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    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.

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lyrics

Now if you are my dinner date my darling
I might have a special thing to say
But if you cannot deal when times get harder
It’s best you be right on your little way

But if you are my dinner date my darling (what?)
Then I might have a special thing to say (what’s that?)
But if you cannot deal when times are real
It’s best you be right on your little way

Hi’ya doing, oh my name is Freddie
Say what, that’s alright
You, you don’t do what?
Well, dats alright too
Your what hurts?
Gurl, I guess you better be on your way
Little gurl

But If you are my dinner date my darling (what?)
Then I might have a special thing to say (mm-hmm)
But if you cannot deal when times are real
It’s best you be right on your little way

It’s best you be right on your little way (It said, the ad)
It’s best you be right on your little way (The ad said freak)
It’s best you be right on your little way (You don’t do what?)
It’s best you be right on your little way (Your what hurts?)

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

So wha’cha gonna do
‘How long has it been?

You ever been to Mars?
Na I haven’t but I’ve been to Chicago…
What’s’ dat you got on your cheek
Der’girl? All that’s baby juice
Come here, come here girl

if you are my dinner date my darling,
then I might have a special thing to say
but if you cannot deal when times are real
It’s best you be right on your little way

Cuz you mama said
You Better…see’ya later

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from Marvin Tate's D​-​Settlement, released November 4, 2022

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Marvin Tate's D-Settlement Chicago, Illinois

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

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