Johannesburg
One, two
Now you know what to do
Hey
Said, what's the word
Tell me, woman have you heard
From Johannesburg?
Somebody said, what's the word
Tell me brother have you heard
From Johannesburg?
They tell me that our brothers over there
Are defyin' the man
We don't know for sure
Because the news we get is unreliable, man
Yes, I hate it when the blood starts flowin'
But I'm glad to see resistance growin'
Somebody tell me what's the word?
Tell me woman, what you heard
'Bout Johannesburg?
Somebody said what's the word
Say it, have you heard
From Johannesburg?
And I know that their strugglin' over there
That they're ain't no free there, not in town
But we all got to be strugglin'
Said, if we wanna be free
Don't you wanna be free, free, free?
They tell me that our brothers over there
Refuse to work in the mines sometimes
They may not get the news
But they need to know we're on their side, full time
Now sometimes distance brings misunderstanding
Yeah, but deep in my heart I'm demanding
Somebody said what's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Somebody tell me what's happenin' in Johannesburg
New York is like Johannesburg
L.A. is like Johannesburg
Freedom ain't nothing but a word
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Somebody tell me what's happenin' in Johannesburg
D.C. like Johannesburg
London like Johannesburg
Freedom ain't nothing but a word, ain't nothing but a word
Let me see your ID
Let me see your ID
Provin' you instead of me
Johannesburg
Freedom ain't nothing but a word, ain't nothing but a word
Ain't nothing but a word, ain't nothing but a word
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Say, say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word?
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Thank you
Thank you
Johannesburg
How do you feel?
Thank you very much
Now you know what to do
Hey
Said, what's the word
Tell me, woman have you heard
From Johannesburg?
Somebody said, what's the word
Tell me brother have you heard
From Johannesburg?
They tell me that our brothers over there
Are defyin' the man
We don't know for sure
Because the news we get is unreliable, man
Yes, I hate it when the blood starts flowin'
But I'm glad to see resistance growin'
Somebody tell me what's the word?
Tell me woman, what you heard
'Bout Johannesburg?
Somebody said what's the word
Say it, have you heard
From Johannesburg?
And I know that their strugglin' over there
That they're ain't no free there, not in town
But we all got to be strugglin'
Said, if we wanna be free
Don't you wanna be free, free, free?
They tell me that our brothers over there
Refuse to work in the mines sometimes
They may not get the news
But they need to know we're on their side, full time
Now sometimes distance brings misunderstanding
Yeah, but deep in my heart I'm demanding
Somebody said what's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Somebody tell me what's happenin' in Johannesburg
New York is like Johannesburg
L.A. is like Johannesburg
Freedom ain't nothing but a word
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
Somebody tell me what's happenin' in Johannesburg
D.C. like Johannesburg
London like Johannesburg
Freedom ain't nothing but a word, ain't nothing but a word
Let me see your ID
Let me see your ID
Provin' you instead of me
Johannesburg
Freedom ain't nothing but a word, ain't nothing but a word
Ain't nothing but a word, ain't nothing but a word
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Say, say what's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word? (Johannesburg)
What's the word?
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Thank you
Thank you
Johannesburg
How do you feel?
Thank you very much
Credits
Writer(s): Gil Scott Heron
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Link
Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Legend In His Own Mind (feat. Amnesia Express) [Live, Bremen, 1983]
- Ghetto Ghosts (Live 1977)
- Plug In, Turn On, Cop Out (Live 1983)
- Live in The Bottle
- Spirits
- Aint Really A Life
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
- Nothing New
- When You Are Who You Are / Free Will (Alt Take 1)
© 2024 All rights reserved. Rockol.com S.r.l. Website image policy
Rockol
- Rockol only uses images and photos made available for promotional purposes (“for press use”) by record companies, artist managements and p.r. agencies.
- Said images are used to exert a right to report and a finality of the criticism, in a degraded mode compliant to copyright laws, and exclusively inclosed in our own informative content.
- Only non-exclusive images addressed to newspaper use and, in general, copyright-free are accepted.
- Live photos are published when licensed by photographers whose copyright is quoted.
- Rockol is available to pay the right holder a fair fee should a published image’s author be unknown at the time of publishing.
Feedback
Please immediately report the presence of images possibly not compliant with the above cases so as to quickly verify an improper use: where confirmed, we would immediately proceed to their removal.