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lyrics

Planet D-Settlement

Ladies and gentlemen
Welcome to the planet D-settlement

Wooooooooooooooooooooo
Woooooooooooooo


Wow mommy
Look how pretty it is
All I know child is that its too
Hot in here…

This is too funky

Welcome to the planet D-settlement
We’re going to take you higher

This is going on,
this is all the way live

Welcome to the planet D-settlement
We’re going to take you higher












Earth is snoring(repeat)






















Beware of the N-word (pt 1)


Beware of the N-word!
Beware of the N-word!

N-word
N-word

Nanny goat
Nantucket
Nappydellick
Nipsey Russell
Nine and a half years
Nae, Nae
Mickle Bag
Nut-sack
She said NO
Never, never, again
Never, never again
Never, never again





Don’t Send Him Away

A knock, knock on the door
who is it that I see? A gentle stranger
staring back at me. He’s got my smile,
and he’s even got my hands,
tell me mama, who is this strange man?

I know he’s broke your heart
so many times before.
Don’t you remember how I sat through
all those tears. Call me a fool for believing in a myth,
why he left you mama, will never make any sense.
But in every wise old fool, there lives a wise old tale
In every wise old tale,
there lives a wise old fool






Can he stay or will he have to go?

Mama please, mama please
Don’t send him away







The last time that I saw him
was in a fading picture
dated October of 1964
young and handsome, with you by his side,
mama, who would’ve thought
It was all a bunch of lies.
Call me a bastard for giving second chances
Call me a no-good son for learning how to forgive
and forget. But mama he’s got my smile
And mama, he’s got my hands







Mama please, mama please
Don’t send him away

I know he broke your heart
I know he left you with six hungry children to feed;
but dammit Mama, can’t you learn how to forgive
and forget?

Mama please, don’t send him away

(Lonely whistle)

Hoo, Ha

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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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