All three Marvin Tate's D-Settlement albums - Partly Cloudy, The Minstrel Show, American Icons - remastered in a 3xCD box set with a book featuring an oral history of the band.
Includes unlimited streaming of Marvin Tate's D-Settlement
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
All three Marvin Tate's D-Settlement albums - Partly Cloudy, The Minstrel Show, American Icons - remastered in a 4xLP box set with a book featuring an oral history of the band.
Includes unlimited streaming of Marvin Tate's D-Settlement
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 7 days
Purchasable with gift card
$75USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
All three Marvin Tate's D-Settlement albums - Partly Cloudy, The Minstrel Show, American Icons - remastered in a 4xLP box set, on clear vinyl, with a book featuring an oral history of the band.
Includes unlimited streaming of Marvin Tate's D-Settlement
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 7 days
Purchasable with gift card
$85USDor more
lyrics
Charlie, Charlieeeeeeeee
Charlie said, I love my good and plenty…
Charlie said, that shit really rings my bell man!
Charlie said, I like it, I like it a lot.
I must’ve seen him do that same
bad-ass nigga routine, a thousand and one times
first, he’d crisscross his eyes all silly,
contort his face and make a menacing growl.
Then he threatened to pull down his pants
and take a mean-stankin’ ass shit
If the crowd didn’t applaud loud enough,
or shout, CHARLIE, CHARLIE, CharrrrrrrrLEEE
Charlie said:
I love my good and plenty
Charlie said, that shit really rings my bell man
Charlie said, I like it, I like it a lot.
Only then would he grab his old beat-up kango,
sorting out the coins from’da dollah bills,
suspiciously looking over his back for beggers
or even worst, crack deal’lahs that grew
like exotic plants on every street corner
Yo Charlie, Charlie, Charlie …..
Word was, that Charlie, was kickin’ it man
had hooked-up with the good folks
down at the N/A Center,
met this little grey-haired lady,
she stood about 5ft4, Charlie, stood about 6’5.
She said, “Son if you tried hard enough,
you could learn to dream again…”.
No more late-night rendezvous
with that two-faced white bitch
down at run-down rat-infested hotels
like the Saint James. With her always leaving Charlie,
spastically pacing in circles up under the arch
Charlie be up under the arch up under the ar
on all fours’ya, barking like he was mad dawg
(Barking)
Charlie said:
I love my good and plenty
Charlie said, that shit really rings my bell man
Charlie said, I like it, I like it a lot.
Word was, word was,
that Charlie was kickin’ it man,
he was kickin’ it man, and that whoever
had stolen his skinny skeleton
from his old beat-up body, could keep it!
Cuz the boy didn’t need it no mo.
He didn’t need it no mo. Told me
he was learning to dream again
CHAAAAAAAAAARLEEEEEE
CHAAAAAAAAAARLEEEEEE
Charlie said……
D-Settlement were Chicago’s best-kept secret: a trailblazing, diverse band mixing R&B, soul, punk, gospel and funk with
biting wit and political commentary. Led by Marvin Tate — a poet, artist, playwright and raconteur who wore pipe cleaners in his hair — and supported by a large, dynamic cast of characters, their music was both of and ahead of its time....more
supported by 12 fans who also own “Charlie of Washington Square”
This record has such a magical flow to it, it seems to capture so directly the ups and downs of life, the joy of music and dance, and it's just so damn catchy and fun to listen to as well. Giles
