Heritage

Earth Wind And Fire Heritage Lyrics
1.Soweto(Interlude)


2.Takin' Chances

Lestley r. pierce & frankie blue

I like walkin' in the park late at night
Tryin' to run my motor down
Everybody says i live a dangerous life
I've got to get ahead somehow
Out here on the street just tryin' to get my own
Don't tell me what you think you know
Ooh, most people spend their time at home alone
Just waitin' for a check that won't show

Chorus:
Takin' chances
No risk, no gain
Takin' chances
I really don't mind the pain
Takin' chances
If you only knew
Takin' chances
It's all for the love of you

I don't like to listen to what people say (uh-huh)
Cause once you start you'll never stop
One advantage to doing things my own way
I'll always end up on top

Chorus

Bridge:
I've got to do it right, ooh i've got to
I've got to live my life the way i want to
I'm high up on a wire, don't wanna ever come down
And if i fall i've got to fly

Chorus


3.Heritage

Maurice white, lestley r. pierce & frankie blue

Rap:
The boys
We're just chillin' with eart, wind & fire
This is my desire
Talking 'bout culture
I'm a vulture
Just like the beat

Chillin' with earth, wind & fire

Everybody take a look around
What do you see
When i look
There's faces everywhere
Lookin' back at me
Their eyes keep telling me stories
Don't understand
In my mind
There's many, many questions
Bout who i am

Bridge:
Just be proud of the land
Where your blood comes from
No one can take away
What you have done
Hold your head up high
Cultures stand eye to eye
One people living under one sun

Chorus:
Be proud
Sing it out loud
Take your rightful place
It's you heritage
So stand tall
Don't be small
Show true face
It's your heritage

Everybody walks a little different
To keep the pace
Gotta have pride
Just to be a winner
In the human race
In school, the rules don't fly
Out on the street, tell me why
People of the nation can't feel the same beat

Bridge

Chorus

Bridge:
We're living in a colorful world
All shades of love
Each carrying a ray of hope
Sent down from above

Rap:
Yo marice: break it down for me allright
The boys chillin' wit earth, wind and flames
They asked us to sing a few notes
So we came
Realized the meaning of the song
So we sung
With all our heart and soul
And hopefully we brung
A message to all
To not be small
To stand up tall
And to give it your all
Let's have a ball y'all
Pump it up!

Chorus


4.Good Time

Maurice white, robert brookings & sly stone

It the kind of a nite
Uould use a friend
You feeling a loss
And you need a win
A perfect eleven
Between one and ten
Got the right way
To make a sad nite end

If my mind
Was being read
She made a natural move
As if i said
Wanted to slow dance
My mind is on romance
And i want to score

Chorus:
Oooh oooh !

From rock and roll
To r&b
Operating
Symphone-ing
Don know what she said
Do know what she meant
One arm pointed
Other arm bent

Making sounds you
Seldom hear
Moved her head
Make it all clear
She gave me a card
For the handicapped
Say i a specialist
At body rap

Chorus

Bridge.
Come into my world
Be a believer a living achiever
See what your thoughts can guarantee

Chorus
Ad lib


5.Body Wrap(Interlude)


6.Anything You Want

Ian prince

You were so right all along
I wouldn't believe till love had gone
Replacing the old with the new
And now that i want to see it through

You tell me you care
But he's still inside your heart
And it's tearing me apart
That i'm anything you want

Chorus:
I'll be there to listen to everything you cry
All you need
Ever to believe in you without a reason why
For your love

I'll be near to be with you to wipe the tear away
Though it's hard for me
I'm anything you want
(i'll be anything...)

Baby, it was so wrong and we both knew
And yet it was all that i could do
You were living a life you could not feel
Thinking he was the way to make it real

Can't let him go
I'm still a part of you
I'll do what i must do
Anything you want

Chorus

Bridge:
Every time you talk about hum
You'll never know how it hurts my heart
But, i'll be there for you baby

He's still inside your heart
It's tearing me apart
Anything you want
I'll be there...

Chorus


7.Bird(Interlude)


8.Wanna Be The Man

M.c. hammer & k. lynette patterson

Rap:
Yo! bust this!
I got a plan to take you by the hand
And whisper in your ear that
I wanna be your man
So understand the bottom line plan
I do do do do wanna be your man

You've been on a mission baby
To find the man in your life
You heart-it's been illin' baby
To find someone to treat you right

The question now is me
Will it hurt ya to believe
The love you see in my eyes
Tho distant you choose to be
My sincerity
Will bring you around in time

Chorus:
Wanna be wanna be wanna be wanna be
Wanna be i wanna be the man in your life!!!

Rap:
Right now i need your attention
And be the man when you talk
That you mention
Your old lover he don't need no extension
'cause he's out and i'm whatcha missin'

I've got a vision baby
I can see a change coming in sight
My heart! open to you baby
I feel our love coming to light

Alone you do all right
My love will take you high
Higher higher, higher higher
I'll be there by your side
On clouds we will ride
Through the raining storm

Rap:
I need a minute and i'll be in it
You've got the love and you know i wanna win it
Stop looking 'cause you've been found
And your love is cold sweeter
Than a chocolate mound
So give it to me and understand
That i'm the one who wanna be your man
I gotta plan to take you by the hand
'cause i wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, be your man

Bust it!
Yo! let's dance yeah

Funky music and this is def
The kickin' sound of ewf
And they do it like nobody else
Hyped up like myself yeah!

Chorus

Rap:
Hold on baby, wait a minute
So give it to me and come my way
And be my lover for the rest of my days
Give it to me and come on through
'cause i wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna be with you

Chorus


9.Close To Home(Interlude)


10.Daydreamin'

Billy young, bernard spears, victor hill & maurice white

Chorus:
Daydreamin' when i'm thinking of you
Missing all the things that we used to do
Dancing at the party on a saturday night
It was cool
Don't know how i could have been so blind
The feelings that we shared showed all the signs
Love was right there in the palm of my hand
For me

She tried in every way
To show how much she loved me
I was a fool
I just kept running away

Could it be baby
Seems to me honey
We should have been together from the start
I'm all alone darling
So far from home sugar
Girl i need you in my life

Chorus

Bridge:
Walking' round
All over town
You're the love
That i found
Baby, baby
I wanna come back to you

Here's my heart
Take my hand
Walk with me
Love will stand
Baby, baby
I wanna come back to you

Chorus


11.King Of Groove

Morris 'butch' stewart

Everybody wants to be a star
Everybody wants to be accepted by the mass
Everybody wants to be raging fire
But their heat don't last

Everybody wanta peek into my dreams
They try to figure out if i'm just full of jive
Everybody wanta ride in my limousine
But nobody wants to drive

Chorus:
But i'm the king
I'm the king of groove
Yes i'm the king
I'm the king of groove
He's the king of groove (i cant't lose)
(summon the royal brass)

Everybody want a piece of the pie
But they'll take a pass if it's a case of do or die
The greener syndrome is at hand
We'll kick the feline or come forth and take a stand

If you're wishing on a star
Ooh i pray your wishes bring you to receive the call
The king of groove is going far
And in my kingdom there is room for all

Chorus:
'cause i'm the king
I'm the king of groove
Yes i'm the king
I'm the king of groove

Bridge:
King of groove
I can't lose,
Stand back and watch my moves
'cause i'm the king of groove
I'm the king yeah i'm the king
Yeah iiii'm the king of groove

He's the king of groove
That's right

Bridge:
Well, you've got your
This of that and your that of this
With the king of groove baby you can't miss
You got your joan of arc
And your house of wax
But with the king of groove
You'll be jammin' back

You got your dukes of hazzard and your duke of earl
And the queen of sheba, she was one bad girl
Aretha franklin, she's the queen of soul
But the king of groove
Is in control

He's got the lord of lords
And the king of kings
He keeps the king of groove
Doing his thing
You can't stop him
No matter what you do
'cause you're dealing with
The king of groove


12.I'm In Love

Victor hill, bernard spears & billy young

Alone again like an empty shell
Feeling like i wanna die
I've been through hell
So easy to be crushed
By someone you love so much

Then you came along
And picked me up and took me home
So tenderly you held me in your arms
You said 'baby, dry your eyes'
There's no need to cry

Chorus:
I'm in love once again
Yes it's true i love you
With you my love
I'm in love once again
Yes it's true i love you
With all my heart

There i was
Washed up on a shore
Crying my heart out
I just can't take no more

My life had come to an end
I was ready do give in
I closed my eyes
In one last silent prayer
Only to look up
And find you standing there
I looked into your eyes
And then i realized

Chorus

Ad lib out


13.For The Love Of You

Maurice white, robert brookins, stephanie mills & m.c. hammer

When you find a brand new love
Isn't it fun love
That special one to kiss and hug
Isn't it fun love

Bridge:
I want you
Every night
Heart cries out
To hold you tight

You walked in
Times were blue
Nothing baby
I won't do

Chorus:
For the love of you-ooh
For the love of you-ooh

There's a sweetness in your smile
Isn't it fun love
A wild flower you drive me wild
Isn't it fun love

Bridge:
Touch me baby
With your love
Stir the passion
You're thinking of

Stay with me
A while tonite
We will fly
Until morning light

Chorus

Bridge:
Don't you know how i feel
Here's my love i'm for real
Time is right give us a chance
Nothing-i won't do-for you

Rap:
To each his all and all the love i've grown
Three rolls of quarters in the telephone
One at a time and i'm glad she's mine
For the love of her and that's for a long time
I want her, i love her, i keep thinking of her
I want to be her friend
Because i'm definitely not her brother
I'll make it clear that i'll always be near
And for the love of you my love is here
Not so up on, one can always be taught
For the love of you many brothers have fought
So comprehend the feelings are true
A day don't go by without thinking of you
You're smooth as the night and i get hype
Your love and mine are the perfect type, yeah!

I write a letter or play you a song
We should get busy yeah get it on
Pumping out heat, burning like fire
Fall in love with you
Yeah that's my desire

Bridge

Chorus


14.Motor

Maurice white, lestley r. pierce & frankie blue

Cool down, don't heat up that way
Every time we start it up
Then she'll say
Don't take love so seriously
It's just what you see
I don't want to push her hard
Circumstances making me play the part
It's more than just a game to me

Chorus:
When it feels right, don't stop the motor
Baby keep it on
Let's work it all night, don't stop the
Motor when it's running strong

Sparks fly, we create a flame
One more time, baby give your love again
Two hearts, forever be the same

Chorus

Bridge:
My love is right for you tonite
I see the fire deep in your eyes
Got my key, you believe
Just one spark and we will come alive

Chorus


15.Faith(Interlude)


16.Welcome

Bill young, maurice white & ralph johnson

Overnite, i'm caught up in your love
My surprise, baby
All at once, you're all i'm thinking of
Come, share my life

Chorus:
I'm here for you
Welcome to my love
Embracing you
Welcome to my love

Bridge:
Girl, my love is for you
Welcome to a love that's true

I think about the time i spend with you
Happy days baby
The more i touch, the more i want of you
You changed my ways

Chorus:
Got next to me
Welcome to my love
Can i talk to you
Welcome to my love

Vamp:
You're my dream come true
Welcome love to me and you
While i'm layin' next to you
Welcome love to a love that's true
Let me talk to you
Welcome love for to be with you


17.Soweto Reprise