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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Marlena Shaw
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marlena Shaw
Composer
Carole King
Composer
gerald goffin
Composer
Bert deCoteaux
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bert deCoteaux
Producer
Steve Pouliot
Mixing Engineer
Tom Ruff
Mastering Engineer
F. Byron Clark
Recording Engineer
Bob Hughes
Recording Engineer
Ty Blair
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
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How can I express to you the joy I felt
when I realized that I had found the perfect man for me?
A man who could, make me feel
all the things I felt a woman should feel.
I said darling, I want to be the perfect woman for you.
I got myself a three year subscription to Essence magazine
Read it from cover to cover; you know I wanted to be perfect for him.
Said black is beautiful just keep getting up together we can make it.
it's gonna be alright.
Forget about what society says, is, or isn't
or what can or cannot be.
Keep gettin up.
He quit his job
Came home one day with fourteen mirrors.
Some afro sheen, some afro clean
some afro fluid, some afro do it to it
come on and sit it up in the room and look at the black beautiful.
Check out the boy, mothers love, mothers love.
I said,
Well my darling, I hate to get in your business
you know what I mean, but uh,
I mean, what about a job
I mean what about the gas, and the electricity
And, and, and,
well not that I am equating
a job with your man hood, you understand
But, I mean, you did have a choice in this.
He said
I got to get myself together
I'm tired of working for somebody else
I maybe
Take out a small business man's loan and open up a head shop.
I said but that's not bringing no money in
I mean...
He said you working ain't you? Get off my back!
I don't know, you see I wasn't raised like that ya'll
I figure if I got to get up and go to work everyday then
Every able body in the household supposed to get up and go
at least looking.
I know it ain't easy out there, but
I said now if for some reason you feel that you
can no longer be the man that I thought you were
at the beginning of our relationship
Then I got this one thing to lay on you my sweet!
Go Away Little Boy
Why don't you just go away little boy
You see,
I am not supposed
to sit up here alone in the dark with some mirrors and no money and no food
I know, I understand and recognize the fact that your lips
ooh so sweet, ow!
But it don't look like our lips sure
ain't gone never have another chance to meet
I think I can find myself another man
And I know what to do when I got somebody who can be true.
So why don't you
run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run on away little boy
Let the door knob hit you
where the dog should of bit you little boy.
Cause your hurting me more,
every minute that you delay, hey hey.
Cause when your near me like this, woe baby
you're getting kind of hard for me to understand so my man
Just go on away, just go on away
just go on away little boy
Before I do something rash.
Oh, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, little boy.
Find yourself another set of apron strings little boy.
Cause your hurting me more
Every minute that you delay.
Ooo hey hey
When you're near me, when you're near me, when you're near me when you're near me, when you're near me, when you're near me
when you walk close up tight like this
you're getting just a little bit too hard for me to resist
So why don't you go on away little boy
Before I
Before I
Why don't you just leave me alone
you know what I mean?
Go ahead, take your things with you.
Your albums and all them playboy magazines
Just go on get out my life!
Now don't stand so close
when you're trying to get that last goodbye kiss
I know your moves now.
Don't do me like this!
And don't, don't kiss my eyelids like that,
And please don't suck my ear lobes like that and
don't no baby, don't, don't!
Well look,
You think you can get a job by Thursday?
You promise?
Now you ain't gone fool me this time?
Then you might as well stay,
Stay
Might as well stay!
Don't go away!
You can be my man one more time
But this time I'm gone try harder too, sweet baby!
This time I'm gonna be sweeter!
Writer(s): Carole King, Gerry Goffin
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