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Turn Da Fuckin' Lights Back On

from Marvin Tate's D-Settlement by Marvin Tate's D-Settlement

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lyrics

Late last night
I was taking a bath
when all ov’ah sudden
all the lights in’da house go out
I had to ask myself, “Did you pay your bills on time?”
Hell Yeah! so what in’da fuck, could it be this time?

For three nights in a row, a blackopolix,
and not by choice. “Unh, Unh, I said to myself,
‘I ain’t no John-Boy, and we ain’t da Waltons”
So yo Edison, Yo Commonwealth Edison, Turn’Da Fuckin’
Lights back on …HELL YEAH!
Turn’da mo’fuckin lights back on
Turn’da mo’fuckin’ lights back on
HELL YEAH!
Turn’da mo’fuckin lights back on
Turn’da moi’fuckin’ lights back on
HELL YEAH

I lit a candle,
so I could put my clothes back on,
then I walked down to what ustah’ be
the grocery store. I blinked my eyes
cuz I couldn’t believe what I was seeing
crazy-ass cops, these crazy ass cops
knockin’ my peoples, up on the headz
acting and thinking, thinking and acting,
like this was still, 1968, 1968,1968

Turn’da mo’fuckin lights back on
Turn’da moi’fuckin’ lights back on
HELL YEAH!
Turn’da mo’fuckin lights back on
Turn’da moi’fuckin’ lights back on
HELL YEAH

Somebody tell me honestly,
do you think po ’people dig living like this?
No compensation, and never, never, never
an explanation. So crooked politicians beware, crooked politicians beware,
we don’t need no bullets, cuz we got the ballot
So Yo Edison, Yo, Commonwealth Edison,

Turn’da mo’fuckin lights back on
Turn’da moi’fuckin’ lights back on
HELL YEAH!
Turn’da mo’fuckin lights back on
Turn’da mo’fuckin’ lights back on
HELL YEAH!

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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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