James Brown — Tighten Up Live at Memorial Auditorium Dallas 1968

[Maceo Parker] Good evening once again, ladies and gentlemen My name is Maceo Behind me, there's the rest of the people in the band Thank you Now, we all came down to do a thing We call it Tighten Up, Tighten Up We call it Tighten Up now, Tighten Up We got to Tighten Up, y’all, Tighten Up We gonna Tighten Up now, Tighten Up I got to Tighten Up now, Tighten Up We gonna Tighten Up, Tighten Up Incidentally, in this particular tune, there's a part A very special part A part, it's when I say "Make it mellow, mellow" Make it mellow But before we get to that part, we’re gonna separate what we already have going back in the rhythm section So that you'll know what it's all about And we'll Tighten Up, Tighten Up And we'll Tighten Up, Tighten Up First, we're gonna start by Tightening Up with the drums We're gonna start by Tightening Up with the drums We're gonna start by Tightening Up with the drums Come on, drums! [Drum solo] Tighten Up on that bass, Al Tighten Up now Now, Al, I want you to Tighten Up on that bass, woo Say, Jimmy, Jimmy, Tighten Up on that guitar now Come on, Tighten Up, now Say Pee Wee, Pee Wee, Pee Wee, Tighten Up on that organ now Come on, Tighten Up, Tighten Up Tighten Up now, Tighten Up Horns, Tighten Up You got to Tighten Up now, Tighten Up We gonna Tighten Up y’all, Tighten Up Tighten Up, Tighten Up Tighten Up, Tighten Up Tighten Up now, Tighten Up Now we’re gonna make it mellow We're gonna make it mellow once for you We’re gonna make it mellow Can we make it mellow in time? We wanna make it mellow Can we make it mellow? Now make it mellow Tighten Up, Tighten Up Tighten Up, Tighten Up Thank you, Tighten Up, Tighten Up Tighten Up, say, Waymon, Waymon Waymon Reed, ladies and gentlemen [Trumpet solo] Thank you, Waymon Reed, ladies and gentlemen Tighten Up, Tighten Up Tighten Up, keep on Tightenin' Up You've got to Tighten Up, Tighten Up Keep on Tightenin' Up, Tighten Up Now we’re gonna make it mellow once again We're gonna make it mellow just once more Is it alright if we make it mellow? We're gonna make it mellow once again Now make it mellow Keep on jumpin', Tighten Up You've got to Tighten Up, Tighten Up Tighten Up, Tighten Up We're gonna Tighten Up, Tighten Up You've got to Tighten Up now, Tighten Up We're gonna Tighten Up now, Tighten Up We're gonna Tighten Up, we're gonna Tighten Up To the left, to the right Tighten Up, make it right Tighten Up, Tighten Up, Tighten Up Tighten Up, Tighten Up Tighten Up