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Listen to Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Recorded Live at the Met - October 23, 2021) by Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
ALBUMBlanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Recorded Live at the Met - October 23, 2021)Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Listen to Klassik der Gegenwart Essentials featuring Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Walter Russell III
Walter Russell III
Künstler:in
Latonia Moore
Latonia Moore
Künstler:in
Will Liverman
Will Liverman
Künstler:in
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Dirigent:in
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Orchester
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Komponist:in

Lyrics

Mama, can I come to work with you?
You know you can't
I'm gon' drop you at Papa Joe's with your Uncle Paul
Helping him work in the fields will make you big and strong
When I'm big and strong, I'll build our house some steps
Then you won't have to go 'round the back door no more
That's my baby, that's my boy
Char'es Baby, youngest of five
The neighborhood baby, sweet as pecan pie
Not just your baby, our baby too
Skin like chocolate, sweet as honeydew
Come give me sugar, chocolate
Give me that chocolate sugar
Look at me, look at me
I'm a big boy, but I'm still Char'es Baby
Stop
What I'm doing?
Showing off
Don't worry, Charles, you just need to grow up
'Til then, your uncle needs you
He almost like a child himself, though he big and grown
Now that Papa Joe dead and gone, he in that big house alone
Char'es Baby, youngest of five
The neighborhood baby, sweet as pecan pie
Not just your baby, our baby too
Skin like chocolate, sweet as honeydew
Come give me sugar, chocolate
Give me that chocolate sugar
Look at me, look at me
I'm a big boy, but I'm still Char'es Baby
That boy think he somethin', uh-huh
Think he shittin' in high cotton, sho nuff
Like his feet too good for this here earth
Written by: Terence Blanchard

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