Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

Marvin Gaye * Track #9 On What’s Going On

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Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye

Release Date
Fri May 21 1971
Performed by
Marvin Gaye
Produced by
Marvin Gaye
Writed by
Marvin Gaye & James Nyx
About

“Inner City Blues” depicts the ghettos of inner-city America as it discusses the bleak economic situation set against the backdrop of the space race, the Vietnam War and the subsequent protests it caused as well as police brutality. It peaked at #9 in the US in late 1971.

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Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Lyrics

[Part I: "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"]
[Verse 1]
Rockets, moon shots
Spend it on the have-not's
Money, we make it
Before we see it, you take it

[Chorus]
Oh, make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
(Yeah) Make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
This ain't living, this ain't living
No, no baby, this ain't living
No, no, no, no

[Verse 2]
Inflation, no chance
To increase finance
Bills pile up sky high
Send that boy off to die

[Chorus]
Oh, make me wanna holler
The way they do my life (He-ey-ey)
Yeah, make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
Oh, baby

[Verse 3]
Hang ups, let downs
Bad breaks, set backs
Natural fact is
Oh, honey that I can't pay my taxes

[Chorus]
Oh, make me wanna holler
And throw up both my hands
Yeah, it make me wanna holler
And throw up both my hands (Ow!)

[Verse 4]
Crime is (Woo!) increasing
Trigger happy policing
Panic is spreading
God knows where we're heading

[Outro]
Oh, baby
Make me wanna holler, they don’t understand
Yeah, make me wanna holler, they don’t understand

[Part II: "What's Going On" Reprise]
Mother, mother (Mother, mother)
Everybody thinks we're wrong (Mother, mother)
Who are they to judge us? (Mother, mother)
Simply 'cause we wear our hair long (Mother, mother)
Ooh
Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya
Oh

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Q&A

Who wrote Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)'s ?

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) was written by Marvin Gaye & James Nyx.

Who produced Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)'s ?

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) was produced by Marvin Gaye.

When did Marvin Gaye release Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)?

Marvin Gaye released Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) on Fri May 21 1971.

What did Marvin Gaye say about "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"?

In 1998, co-writer James Nyx Jr. recalled:

Marvin had a good tune, sort of blues-like, but didn’t have any words for it. We started putting some stuff in there about how rough things were around town. We laughed about putting lyrics in about high taxes, ‘cause both of us owed a lot. And we talked a...

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