Soul Food

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Rufus Thomas - R&B, Funk

Soul Food

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[Intro] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, man Yeah Huh? Yeah Touch that waitress right there Which one? That one? Yeah, I'm talkin' 'bout that one right there Ayy Hey, hey baby Ayy, you gon' wait on me Look, I been here an hour and a half And you ain't waited on me yet You been waitin' on everybody else but me What, what, what's wrong? You prejudice or somethin'? I know what you got on the menu I saw it when I came in Listen [Verse 1] You got cracklins cooked from a fresh killed hog With the hash shaved off his hide River bank pork sided soaked in vinegar With green onions on the side Barbecue spare ribs, chicken and the dumplings And legs from a dozen frogs You eat all you want, but save the scraps 'Cause you can always feed 'em to your soul, dawg [Chorus] Soul food, mm Good soul food Soul food Listen here [Verse 2] Fresh filets of a [?]-built catfish And hush puppies by the pound Alligator sauces mixed with chili peppers That's just been freshly ground Crossfish patties and wild turkey carved And steamin' tonne of greens Eggs and pork rinds all scrambled up In footlong Arkansas pulled beans [Chorus] Soul food You know I ain't talkin' 'bout nothin' but soul food Soul food Play your guitar, Michael [Interlude] You know Mike? Yeah It's always a [?] Yeah, it's a [?] Woo! You know I come down here all the time You come down here all the time? Yeah, yeah, I don't eat nowhere but here Aw yeah I bring all my friends down here Yeah, what's the name of this place? Um, this is Mary's place Yeah, Mary's place Yeah, I bring my friends I bring my wife Yeah When y'all better not bring somebody else's wife I ain't got nothin' to do with that Aw yeah That ain't my business, dawg, na'sayin'? Yeah Listen here, Michael [Verse 3] Beans and cornbread Flatback chills and genuine pigtail sours Possum as good, but first make sure That you ain't eat no gigantic amounts Moonpie watermelon cantaloupe peppermint And red and orange soda pop Soul food is good for the people who has And also good for the people who has not [Chorus] Soul food Soul food, mm Good soul food Soul food [Verse 4] Black eyed peas and cornbread Chickens and spaghetti And coleslaw Ham pots and black eyed peas and Tonne of greens If you get a little flapjack I slide out the door And never come back [Outro] Hey, Mike? Yeah Do you know, you realize I ain't got no waitin' on yet? They ain't waitin' on you yet? They ain't waitin' on me yet! Oh man, let's go Been in here and hour and half and ain't got nothin' You ain't got nothin', let's go Let's go That's right Hey, hey, hey, hey, waitress Hey, you gon' ever wait on me? I don't, man, I don't, I don't have to eat I don't have to eat in here at all Look, let's, let's, let's go down to Let's go down to Josephine's place Yeah, let's go Now, now the food might not be as good Okay But at least we can get a waitin' on We can come out with a full stomach Folks don't have to know what we been eatin' on, now do they? No, they ain't got to know No, no Dawg, wait a minute now You don't have to worry 'bout it We got good food down here Well now, this, this, this place is alright, man Look here, that's alright I'ma get my friends We gon' leave here Okay, we gon' leave here I come here with six, six, six Hey, hey, hey, hey Ayy, y'all, let's go Let's go Let's go, let's go Now let's go on We, we don't have to eat anythin' here Let's go, baby, we ain't stayin' here I don't care Don't get nothin' from me There it is... Come on, man, let's go Let's go, let's go Let's go, let's go Come on, man, let's go See y'all!

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  • Rufus Thomas
  • Dallas Frazier