Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 2 - James Brown

feel good tonight, i feel good because i believe that some young man or some young girl out there, will listen to me, i've been lucky, but most of all, i was dedicated to something i believe, i believe that if a man, if a man will live as long as he can and die when he can't help himself, he will succeed, i believe when a man has an undying determination, that he can make it if he try, so drugs got you down, let me tell you this other part, let me tell you this other part, let me tell you the power they possessed, power in the north, east, south, and west, i bet i'll hip you to more things you can do, the women that it turned around and the men that it slew, in channel, it stopped an army, in france, it ran, it's armin' in turkey, and believe me, they respect it in tokyo and japan, it hooks whole countries and had them enslaved, it take his honors and made them degrade, it makes addicts go out and steal, take that which is not yours, go out and steal, make hungry dope friend miss a meal, now, anything that won't let a man eat, can't be too sweet, to salaam, to salaam, peace be unto you, as-salaam-alaikum, brother, to some, it's a solution - to others, it's a must, it'll make their soul grow heavy with lust, it'll make a man troubled, it will make a man in trouble rat on his friend, there's a reckless few, you understand me?, it'll make a man rat on his friend, do you hear me? use more, it exterminate, it exterminate, there's a regular few that use more than most, it'll exterminate them with a quick overdose - we call it an o.d, it'll make them shabby, cats that used to dress on the corner be clean to the bone, clean to the bone, never see 'em alone, all the time they got somethin' bad with 'em, walking down the street with their main squeeze, it'll make them dress shabby when they used to dress neat, and all that use it, it'll make him weak, if you're ruthless, it'll make you ruthless, heartless, and don't give a damn, for the weak ones are always caught in a jam, give it up, brother, give it up, i see the whole world around me, i see men falling by the wayside, i kids that are going to school, that mothers and dads struck up goals and sent 'em to school, and now they're bums on the corner, but let me tell ya, you don't have to be a bum, take that will and get up, get up, get up, don't stand there, get up, yeah, be a man, get up, get up, get up, get up, you're too much woman to stand there, and you're too much man to make her stand there and wait on you, if you get up, man, she'll follow you, get on up and walk away, get up, get up, get up