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Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Songwriter
Nyx Nyx
Nyx Nyx
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Rockets, moon shots
Spend it on the have nots
Money, we make it
'Fore we see it, you take it
[Chorus]
Oh, make me wanna holler
The way they do my life, yeah
Make me wanna holler
The way they do my life
This ain't livin' (This ain't livin')
No no, baby, this ain't livin'
No, no, no, no
[Verse 2]
Inflation, no chance
To increase finance
Bills pile up sky high
Send that boy off to die
[Chorus]
Oh, make me wanna holler
The way they do my life, yeah
Yeah, make me wanna holler
The way they do my life (Oh, baby)
[Verse 3]
Hang ups
Let downs
Bad breaks
Set backs
Natural fact is
Oh, honey, that I can't pay my taxes
[Chorus]
Oh, make me wanna holler
And throw up both my hands
Yeah, it make me wanna holler
And throw up both my hands
[Bridge]
Oh, crime is increasin' (Oh, woo)
Trigger happy policin'
Panic is spreadin'
God knows where we're headin'
[Chorus]
Oh, baby
Make me wanna holler
They don't understand
Make me wanna holler
They don't understand
Oh
[Outro]
Oh
Mother, mother (Mother, mother)
Everybody thinks we're wrong (Mother, mother)
Who are they to judge us? (Mother, mother)
Simply 'cause we wear our hair long (Mother, mother)
Ooh
Written by: James Nyx, Marvin Gaye

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