Shout

I'm Paul, this is Eddie
What we need to join a group for?
Two people, no chaos
Five - fighting over the spotlight
Heard y'all had a contract, but not no more
We got a contract
Might be more folks to divide the pie with
But it'd be a much bigger pie
We always get equal share of that pie?
Everybody equal
You have my word
We all men, and we all equal
How that sound to you?
That sound like we a group

Well
You know you make me wanna (shout)
Kick my heels up and (shout)
Throw my hands up and (shout)
Throw my head back and (shout)
Come on, now (shout)
Don't forget to say you will (shout)
Don't forget to say yeah, yeah, yeah (shout)
(Say you will)
Say it right now, baby
(Say you will)
I say that you (Say you will)

There we were
The original five, singin' our way around Detroit
But we barely had a name
Our manager, Johnnie Mae, was a shark of a woman
Could hustle the muscle around town like any man
But things weren't jiving too well

Ooh, Otis, you acting like you don't trust me
I don't think this gonna work out no more
Fine then!
You wanna go? Go!
But I'm takin' back everything
I'm takin' the Cadillac
Them suits I bought y'all last weekend, the name
The name?
"Otis Williams and the Distants"
Haha! That's my name
I made it, and I'm taking it with me
Glad to know there's no hard feelings
Hard feelings, soft feelings
Only thing that matters is the bottom line
You gonna learn that, Otis
Good luck to you

I want you to know
Mm, I said I want you to know right now
I've been good to you, baby
Better than I've been to myself
Hey, hey
Now that you wanna leave me
You, you, you won't find
You won't find
You won't find
Nobody else

I said I want you to know
That she gotta go right now (hey, hey)

So we changed our name to the Elgins
But that wasn't gonna last long
We were performing covers at a local talent show
And Detroit's music guru was in the building
When you hear Mr. Berry Gordy himself is headed to the bathroom
You suddenly have to pee really bad

I'm a big fan of yours, Mr. Gordy
Name's Otis Williams
I like what you guys were doin' up there
Got a good sound
But you can't always do cover songs, you understand?
Eventually, you got to do originals
Yes sir, I can write original songs too
We ready for the next step
That's what everyone says, until they see how high the staircase is
If you fellas are really serious
Give me a call on Monday
Figure out a name for yourselves
Can't be the Elgins
Already got that

Now, wait a minute
I feel all right
Woo hoo!
Now that I got my woman
I feel all, all, all right
Every time I think about you
You've been so good to me

Mr. Gordy, we figured out what we want to be called
The Temptations!
'Cause once you hear us sing
You'll do anything
Not bad, fellas!
Let's see what it does

You know, you make me wanna (shout)
Lift my heels up and (shout)
Throw my head back and (shout)
Kick my heels up and (shout)
Come on, now (shout)
Take it easy! (shout)
Take it easy (shout)
Take it easy (shout)
A little bit softer now (shout)
A little bit softer now (shout)
A little bit softer now (shout)
A little bit softer now (shout)
A little bit softer now (shout)
A little bit louder now (shout)
A little bit louder now (shout)
A little bit louder now (shout)
Hey, hey (hey, hey)
Hey, hey (hey, hey)
Hey, hey (hey, hey)
Hey, hey (hey, hey)
Shout!