CURTIS MAYFIELD – (DONT WORRY) IF THERE’S A HELL BELOW WE’RE

Lyrics

[Spoken: Woman]
"Last night, I was so depressed
And I went and got the Bible
And I turned to the book of Revelations
And if people would just get and read the Bible
And read the book of Revelations
They would really turn around and straighten up
This is all we need to do, is just get the good book
And read it and put it to everyday life"
[Spoken: Curtis Mayfield]
"Sisters
Niggers
Whiteys
Jews
Crackers
Don't worry
If there's hell below
We're all
Gonna go"
Sisters
Brothers and the whiteys
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Hurry
People running from their worries
While the judge and his juries
Dictate the law that's partly flaw
Cat calling
Love balling, fussing and a-cussing
Top billing now is killing
For peace, no one is willing
Kind of make you get that feeling
Everybody smoke
Use the pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And Nixon talking 'bout, "Don't worry"
He say, "Don't worry"
He say, "Don't worry"
He say, "Don't worry"
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's hell below
We're all gonna go
Everybody praying
And everybody saying
But when come time to do
Everybody's laying
Just talking 'bout, "Don't worry"
They say, "Don't worry"
They say, "Don't worry"
They say, "Don't worry"
Sisters
Brothers and the whiteys
Blacks and the crackers
Police and their backers
They're all political actors
Smoke
The pill and the dope
Educated fools
From uneducated schools
Pimping people is the rule
Polluted water in the pool
And everybody's saying, "Don't worry"
They say, "Don't worry"
They say, "Don't worry"
They say, "Don't worry"
But they don't know
There can be no show
And if there's hell below
We're all gonna go
Lord, what we gonna do?
Tell me what we gonna do?
If everything I say is true
This ain't no way it ought to be
If only all the mass could see
But they keep talking 'bout, "Don't worry"
They say, "Don't worry"
They say, "Don't worry"
They say, "Don't worry"

Paroles (Traduction)

[Parlé : Femme]
"La nuit dernière, j'étais tellement déprimée
Et je suis allée chercher la Bible
Et je me suis tournée vers le livre de l'Apocalypse
Et si les gens prenaient simplement et lisaient la Bible
Et lisaient le livre de l'Apocalypse
Ils se retourneraient vraiment et se redresseraient
C'est tout ce que nous avons besoin de faire, c'est de prendre le bon livre
Et de le lire et de l'appliquer à la vie de tous les jours"
[Parlé : Curtis Mayfield]
"Sœurs
Nègres
Blancs
Juifs
Crackers
Ne vous inquiétez pas
Si l'enfer existe en-dessous
Nous allons tous
Y aller"
Sœurs
Frères et les blancs
Noirs et les crackers
La police et leurs soutiens
Ce sont tous des acteurs politiques
Dépêche-toi
Les gens courent loin de leurs soucis
Tandis que le juge et ses jurés
Dictent la loi qui est en partie imparfaite
Siffler
Faire l'amour, se disputer et se maudire
Maintenant, le plus important est de tuer
Pour la paix, personne n'est prêt
Cela donne un certain sentiment
Tout le monde fume
Prend la pilule et la dope
Des fous éduqués
Depuis des écoles non éduquées
Faire du proxénétisme est la règle
De l'eau polluée dans la piscine
Et Nixon qui dit, "Ne vous inquiétez pas"
Il dit, "Ne vous inquiétez pas"
Il dit, "Ne vous inquiétez pas"
Il dit, "Ne vous inquiétez pas"
Mais ils ne savent pas
Qu'il ne peut y avoir de spectacle
Et s'il y a l'enfer en-dessous
Nous allons tous y aller
Tout le monde prie
Et tout le monde dit
Mais quand vient le temps d'agir
Tout le monde reste inactif
Parlant juste de, "Ne vous inquiétez pas"
Ils dis

Thématique Critique sociale

Style Funk

Keywords Funk, Soul

Entités normées Curtis Mayfield, Harriet