Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Emerald City Sequence , by - Richard Pryor. Release date: 31.12.1977
Song language: English
Emerald City Sequence |
| I want to be seen green |
| Wouldn’t be caught dead, red |
| 'Cause if you are seen green |
| It means you got mean bread |
| You’ve got to be seen green |
| To show that you’re stuff’s layed |
| If you’re not seen green |
| You better be wearing jade |
| Oh, you’ve got to be seen green |
| Don’t tell them your cupboard’s bare |
| That you gave up one week’s feed |
| To pay for your colored hair |
| Oh, oh, oh AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GREAT POWERFUL OZ: |
| I thought it over and green is dead |
| 'Till I change my mind, the color is red |
| EMERALD CITY RED: |
| I wouldn’t be seen green |
| Ooo! |
| Oo! |
| Oo! |
| Ah! |
| Ah! |
| I wouldn’t be caught dead |
| And if I’m caught at all |
| Then catch me in dead, red |
| Ooo! |
| You’ve got to be dead red |
| You’ve got to be real hot |
| So throw away those green gems |
| And wear rubies on your yacht |
| You’ve got to be dead, red |
| You’ve got to have flash and flair |
| And if you’re not seen red |
| Then you shouldn’t be seen nowhere |
| Ah! |
| How quickly fashion goes down the drain. |
| Last week when you all was wearin’pink |
| Already for me red was old. |
| The ultimate brick is gold. |
| That’s the new color, children |
| EMERALD CITY GOLD: |
| Golden gold |
| Golden gold |
| Golden gold |
| Golden gold |
| You got to be seen gold |
| Watch out for the new kind |
| You got to have old gold |
| Like some from a gold mine |
| You got to be wearin’gold |
| The twenty four carat kind |
| And once you’ve shined it up It should ought to make you blind, ah! |
| You got to be seen in gold |
| To show that you’re super slick |
| It helps to pay tips and tolls |
| It’s the ultimate yellow brick |
| It’s the ultimate |
| Gold |
| Golden gold |
| Golden gold |
| Golden gold |
| Golden gold |
| Golden gold |
| Golden gold |
| Golden gold |
| Gold, gold, gold, gold |
| Gold! |