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Bodyheat Lyrics

Yeah
(Body heat)
Yeah
(Body heat)When your body get down from aggravation
And you need some love, some fascinationWhat's that?
(Body heat)
What's that?
(Body heat)When your body won't do what you want it to
And you don't do it 'cause you know you're throughWhat's that?
(Body heat)
What's that?
(Body heat)When you can't get your body pleased
And you need some love for your tension easeWhat's that?
(Body heat)
What's that?
(Body heat)
Payback!Got to go to church, y'all
Got to go to church, y'all

Got to go to church, y'all
Got to go to church, y'allYou got to turn off the heat, take off that pressure
Turn off the heat, take off that pressure
Turn of the heat, take off that pressure
Turn of the heat, take off that pressureGimme some air, I can't go nowhere
Got to go to church, y'all
I'm having bad luck
I'm having bad luck, I'm having bad luckGot to release the body
I'm having bad luck, I'm having bad luck
Got to release the body
Got to go to church, y'all
Got to go to church, y'all
Got to go to church, y'all
Take meWhen I was a little boy about the age of one
My mother told me, I'd be a loving son of a gun
When I was a little boy about the age of two
Catch myself, something, had to do itWhen I was a little boy about the age of three
Don't want nobody bothering me
When I was a little boy about the age of four
Back up, had to take myself, gonna give me some moreGot to go to church, y'all
Tell me
Got to go to church, y'all
Cut off the heat, y'all, take off that pressure
Cut off the heat, take off that pressureGimme some air, I can't go nowhere
Gimme some air, I can't go nowhere
I'm having bad luck, I'm having bad luck
I got to, I says I got to release the body
I'm having bad luck, turn off the heat, tryna to get some fresh air
Bad luck, I need itYeah, yeah
(Body heat)
Yeah, yeah
(Body heat)When your body gets down from aggravation
And you need some love, some fascinationWhat's that?
(Body heat)
What's that?
(Body heat)Someone, someone
Someone just make a fool obsessed
Your body break out, pimples
In a hot sweatWhat's that?
(Body heat)
What's that?
(Body heat)Givin' up, givin' up
Payback!Got to go to church, y'all
Got to go to church, y'all
I'm having bad luck
Got to go to church, y'allWhen I was a little boy about the age of five
Something I had to do, had to learn the jive
When I was a little boy about the age of six
I felt so down, I wanted to get some kicksI was a little about about the age of seven
Pity, I was havin' bad luck
Pity, release them up, release them
Having bad luck, release the body
Turn off that, turn off the heat, release the pressureSit down, sit down
Bad luck, bad luck
Wait a minute, sit down
Got to go to church, y'all
Got to go to church, y'allTurn off the heat, take off that pressure
Turn off the heat, take off that pressure
Gimme some air, I can't go nowhere
Gimme some air, I can't go nowhereI'm having bad luck, bad luck
Bad luck, bad luck
Got to release the body
I need some dancin', I need some dancin'Will you clap your hands?
Can you clap your hands?
Can you clap your hands?
My love, clap your handsI wanna scream, y'all, gotta scream, y'all
I need to scream, y'all, I need to
Feel so good, I feel so goodI was a little boy about the age of ten
About to catch myself, I want to do it again
When I was a little boy about age eleven
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahGrowing up, I said turn off the heat
Take off that pressureGonna go to church, y'all
Gonna go to church, y'all
Gonna go to church, y'all
Gonna go to church, y'allGimme, gimme my loving
Gimme, gimme my loving
Gimme, gimme my loving
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme my loving
Gimme, gimme my loving
Gimme, gimme my lovingI need some horn, y'all
Can I get some horn, y'all?
Gimme my lovin'
Gimme my lovin'I want to give it up
I want to give it up
I want to give it up
I want to give it upI count
One, two, three
Hit it, JimmyBody heat
Body heatWhen your body gets down from aggravation
And you need some love, some fascination
When your body won't do what you want it to
And you get tired, that's what you want it to doWhat's that?
(Body heat)
What's that?
(Body heat)Fair lovin'
Fair lovin'
Rollin' up the sleeve
I wanna leave
I need some help
I need some help
I want some helpA little bit further
A little bit further
Payback!Turn off the heat, take off that pressure
Turn off the heat, take off that pressureWhat's that?
(Body heat)
What's that?
(Body heat)I can't hear you, what's that?
(Body heat)
I can't hear you, what's that?
(Body heat)

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James Brown

James Brown, (James Joseph Brown, May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century music. He was a seminal force in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and funk. He has also left his mark on numerous other musical genres, including rock, jazz, reggae, disco, dance and electronic music, and hip-hop music.

Joining Bobby Byrd's vocal group The Famous Flames in 1955, Brown's early recordings from the mid-50s, were fairly straightforward gospel-inspired R&B compositions, heavily influenced by the work of contemporary musicians such as Ray Charles and Little Richard. Little Richard's relations with Brown were particularly significant in Brown's development as a musician and showman.

Brown followed the success of his 1963 Live At The Apollo with a string of singles that, along with the work of Allen Toussaint in new orleans, essentially defined the foundation of funk music. During the mid-1960s, two of Brown's signature tunes Papa's Got A Brand New Bag and I Got You (I Feel Good), both from 1965, were his first Top 10 pop hits, as well as major #1 R&B hits, with each remaining the top-selling singles in black venues for over a month. As the 1960s decade neared its end, Brown continued to refine the new funk idiom. Brown's 1967 #1 R&B hit, Cold Sweat, sometimes cited as the first true funk song, was the first of his recordings to contain a drum break and the first that featured a harmony that was reduced to a single chord change.

Brown's recordings influenced musicians across the industry, most notably Sly and his Family Stone, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Booker T. & The M.G.'s and soul shouters like Edwin Starr, Temptations, David Ruffin, and Dennis Edwards. A then-prepubescent Michael Jackson took Brown's shouts and dancing into the pop mainstream as the lead singer of motown's The Jackson 5. Those same tracks were later resurrected by countless hip-hop musicians from the 1970s onward. As a result, James Brown remains to this day the world's most sampled recording artist, with Funky Drummer itself becoming the most sampled individual piece of music.

By 1970 Brown and Byrd employed a new band that included future funk greats, such as bassist Bootsy Collins, Collins' guitarist brother Phelps 'Catfish' Collins and trombonist and musical director Fred Wesley. This new backing band was dubbed The J.B.'s, and the band made its debut on Brown's 1970 single Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine.

Many of his sidemen and supporting players, such as Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, Bobby Byrd, Lyn Collins, Vicki Anderson and Hank Ballard, released records on Brown's People label. The recordings on the People label, almost all of which were produced by Brown himself, exemplified his "house style". Songs such as I Know You Got Soul by Bobby Byrd, Think (About It) by Lyn Collins and Doing It To Death by Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s are considered as much a part of Brown's recorded legacy as the recordings released under his own name.

Although he would continue tour and rack up hit records into the 2000s, By the mid-1970s Brown's star-status was on the wane, and key musicians in his band such as Fred Wesley left to join Parliament and Funkadelic. The onslaught of the slickly commercial style of disco caught Brown off guard, as it superseded his raw style of funk music on the dance floor.

Brown is recognized by a plethora of (mostly self-bestowed) titles, including "Soul Brother Number One," "Mr. Dynamite," "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business," "Minister of New New Super-Heavy Funk," "Universal James," and the best-known, "the Godfather of Soul." He is renowned for his shouting vocals, feverish dancing and unique rhythmic style.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Brown was a presence in American political affairs, noted especially for his activism on behalf of African Americans and the poor. James Brown died early on December 25, 2006, having been admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia.

Years active: 1956-2006
Born in Barnwell, South Carolina

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