James Brown — Recitation By Hank Ballard

(Ah, world...!) The James Brown's world, here it is The  James Brown's world of music, folks 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... [humming] James Brown world of music My man, your man, people's man