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Listen to Live at the Fillmore East October 4th & 5th 1968 by Sly & The Family Stone
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sly Stone
Sly Stone
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sylvester Stewart
Sylvester Stewart
Composer
See Sub-songs
See Sub-songs
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sly Stone
Sly Stone
Producer
Bob Irwin
Bob Irwin
Producer
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Additional Producer
Joe Palmaccio
Joe Palmaccio
Mixing Engineer
Vic Anesini
Vic Anesini
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Life, life
Past the clouds
You don't have to come down
Life (ooh), life (ooh)
Tell it like it is
You don't have to die before you live
You might get angry some times
But don't let it turn you around
'Cause all you gotta do is get your livin' down
Life, life
Tell it like it is
You don't have to die before you live
You might be scared of somethin', look at Mr. Stewart!
He's the only person he has to fear
He'd only let himself get near
If he stopped bein' so shady
He could have a nice young lady
Life, life
Tell it like it is
You don't have to die before you live
You're gonna be sad sometime
You might wake up and find your pet is gone
But maybe he's tired of bein' alone
Dog got hip and it has to go
And if you're lovin' you can't be sad no more
Life, life
Past the clouds
You don't have to come down
Life (ooh), life (ooh)
Tell it like it is
You don't have to die before you live
Wanna take you higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Up and away, now
Up and away
Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O, oh, oh, oh, oh
And on his farm he had some drums, E-I-E-I-O, oh, oh, oh, oh
I said, on his farm he had a choir, E-I-E-I-O, oh, oh, oh, oh
And da, da-da-da, da, da
Da, da-da-da, duwee, duwee, doo
Said, on his farm he had some horns, E-I-E-I-O, oh, oh, oh, oh
"Now if we can get you to clap your hands
We're gonna try it double time like this
We're gonna do it twice as fast as you'd ordinarily do it, you see
It's gonna go like this if you would"
(Wanna take you higher), higher
Wanna take you higher (higher)
"Now if you could repeat after that
Say "higher" one more time"
Wanna take you higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Up and away, now
Hey music lover!
Hey music!
Aaaaah! Yeah!
See you next time!
Yeah!
Written by: See Sub-songs, Sylvester Stewart

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