Blues Is Good for You

[Spoken Intro: James Brown & Martha High] You know, Martha, I'm just so disgusted Because Mother Nature didn't intend for the things that are happening To happen to us like it's happening I don't believe that God intended for us to destroy so many beautiful things And take away the beauty that he bestowed upon us You're right, James But it's a shame the way poverty is on a run, pollution All the destructions that's happening And the war of the world That's right When the world began, it wasn't supposed to be this way I'm so sure it wasn't And I feel that we can find a way together You're my beautiful sister and I love you, and this is my sister And Martha I've been with you for a long time, you've seen me grow up I'm a woman God bless you [Verse 1: James Brown] And I just wanna say, summertime And the living is easy, yeah Ah, the fish are jumpin', yeah Not like they used to, yeah yeah I don't see the cotton grow very high Oh, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah My old daddy ain't rich Thank God, my my my my mammy is still good lookin', yeah yeah yeah Hidden from her roots So I wanna tell you out there Hush you and you and you, and especially that little baby, yeah yeah yeah Don't you cry I don't care whether you're white, black, blue or green, yellow, red, purple or orange Don't you cry, God is gonna make it better, yeah yeah yeah yeah So much better, yeah yeah yeah, in the summertime [Verse 2: Martha High] One of these mornings, you're gonna wind up singin' You're gonna spread your wings and take to the skies Back to the morning, there ain't nothing can harm you, yeah yeah, yeah yeah 'Cause your mama and your daddy is standing, standing by [Outro: James Brown & Martha High] Help me sing, God bless you, God bless you That's for you, James That's for the people, I love you, sister I love you, too That's what we all need to do, express the love for your sister and your brother That's all what it is 'Cause one of these mornings, yeah, you're gonna rise up singin', yeah yeah yeah You're gonna spread your little wings, and take to the sky I don't care whether you're white, black, blue or green, yeah yeah yeah yeah I believe, I believe if you love your brother, nothing can harm you, yeah Ah, 'cause your mama and your daddy is standing, standing by Oh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Is standing by Summertime Standing by Standing by Summertime Summertime