Turn! Turn! Turn!

"Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There is a Season)", often abbreviated to "Turn! Turn! Turn!", is a song adapted entirely from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible (with the exception of the last line) and set to music by Pete Seeger in 1959. Seeger waited until 1962 to record it, releasing the song on his album "The Bitter and The Sweet" on Columbia Records. The lyrics are taken almost verbatim from the King James version of the Bible, Ecclesiastes 3:1. The Biblical text states there is a time and place for all things: laughter and sorrow, healing and killing, war and peace, and so on. The lines are open to many interpretations, but as a song they are commonly performed as a plea for world peace, with stress on the closing line: "a time for peace, I swear it's not too late." The latter phrase and the title phrase "Turn! Turn! Turn!" are the only parts of the lyric written by Seeger himself. The Byrds have the most successful recorded version of the song as the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit single , released in October 1965 (b/w "She Don't Care About Time" Columbia 43424). In December, it became the title song to the group's second studio album "Turn! Turn! Turn!". Nearly three decades after the Byrds released the song as a single, the recording was featured prominently in the 1994 movie Forrest Gump. The song was also featured in Jim Sheridan's 2002 film, In America, although it was not included on the official soundtrack. The Byrds' version distinguishes the song as the #1 pop hit with the oldest lyrics, dating back to the Book of Ecclesiastes. Many biblical scholars believe Ecclesiastes 1:1 implies King Solomon as the book's author; thus, if true, giving Solomon lyrical credit for a number one hit! After Joe Cocker's cover of "With a Little Help from My Friends", the song was the first to play on the first episode of the television series The Wonder Years. It was also used in a Wonder Years parody in an episode of The Simpsons, "Three Men and a Comic Book". The song has been covered by a great number of other artists. Here are a few of the notables: The Seekers recorded the song for their 1966 album “Georgy Girl”; Dolly Parton covered this on her 1984 album of cover songs “The Great Pretender”, and again in 2005 on “Those Were The Days”; Singer and pianist Nina Simone recorded two versions of the song, one of which was released on her album “To Love Somebody”, (1969).

[Intro: Chip] This that I understand wave This that I overstand wave From a young age, we over a plan wave, you know? Ayy (NA), yo [Chorus: Chip] I see yutes on ends patrollin' (Woo), strapped up, ridin', rollin' (Bow-bow) I salute them like I know them, done know (Ayy, ayy) Hate when they see you progress, no matter how much love you show them (Ayy, woo, ayy, woo) Can't help it when you're chosen (Woo, woo), done know (Woo, woo, ayy, ayy) Step with God on my side, these times everyone's carrying knives But where I'm from, that just life, done know (Ayy, ayy) And if he don't carry that skеng, he know when his paigons see him, he dеad (Bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow) Tell me what you know about life and death, done know [Verse 1: Chip] Boy, just stop it (Allow it) Rappin' like you got real beef, I heard that you squashed it I had a little battle with six MC's (Uh-huh), I can't call that beef (Nah) If you see your opps and pull out your camera (Wait there), what you call that, G? (For the Gram) I checked grandma in the hood as I always would, always will She don't ever wanna move (Nope), and I can't tell her how to feel (Hmm-hmm) Kids might see me and diamonds shining, tell you how pressure feels (Big facts) I was in college in the heart of Tottenham when I first signed a deal Where gunshots go off for real (Brrt) Just rockin' my Rollie (Hmm), I was year nine in Stoney (Hmm) Number four rise been boast (Hmm) Ask round, they all know me darg (Woo) Hornsey right round to Finsbury Park (Woo) Couldn't cut me a half of B (Woo), luckily I got dope from bars (Lucky) Always been on my P's and Q's, G's, zip Rum and KA sippin' (Ayy) If you ain't got a (Ayy) blitz between (Ayy) your clique, that's (Woah) Still walkin' off (Yep) if I ain't whippin' (Yep) No God got me (Yep), I ain't trippin' (Yep) In the barber shop (Yep), like I ain't slippin' (See 'em, see 'em, see 'em) Ciaga Yo [Chorus: Chip] I see yutes on ends patrollin' (Skrr), strapped up, ridin', rollin' (Bow-bow) I salute them like I know them, done know (Ayy, ayy) Hate when they see you progress, no matter how much love you show them (Ayy, woo, ayy, woo) Can't help it when you're chosen (Woo, woo), done know (Woo, woo, ayy, ayy) Step with God on my side, these times everyone's carrying knives But where I'm from, that just life (That's just life), done know (Ayy, ayy) And if he don't carry that skeng, he know when his paigons see him, he dead (Bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow) Tell me what you know about life and death (Real life), done know [Verse 2: Headie One] I see yutes in the ends patrollin', I was seventeen tryna be on my pole ting (Wah) I couldn't care less about voting (Suh) Thirteen trying to steal for a living, then I just started to rob like Holding (Suh) First time I got nicked police gave me a caution, they know I done that pokin' (Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn) The birds to the bros for a joke ting, I would've never known it (Turn, told me, turn, ayy) Couldn't ever get like this, everyone's out usin' Motorola's (One) I could've been dead or in jail, bet on my life and will that's progress (Talk) Young nigga comin' off coke heads, how still answer the nizzy and Stoney They wanna ban drill, but I touch roads that I had with drill (One) The come up was real, cah they really don't want man to drill (Bye) Stuck on the track, they don't want us to win, we just got to be tactical (One) I just want my unborn kids all good when I write my will (Realness) I'm just tryna jugg the drawer out and write these riddims (One) Qway when were back in the trap house just tryna slide this sim in (Turn) Growin' up in Tottenham, tryna learn how to rhyme like Chippy (Turn, turn, turn, turn) I live life on the edge (Turn, turn), but I thank God for the life I'm living (Turn, turn, turn) [Chorus: Chip, Headie One] I see yutes on ends patrollin' (Skrr), strapped up, ridin', rollin' (Bow-bow) I salute them like I know them, done know (Ayy, ayy) Hate when they see you progress, no matter how much love you show them (Ayy, woo, ayy, woo) Can't help it when you're chosen (Woo, woo), done know (Woo, woo, ayy, ayy) Step with God on my side, these times everyone's carrying knives But where I'm from, that just life, done know (Turn, turn, turn, turn, ayy, ayy) And if he don't carry that skeng, he know when his paigons see him, he dead (Bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow) Tell me what you know about life and death (Real life), done know [Outro: Headie One] One Done know NA