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May third, 1933 James Brown is born - stillborn delivery Revived by resuscitation His childhood was nothin amazin Abandonned at 4 Mama took a dash for that door Guess it's hard bein that poor Raised by his aunt in Augusta, Georgia. 16 wound up cuffed up Armed robbery Spend three years state property But at least he ate properly Locked up he joined a band called the Flames And reconnected with his gospel roots Leadin the band was a man by the name Bobby Byrd And his family helped get Brown parolled After countless shows on the Chitlin Circuit The Flames agreed and James became lead Switchin from gospel to R&B Their first song released was 'Please, please, please' That was '56 Two years later they had a 1 hit See they ain't never seen feet that quick Or the elaborate theatrics that he patented Like the cape routine Even the way he screamed SongtexteBecame a part of his personal trademark But he wasn't nationally known Till after he released the Live at The Apollo LP In '63 but originally The label didn't see it sellin, they was like 'Why chance it?' So he financed it And before you knew it, it was gigantic Credited for turnin gospel to soul then soul to funk when his band emphasized the One Had 'em screamin 'I'm Black and I'm proud!' From old to young Told his people don't hold your tongue That was '68 in the summer Before that we was callin eachother colored In '72 the Black leader Was asked to score the film Black Ceasar Which was about Black mobsters and so In fun they called him the Godfather of Soul And he stuck with it Just tellin you how they came up with it Now with everybody jackin his swagger From Jackson to Jagger His influence kept music improvin Funkmaster Even Elvis wanted his band for back-up Two times he revolutionized Black music Then he did it with rap music They took his grooves, used them as they own Searchin his songs like siftin for gold Ironically the nuggets they did chop Created the golden era of hip-hop He ran the whole scene Had em seachin for that James Brown soul like dope fiends But it wasn't all rosy Flattered But when you don't see proceeds... It pissed him off they would get rich and not hit him off When it's him that they samplin He didn't hate rap, he just wanted payback Like "Damn, I made that!" [I'm mad] But now top of the list is he The most sampled artist in history Sampled by nearly every veteran in rap His mark in Hip-Hop another feather in his cap The unauthorized biography of James Brown. Epilogue... Leavin a legacy of over 115 charted hits And I believe six children He is considered perhaps the most influencial person In music history Not without flaw but who is? Deceased December 25th, 2006. Then end Aus Songtexte Mania