Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Live 1972)

[Intro]
One, two, three, four

Dah, dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah

[Verse 1]
Rockets, moon shots
Spend it on the have nots
Money, we make it
'Fore we see it, you take it

[Chorus]
Oh, make me wanna holler
Throw up both my hands
Make me wanna holler
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, ooh hoo hoo
Hey hey, ah baby, hey hey
Woo hoo, hey hey
Woo hoo, hey hey

[Spoken Interlude]
You know what I'm gonna do, ladies and gentlemen?
This is gonna be such a groovy tune
And I'm determined to make it
And I'ma start again while we're in the the groove
'Cause I want this to be a groovy tune
Maurice
Now, Maurice King, I'm gonna start again, all over from the top
'Cause I wanna do it real groovy -- they're in the groove now
So we're gonna take it from letter A
It's a bit more groove in there, right?
And I wanna keep it the way it is
From the top, I'll take it from where you cut me off
So, Maurice King is my very fine conductor, ladies and gentlemen
He's gonna tell the strings that we're gonna take it from the top
We gon' take it from the top, we're gonna take it from the top
Give me a break, give me a break, woo
Okay, here we go
One -- one, two, three, four
Woo
Alright, alright, yeah
I got to have the groove
Woo
See, when I leave the piano, they kinda lose it

[Intro repeated]
Dah, dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah
Just follow me
Dah, dah, dah, dah
Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah
Here's letter A, woo

[Verse 1 repeated]
Rockets, moon shots
Spend it on the have nots -- that's better
Money, we make it
'Fore we see it, you take it

[Chorus]
Oh, make me wanna holler
Way they do my life
Make me wanna holler
Way they do my life
This ain't livin', this ain't livin'
No, no baby, this ain't livin'
No, no, no, no, ooh

[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
Throw up both my hands the way they do my life
Make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
Ah baby, woo

[Scatting]

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

[Chorus]
Ooh, make me wanna holler
Throw up both my hands
Make me wanna holler
Throw up both my hands, ah, woo

[Verse 4]
Crime is increasing
Trigger-happy policing
Panic is spreading
God knows, God knows where we're heading, woo, hoo

[Scatting and harmonizing]

[Bridge]
Oh yeah, make me wanna holler
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, baby
Ah, ha ha ha, yeah, yeah, woo, hoo

[Scatting and harmonizing]

[Outro]
Mother, mother
Everybody thinks we're wrong
Ah, but who are they to judge us
Simply 'cause, 'cause our hair is long
Woo...ooh, hoo
Ha yah yah, yah yah, yah yah yah yah

[Scatting and harmonizing]