Текст James Brown – Escape–Ism, Pt. 1

Heh. Heh.
Ain’t it good to you?
Band
(«Yeah»)
You know what? I love to get down, Jack.
And when I get down, y’understand, I don’t have to go into no funny bag…
mumbling
say, that alcohol, I can’t, y’understand, yeah.
That’s the way I feel.
You know, I believe I’ll get down right about here.
BOBBY BYRD
(«Right on»)
Byrd, if I get down, y’know Byrd, Byrd’s gotta, Byrd’s gotta, I mean, Byrd’s gotta out of sight tune coming up. We gotta record for him right here, y’know. So we’re trying to get our thing out of the way before Byrd can get into it.
Byrd, can we get on before we… Is it all right? Byrd, do you think it’s gonna be a hit, Byrd?
BOBBY BYRD
(«Yeah. I think it’s going to be a hit»)
You think it’s gonna be a hit?
BOBBY BYRD
(«A smash.»)
I know it’s a smash. I know it’s a smash. Cause you’re in the thing, man, you’re saying where it’s at, y’know. It’s gotta be a hit. You ready, Byrd?
Get DOWN!!
HEH!!
Ain’t it good to you.
Ain’t it good to you.
Ain’t it good to you.
Hahaha! Heh! Lookie here. What you say, Fred?

FRED WESLEY
(«Man, you know, we better take it on the LAM.»)
JAMES
You better watch the man.
I don’t think they heard. What you say, Fred?
FRED WESLEY
(«I said, we better take it on the LAM.»)
JAMES
You better watch the man.
BYRD! Come over here, brother, let me tell you something. You think we’re talking too loud?
BOBBY BYRD
(Make that fuss.)
JAMES
HUNH! I ain’t got no dust. Heh! I don’t have to take it on the lam.
BOBBY BYRD
(«Better watch that man!») Huh? (
BYRD
«Better watch that man!») Watch him. Yeah, all right. You’re right. Yeah. Yeah. Coming from some funny places. What you say, bruh?
BAND MEMBER
«What’s happening Brown?»
JAMES
Trying to get down. Heheh. Well, you know. Look here. We cain’t HELP it. It ain’t no alcohol. Man I don’t dig it. What you say, uh, Jasaan?
JASAAN
(«Say, don’t be so mean.»)
JAMES
You know I’m clean.