Shout

I'm Paul, this is Eddie

What we need to join a group for?

Two people, no chaos

Five, you fightin' over the spotlight

Heard y'all had a contract, but not no more

We got a contract

Might be more folks to divide the pie with

But it'd be a much bigger pie

We always get equal share of that pie

Everybody equal

You have my word

We all men and we all equal

How that sound to you?

That sound like we a group

Well

You know you make me want to (Shout)

Kick my heels up and (Shout)

Throw my hands up and (Shout)

Throw my head back and (Shout)

Come on now (Shout)

Don't forget to say you will (Shout)

Don't forget to say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Shout, shout)

(Say you will)

Say it right now, baby

(Say you will)

I'm saying that you (Say you will)

There we were, the original five

Singing our way around Detroit, but we barely had a name

Our manager, Johnnie Mae

Was a shark of a woman

Could hustle and muscle around town like any man

But things weren't jivin' too well

Ooh, Otis

You acting like you don't trust me

I don't think this is gonna work out no more

Fine then. You wanna go? Go!

But I'm taking back everything

Takin' the Cadillac, them suits I bought y'all last week

And the name

The name?

Otis Williams and The Distants

That's my name, I made it and I'm taking it with me.

Glad to know it's no feelings

Hard feelings, soft feelings

Only thing that matters is the bottom line

You gonna learn that, Otis

Good luck to you

I want you to know

Mm, I said, I want you to know right now

I've been good to you, baby

Better than I've been to myself

Now, next, you wanna leave me

Y-y-y-you, you won't find

You won't find

You won't find

Nobody else

I said, I want you to know

I said, gotta go right now

So we changed our name to The Elgins

But that wasn't going to last long

We were performer cubs at a local talent show

And Detroit's music guru was in the building

When you hear Mr. Berry Gordy himself was heading to the bathroom

You suddenly have to pee really bad

I'm a big fan of yours, Mr. Gordy

Name's Otis Williams

I like what you guys were doing up there

Got a good sound

But, you can't always do cover songs

You understand? Eventually, you've got to do originals

Yes, sir, I can write original songs, too

We ready for the next step

That's what everyone says until they see

How high the staircase is

If you fellas are really serious, give me a call on Monday

And figure out a name for yourselves

Can't be The Elgins

Already got that

Now wait a minute

I feel all

Alright

Now that I got the woman

I feel alright

Everytime I think about you

You been so good to me

Mr. Gordy, we figured out what we want to be called

The Temptations

'Cause once you hear us sing, you'll do anything

Not bad, fellas

Let's see what it does

You know you make me want to (Shout)

Lift my heels up and (Shout)

Throw my head back and (Shout)

Kick my heels up and (Shout)

Come on now (Shout)

Take it easy (Shout)

Take it easy (Shout)

Take it easy (Shout)

A little bit softer now (Shout), a little bit softer now (Shout)

A little bit softer now (Shout), a little bit softer now (Shout)

A little bit softer now (Shout), a little bit louder now (Shout)

A little bit louder now (Shout), a little bit louder now (Shout)

Hey (Hey)

Hey (Hey)

Hey (Hey)

Hey (Hey)

Shout