| «Chocolate City»
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| Uh, what’s happening CC?
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| They still call it the White House
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| But that’s a temporary condition, too.
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| Can you dig it, CC?
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| To each his reach
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| And if I don’t cop, it ain’t mine to have
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| But I’ll be reachin' for ya
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| 'Cause I love ya, CC.
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| Right on.
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| There’s a lot of chocolate cities, around
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| We’ve got Newark, we’ve got Gary
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| Somebody told me we got L.A.
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| And we’re working on Atlanta
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| But you’re the capital, CC Gainin' on ya!
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| Get down
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Movin' in and on ya Gainin' on ya!
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| Can’t you feel my breath, heh
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| All up around your neck, heh heh
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| Hey, CC!
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| They say your jivin' game, it can’t be changed
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| But on the positive side,
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| You’re my piece of the rock
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| And I love you, CC.
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| Can you dig it?
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| Hey, uh, we didn’t get our forty acres and a mule
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| But we did get you, CC, heh, yeah
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| Gainin' on ya Movin' in and around ya God bless CC and it’s vanilla suburbs
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Gainin' on ya! |
| (heh!)
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| What’s happening, blood?
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Yeah!
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| What’s happening, black?
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| Brother black, blood even
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| Yeah-ahh, just funnin'
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| Gettin' down
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| Ah, blood to blood
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| Ah, players to ladies
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| The last percentage count was eighty
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| You don’t need the bullet when you got the ballot
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| Are you up for the downstroke, CC?
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| Chocolate city
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| Are you with me out there?
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| And when they come to march on ya Tell 'em to make sure they got their James Brown pass
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| And don’t be surprised if Ali is in the White House
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| Reverend Ike, Secretary of the Treasure
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| Richard Pryor, Minister of Education
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| Stevie Wonder, Secretary of FINE arts
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| And Miss Aretha Franklin, the First Lady
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| Are you out there, CC?
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| A chocolate city is no dream
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| It’s my piece of the rock and I dig you, CC God bless Chocolate City and it’s (gainin' on ya!) vanilla suburbs
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| Can y’all get to that?
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Easin' in Gainin' on ya!
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| In yo' stuff
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Huh, can’t get enough
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Be mo' funk, be mo' funk
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Can we funk you too
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| Gainin' on ya!
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| Right on, chocolate city!
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| Yeah, get deep
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| Real deep
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| Heh
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| Be mo' funk
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| Mmmph, heh
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| Get deep
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| Bad
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| Unh, heh
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| Just got New York, I’m told |
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Chocolate City, artist - Parliament. Album song The Best Of Parliament: Give Up The Funk, in the genre R&B