Music For My Mother

Album: Funkadelic (1969)
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  • Man, I was in a place
    Called Keeprunnin', Mississippi one time
    And I heard someone on my way by
    Sounded a little something like raw funk to me
    So I slowed down and took a listen
    And this is all I could hear, baby

    [Chorus 5X]
    Whoa-hah-hey
    Whoa-hah-ha

    It got so good to me, man, that I stopped runnin'
    My feets was tired anyhow
    So I reached in my inside pocket
    And got my harp out
    Sit down by old beat up railroad train
    And get me get myself
    A little of that old funky thang

    Can you all feel what I mean?
    This is what you call
    Waaay back yonder funk

    [Chorus: 19X]

    Say it loud!
    I'm funky and I'm proud!
    I'm aging!
    Old funk Writer/s: Edward Hazel, George Jr. Clinton, William Nelson
    Publisher: Word Collections Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Anon from InternetsDo you think this might be an inspiration for the name of the town in the song? Lynchburg,_Mississippi ... it's right before you reach the border running north ...
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