Ford Edsel

This is how we gon’ do it

Verse 1:
I’m sittin’ in my Ford Edsel
Gettin’ with my girl Ethel
Havin’ visions in my thoughts special
We gon’ go get us a Coca Cola
With that soda pop and pop a soda
’til the coppers stop and pull us over
Everyday they try to meet they quota
Many they gotta go and mix me up
When there’s only water in my Dixie cup
I remember that my mama used to say
Boy don’t let that liquor go and get me buck
Every now and then I need a sip of [?]
You would too this happened to you
All because I got that colored skin
Mean to tell me that I ain’t that cool?
This America, ain’t no peace
Ain’t no justice, same old grief
Tried to heed Dr. Martin King
But it’s hard when you gettin’ beat
This the cry of a soul brotha
Slow dance to this soul number
Effingham with a second jam
45 for the whole summer

Chorus:
Said I’m ridin’ in my Ford Edsel
Ridin’ in my Ford Edsel
I don’t need nothin’ special
Just to ride in my Ford Edsel

Said I’m ridin’ in my Ford Edsel
Ridin’ in my Ford Edsel
I don’t need nothin’ special
Just ridin’ in my Ford Edsel

Verse 2:
Motown ain’t got real answers
All they do is tell you dance ‘cause
Ain’t no message in none of they jams but
Jimmy Lee I reveal the real
Put my heart on this reel to reel
Radio never play the truth
In my sounds I am here to heal
I’m protected by God’s angels
Through the power of the triangle
Can’t tell this to a square though
‘cause squares don’t have the right angle
Dennis told me go and be a menace
Whip they rawhide like [?] did
And I don’t even need a weapon
Just as long as I got a census[?]
I’m a giant and I ain’t a pygmy
So defiant don’t try and convince me
What I’m doin’ is humorous
Maybe you should just go listen to [?]
Slave mind got us still eatin’ cornbread and that pig feet
Wonder why we be lookin’ sickly
Think I’m lying go and read your history

Chorus:
Said I’m ridin’ in my Ford Edsel
Ridin’ in my Ford Edsel
I don’t need nothin’ special
Just to ride in my Ford Edsel

Said I’m ridin’ in my Ford Edsel
Ridin’ in my Ford Edsel
I don’t need nothin’ special
Just to ride in my Ford

Now take a ride in my Ford Edsel
Ride in my Ford Edsel
I don’t need nothin’ special
Just to ride in my Ford Edsel

Said ride in my Ford Edsel
Ride in my Ford Edsel
I don’t need nothin’ special
Just to ride in my Ford Edsel