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Quincy Jones - Takin' It To The Streets (feat. Luther Vandross, Gwen Guthrie & Michael Brecker)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Producer

Lyrics

You don't know me but I'm your brother
I was raised here in this living hell
You don't know my kind in your world, no
Fairly soon the time will tell, yes, it will
Oh, you, keep telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind, I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see
And I'm...
Takin' it to the streets (Takin' it to the streets)
Takin' it to the streets (Takin' it there, yeah)
Takin' it to the streets (Takin' it to the streets)
Takin' it to the streets (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Won't you take this message to my sisters and my brothers
You will find them most everywhere
Wherever people are living together
You see they're all tired of poverty's despair
Oh, you, oh you, you, you, keep telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I'm not blind and I really don't like what I think I see, so I'mā€¦
Takin' it to the streets (Oh, I'm takin' it to the streets, yeah)
Takin' it to the streets (Oh, follow my lead)
Takin' it to the streets (I'm)
Takin' it to the streets
Yeah, yeah, you, oh you, keep telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind, I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see...
Takin' it to the streets (Oh, I gotta go, y'all)
Takin' it to the streets (Oh, really gotta go now)
Takin' it to the streets (Oh, takin' it to the street)
Takin' it to the streets (Ah yeah)
Takin' it to the streets (Oh)
Takin' it to the streets (I'm takin' it)
Takin' it to the streets (Oh, hey, yeah)
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets (Yes, I am; yes, I am)
Takin' it to the streets (I wanna go; I wanna go)
Takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it
(Tell me what's goin' on)
Takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets (Oh)
Takin' it to the streets (Oh, I gotta go, I gotta go)
Takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it
Takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it
Takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it, takin' it
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets (Oh) (I'm takin' it, I'm takin' it)
Takin' it to the streets (Oh)
Takin' it to the streets (I'm takin' it, I'm takin' it)
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Written by: Michael McDonald

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