The Payback

Album: The Payback (1974)
Charted: 26
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  • Hey
    Got to, got to pay back (the big payback)
    Revenge, I'm mad (the big payback)
    Got to get back, I need some get-back
    Payback, payback (the big payback)
    That there's payback, revenge
    I'm mad

    You get down with my girlfriend, that ain't right
    Whoa, walkin', hollerin' and cussin', you want to fight
    Payback is a thing you got to see
    Hell, never do any damn thing to me
    Sold me out for chicken change (yes, you did)
    You told me that they, they had it all arranged
    They had me down, and that's a fact
    And now you punk, you gotta get ready
    For the big payback (the big payback)
    That's where I land, oh, for the big payback (the big payback)

    I can do wheeling, I can do dealing (yes, we can)
    But I don't do no damn squealing
    I can dig rapping
    I'm ready, I can dig scrapping
    But I can't dig that backstabbing (oh no)
    Now brother, get ready, that's a fact
    Get ready, you mother, for the big payback (the big payback)
    Let me hit hit, hit him, Fred, hit him
    Hey, hey, hey
    Lord, Lord

    You took my money, you got my honey
    Don't want me to see what you're doing to me
    I can get back, I got to deal with you
    Got to deal with you
    Got to deal with you
    I got to deal with you
    Hey, let me tell you
    Get down with my woman, that ain't right
    You holler and cuss, you wanna fight
    Look here
    Don't do me no done favor
    I don't know karate, but I know ka-razor (yes, we do)
    Hey, get ready, that's a fact, girl
    Get ready, you mother for the big payback (the big payback)
    Hey, I'm a man, I'm a man
    I'm a son of a man, but don't they tell you that papa can
    Get ready for the big payback, hey (the big payback)
    Hit me again
    Lord, lord, hey
    Get ready
    I need it, I need a hit again
    The same one, the same one, same one
    Hit me back, Lord (the big payback)

    Sold me out for chicken change
    you said my woman had it all arranged
    Tried to make a deal, but she wanted to squeal
    But I had my boys on her heels
    Saw her when she come in, told a lie
    She broke down and she wanted to cry
    I don't care what she does
    Won't be doing just like she was
    Take those kids and raise them up
    Show 'em how to drink out the righteous cup
    Take her, take that woman, it's one place she found
    Just run that mother out of town
    Make her get up, make her get up, get out
    Make her get up, make her get up, get out
    I'm mad, I want revenge, I want revenge, my (the big payback)
    My patience ends, I want revenge
    My patience ends, I want revenge
    I want revenge, I want revenge (the big payback)
    Can I get some hits? I need those hits
    I need those hits, hit me

    Lord, I need those hits
    Carry on, carry on, playful melody (the big payback)
    (The big payback)
    Alright
    (The big payback) Writer/s: Fred Wesley, James Brown, John Starks
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 2

  • Ron B from UsaPeople always get James Brown's lyrics in 'The Payback' incorrect.
    What he actually said was, "I do not know karate, but I know Ka-razor." (Not Ka-razy)?
    Historical/Cultural/Personal Fact: Most likely since its inception, the barbershop-style, folding, straight razor was carried by some as a personal protection. As early as the 1920s to the 1970s, men (primarily in minority communities) carried folding straight razors. It provided an option to laws that prohibited carrying switchblade knives. I have seen them adorned with things such as mother-of-pearl handles with gems and 14kt gold inlaid initials. For further reference check out the 1972 blaxploitation-era film, "Come Back Charleston Blue."
  • Kym Johnson from OhioHow do you like it now Mr. Cohen? Its Funky alright, went GOLD Funky!
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