Recitation By Hank Ballard - James Brown

The Lord of funk and his disciples

Huh, wow… incredible, man, incredible

I’m speakin' about this new album, on James Brown Polydor Records

Yeah, I just finished diggin' on it, you know?

And he comes from all sides on this one

Like, each track take you from one bag to another

You know, he’s lowdown, he’s funky

He’s sentimental, and the man is sad

Throughout the whole album, you’ll find these elements of moods

And when you bag up that many moods, you got at least a lot of souls in some of

the most remote areas

Music such as «Good Foot», «The Whole World Needs Liberation»

«Your Love Was Good for Me», «Cold Sweat»…

(World!) «Nothing Beats a Try But a Fail», «Lost Someone», «Funky Side of Town».

.

that’s a little tune James, Bobby Byrd and myself did together

You know, like it’s a real party, low-down, get-down sack

And then there’s «Please, Please, Please», like you’ve never heard before,

you know, the old time classic

«Ain't It a Groove», «Make It Funky (Part 3 &4)»…

(Everybody now, everybody…)

Heh, incidentally I’m Hank Ballard, your love-sad man…

Rappin' to you on the contents of James Brown’s latest album

Yeah, a living legend — that’s what they call him, a living legend

And guess what?

That’s what the man is: a real, live, living legend

Yeah, after 18 years he’s still terrorizing the music world with his funky music

And judging from his new album, he’s still on the good foot of his career

James Brown world, James Brown’s world of music…

Oh well, he deserves to be in the galaxy of stars

But it wasn’t easy for him from the beginning

He had to fight his way though a mean, vicious jungle

You know, the jungle of show business

It’s vicious out there, man, it’s very vicious… ask me, I know

And my advice to all newcomers is, is that if you’re a 10-minute and lookin'

for mercy, still on the road that leads to mortal, passionate world

God, this one out here will eat you up alive, brother

(It's a tough world…) I mean, alive

Yeah, I got caught wanderin' around in the graveyard of losers

But I have an unshakable determination

And I was comin' out, this is not in my place, you know

So I came out and joined the James Brown production

James was the only one besides myself, that had a strong belief in my talent

I knew he could formulate a group, that would put my star back in this galaxy,

you know…

James Brown world, James Brown world of music

And… wow, I’m glad I’m part of this world

So is this man of talent, Mr. Bobby Byrd, Ms. Vicki Anderson, Mr. Lee Ostin, Mr.

Charles Bobbitt, and of course Bob Both, Mr. Bob Both that is;

Ms.

Jeanette Washington, Mr. Vanaree, and of course Fred Wesley &the JB’s.

Yeah man, great many brothers, you know, that I didn’t have time to run of,

but it’s… quite a few in the James Brown world

Wow… James Brown world of music

My man, your man, people’s man