There Was A Time (Live At The Apollo/2001)

Wanna dance

I got to plant

I wanna be

In love baby

You've got to feel

Give it to me

Let me have it

Come on

Baby

Baby

Baby

Baby

Baby

Baby, uh

Give it, uh

Uh-uh

Uh

Ah-ah

Uh

Oh yeah

Ha

There was a day, ha

There was a time, ha

When I used to dance, ha

There was a time, ha

When I used to prance

But take me now, baby, ha

Don't worry about later

Dig the dance I used to do

They call the Mashed Potatos, ah

Uh-ah

Uh

There was a dance

Now dig this, ha

There was a dance, ha

They call the Jerk

Everybody, relax and watch me work, oh

In my hometown

Where I used to stay

The name of the place, ha

Is Augusta, GA

Down there, we have a good time

We don't talk, ha

We all get together in time, any type of weather

Then we do the camel walk, ow

Lookie here, dig this, ha

Now there was a dance

That I used to do

The name of the dance, ha

They call it Boogaloo

I may not do the dance

As well as you, ha

But baby, you can bet your bottom dollar

You never hear me holler

I do the best that I can do, oh

Lookie here

Feelin' good

There was a time

Sometime I dance, lookie here

Sometime I dance

Sometimes I clown

But you can bet, you haven't seen nothing yet

Until you see me do, the James Brown, oh

Tell me this, ha

Do you feel alright?

(Yeah)

Said, do you feel alright?

(Yeah)

Doin' pretty good myself, huh

(Yeah)

Lookie here

And I got a little groove maker

Something I'd like to do

Since we gonna, we here we

Might as well get the best out of it

(Yeah)

If it's all night, it's alright

(Yeah)

Lookie here

You ready band?

(Yeah)

Dancers, you ready?

(Yeah)

You ready, audience?

(Yeah)

Alright

You ready, players?

(Yeah)

You ready players?

(Yeah)

Bobby Bennett, from North Carolina

Give him a grand applause ladies and gentleman

You ready again?

(Yeah)

Now we got a litte thing we call a little groove maker

We say a few little words and get you to repeat after

And then we get together and do it together

Building is you ready because we're going to tear you down

I hope the building can stand all this soul, because it sure got a lot coming on, uh

Get it, uh

Get it, uh

Get it, uh

Get it, uh

Get it

Get it, uh

Get it, uh

Hey man, be cool

Alright, now this is the way it goes

Now listen to me, let me say that, two or three times

And then we'll go together