The Temptations — When We Were Kings

[Intro] Ooooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ooh Ooh [Verse 1] Six-foot tall and tan Southern gentlemen Dressed impeccably, yeah Paul, Otis, David, Blue Eddie and Dennis too Oh, what a pedigree, yeah We're soul brothers to the bone (Ooh wee ooo) And that four-headed microphone Five-part harmony, yeah (Five-part harmony, oh) Travellin' all around the world (World) Stealing hearts and all the girls (My girl) Every man's envy (Every man's envy) Yeah (Ooh) [Pre-Chorus] Music is our crown (Ooh) Nothing like the sound Of our voices together, yeah (Together) We're still goin' strong Sixty years and going on forever (Ah, yeah) [Chorus] When we were kings (Kings) We had it going on so strong (Had it going on strong) When we were kings (Kings) We had it going on so strong (Had it going on strong) Yeah, yeah, yeah We were six feet tall (That's everyone) But best of all (We sang like angels) When we were kings (Kings) We had it going on so strong (Had it going on strong) [Post-Chorus] The temptin' temptations, yeah (Temptin' temptations) The temptin' temptations, yeah (Temptin' temptations, oh) (Yeah) (When we were kings) (We were kings) [Verse 2] Paul sure had the knack Told 'em (Don't look back) He always had the fire, fire Eddie's voice could soothe (Soothe) He was super smooth Always takin' us higher, higher There was so much goin' out late Otis would keep us straight While Melvin was so strong (Yeah) Ooh, David wished it would rain (Rain) Dennis sang about pain (Oh) Papa was a rollin' stone, yeah (Papa was a rollin' stone) [Pre-Chorus] Music is our crown (Ooh) Nothing like the sound Of our voices together, yeah (Together) We're still goin' strong (Ooh) Sixty years and goin' on forever (Ah, yeah) [Chorus] When we were kings (Kings) We had it going on so strong (Had it going on strong) When we were kings (Kings) We had it going on so strong (Had it going on strong) Yeah, yeah, yeah We were six feet tall (That's everyone) But best of all (We sang like angels) Oh yeah When we were kings (Kings) We had it going on so strong (Ooh, had it going on strong) [Post-Chorus] The temptin' temptations, yeah (Temptin' temptations) The temptin' temptations, yeah (Temptin' temptations, oh) The temptin' temptations (Temptin', temptin', temptin') (Temptin' temptations, yeah) This is a tribute to the greatest of all time (Yeah) [Outro] (When we were kings) When we were kings (When we were kings) All around the world, yeah (When we were kings) Detroit's finest (We were kings) (Kings) When we were kings