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James Brown
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James Brown
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James Brown
James Brown
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hit it
Pure hell, pure hell
Pure hell, pure hell
[Verse 2]
It's hell down here
And we've got to make a change (Pure hell)
It's hell down here
And we've got to make a change
It's hell down here
And we've got to make a change
Pure hell
[Verse 3]
Got to make it hard
It's hard to make it
It's hard to make it
Gettin' harder every day
[Verse 4]
Oh, it's hell tryin' to make it
When you're doin' it by yourself
It's hell payin' your taxes
When there's no money left
It's hell givin' up the best years
The best years of your soul
Payin' bills from the day you're born, good god
Till your body starts gettin' old
[Verse 5]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's hell down here
And we've got to make a change
It's hell down here
And we've got to make a change
[Verse 6]
It's hell, tryin' to do right
By everyone you know
No matter how hard you try, lil bubba
They say that they need some more
[Verse 7]
It's hell
It's hell (Ain't it the truth?)
It's hell when you don't have
The shoes on your feet (Ain't it the truth?)
If you don't have a job, you've got to steal
And if you don't work, you can't eat, huh
[Verse 8]
Oh, it's hell, it's hell
Oh, oh, oh, oh, hey
It's hell down here
And we've got to make a change
It's hell down here
And we've got to make, make a change
Oh hey
[Verse 9]
Burn
Burn
Burn
[Verse 10]
It's hell tryin' to make it
When you'r doin' it by yourself
It's hell payin' taxes
When there's no money
It's hell givin' up the best years
The best years of your soul
Payin' bills from the day you're born, workin' lil brother
Till your body starts gettin' old
It's hell
Hit it, group
[Verse 11]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's hell down here (Ain't it the truth?)
And I've got to make a change
There's hell own here (You got that)
And we've got to make a change
It's hell down here
And we've got to make a change
It's hell down here
And we've got to make a change
[Verse 12]
Give them hell, Maceo, good god, hit it hard
[Verse 13]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's hell givin' up the best years
The best years of your soul
Payin' bills from the day you're born, little brother
Till your body starts gettin' old
[Verse 14]
It's hell, it's hell
It's hell, it's hell (Ain't it the truth?)
It's hell, it's hell (Too much hell)
[Verse 15]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, it's hell
The best years of your soul
Payin' bills from the day you're born, little brother
Till your body starts gettin' old
[Verse 16]
It's hell tryin' to make it
It's hell tryin' to make it
If you're black, white, blue or green
The man that we'll never see
IT's hell, it's hell
D-J, tell 'em, it's hell
Say, brother, tell them, it's hell
If you're Jewish, it's hell
If you're black, it's hell
If you're white, it's hell, poor white
If you're, uh Indian, it's hell
It's hell, it's hell
It's attackin', catchin' hell
Arabs catchin' hell
It's hell
The housewife catchin' hell
The rent men, huh, catchin' hell, tryna catch me
Say it again, the rent man catchin' hell tryna catch me
Written by: James Brown

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