Wisdom from unlikely places

So I am driving to to the coast to enjoy a couple of days on the boat and listening to one of my favorites, the Godfather James Brown and in between haawghs and hughhhs I found some very profound wisdom that I felt compelled to share as it seemed eerily applicable to the times. Here are the words that came through the headphones just after I turned the news off in disgust.

People, people
We got to get over
Before we go under
People, people
We got to get over
Before we go under

Hey, country
Didn’t say what you meant
Just changed
Brand new funky President

Stock market going up
Jobs going down
And ain’t no funking
Jobs to be found

Taxes keep going up
I changed from a glass
Now I drink out of a paper cup
It’s getting bad

People, people
We got to get over
Before we go under

Listen to me
Let’s get together and raise
Let’s get together
And get some land

Raise our food like the man
Save our money like the Mob
Put up a fight down on the job

Tell em, Godfather

Turn up your funk motor
Get down and praise the Lord
Get sexy, sexy
Get funky and dance

Love me, baby, love me nice
Don’t make it once
Can you make it twice
I like it

People, people
We got to get over
Before we go under
People, people
Well, well, well
Before we go under

Turn on your funk motor
I know it’s tough
Turn on your funk motor
Until you get enough

Hey, give yourself a
Chance to come through
Tell yourself, I can
Do what you can do

Just goes to show you that wisdom comes from strange places.

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