Get ready, I need it, I need a hit again.
The same one. The same one. The same one.
Hit me back.
Lord!
(The big payback)

Sold me out for chicken change
You said my woman had it all arranged
Tried to make a deal, she wanted to squeal
But I had my boys on her heels
Saw what she had comin', told a lie,
she broke down and she wanted to cry
I don't care what she does
She'll be doing just like she was
Take those kids and raise them up
Somebody drink out the righteous cup
Take her, take that woman, it's one place she found
Just run that mother out of town
Make her get up, make her get up, get out
Make her get up, make her get up, get out
I'm mad!
I want revenge, I want revenge, my...
(The big payback)
My patience ends, I want revenge
My patience ends, I want revenge
I want revenge, I want revenge
(The big payback)
Gonna get some hits, I need those hits
I need those hits, hit me!

Lord, I need those hits
Carry on, carry on, payback melody
(The big payback)
(The big payback)
Alright!
Da-dee-ra-da, da-dee-ra-da, da-dee-ra-da!
(The big payback)

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James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. A progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul". In a career that lasted 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres.

Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He joined an R&B vocal group, the Gospel Starlighters (which later evolved into the Flames) founded by Bobby Byrd, in which he was the lead singer. First coming to national public attention in the late 1950s as a member of the singing group The Famous Flames with the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. His success peaked in the 1960s with the live album Live at the Apollo and hit singles such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World". During the late 1960s he moved from a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music-making that influenced the development of funk music. By the early 1970s, Brown had fully established the funk sound after the formation of the J.B.s with records such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and "The Payback". He also became noted for songs of social commentary, including the 1968 hit "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud". Brown continued to perform and record until his death from pneumonia in 2006.

Brown recorded 17 singles that reached number one on the Billboard R&B charts. He also holds the record for the most singles listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart which did not reach number one. Brown has received honors from many institutions, including inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In Joel Whitburn's analysis of the Billboard R&B charts from 1942 to 2010, James Brown is ranked as number one in The Top 500 Artists. He is ranked seventh on the music magazine Rolling Stone's list of its 100 greatest artists of all time. Rolling Stone has also cited Brown as the most sampled artist of all time. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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