Public Enemy #1 - Pt. 1

You know what, this is James Brown
I'm such a lover of people
Because people did so much for me

I'm a lover of all humanity, all mankind
And I feel that he who has been successful
Should look out for his fellow man, his brother
I feel that's my role, that's my job

I know, and when I was a kid...
You see, I was gonna be a preacher, huh, ay
Maybe I am, but to me, I feel like I'm a teacher, somewhat
'Cause I've been able to experience things that most poor...
A lot of people haven't been able to, even the rich

So I'll start by preaching right here
'Cause I want to preach to you one more time about heroin
I talked once before, now I want to preach
I want to start by saying
I heard heroin talking one more time, and said

"From where I came, nobody knows
I come from a land where the poppy seed grows
A whole nation gathered, to plot my destruction
Because I'm a breeder of crime and wholesale corruption

You say, I'm pure and then I'm dilutable
And once I'm in your blood I'll make it pursuitable"
And I heard her only to say, "Sing it on son"
She says, "Sing it on son", she says, "I've lost my son, he's gone on away
Sing it on, so you might save a life"

I said, "Madam, just looka here
I say, own a record and make all men
That dare to use it wallow in sin"
Driven them to commit a world of crime
Captured their will and destroy their mind
They changed their lives and destroyed the meek
Misused the fools and made the strong men weak

Hallo, wait a minute, looka here
They take gold from the rich and made them poor
Take a young foolish maiden and made her a whore
Look at that"

And then I heard, by that time
I heard a man over in the corner
He was sitting down with his head hanging low
I noticed him when I first walked in
And he was addicted to drugs but he said, "I feel it
And brother, I want to get up and testify"

So everybody started screaming and hollering and crying
I saw a little tears coming from my eye 'cause I know I felt it
And this brother got up and said, "Let me have it
I want to tell you everything
Talk to a man that knows"

He said, "Some will sell me, and some will buy
For a state of affection and they cause high
But regardless of the position, reason of use
You control my addiction and I give nothing but abuse"

He said, "Let me tell you about heroin
With a full cause of torment
For it's pleasures and pain
It will take all of your money and poison your brain"

Lord, I started singing, I said... mmm
The place started to kinda rocking a little bit
I heard somebody pat their foot and say, "Sing on, brother"
I started humming a little bit in the background

And then that brother said, "Wait a minute"
He said, "Beware of the sharp needle brother, it'll make you sick
Annoyed, anguished, and won't let you kick
It'll make you hustle, steal, borrow and beg
I'm still talking about that bad thing, King Heroin
When you want to look for a vein in your arm or your leg"

I felt so bad I didn't know what to do
He said, "More priceless than diamond, more treasured than gold
More important than whiskey, more deadly than wine
It'll just give you discomfort and no peace of mind"

"And when you come out the nod", he said, "you'll always be aware
You've shot every drop of your heart and it's full of fear
Now you must rush out and hit another sting
Praise me as Old Heroin, the King"
But he said, "Be quick, my friend and get off your knees, I can't"