Uptown (Summer of Soul Soundtrack - Live at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival)

Uptown (Summer of Soul Soundtrack - Live at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival) - The Chambers Brothers

Lyrics by：B. Mabry

Composed by：B. Mabry

Welcome to the heart of Harlem Soulsville USA

This is Tony Lawrence

And fifty thousand beautiful people here in Mount Morris Park

And we are asking you to join us in the Soul Music Festival

Now from Mississippi ladies and gentleman

The Chambers Brothers

Hey do it to it uh

Sock it sock it to me yeah

Hey you like it like that yeah

Uh 'cause that's where it's at yeah

Hey do it to it

I'm goin' uptown to Harlem

To let my hair down in Harlem

If a taxi won't take me I'll catch a train

I'll go underground I'll get there just the same

Because I'm goin' uptown to Harlem

I'm gon' let my hair down in Harlem

125th Street now here I come

Get ready for me 'cause I'm comin' for fun

I'm gonna eat me some chitlins and some black-eyed peas

Some barbecued ribs and some collard greens

I'm gonna party for days in Harlem

I'll leave the downtown ways for Harlem

Because I'm goin' uptown to Harlem

To let my hair down in Harlem

If a taxi won't take me I'll catch a train

Go underground I'll get there just the same

I'm gonna take it to the Cape and the Shadow bar

I'm goin' up to town places and I'm down to swap

I'm gonna make it to the Playhouse and the red blues-ter too

I'm gonna step back jack the truce and wear a suit

I'm gonna have me a ball in Harlem

And that ain't all in Harlem

'Cause I'm goin' uptown to Harlem

To let my hair down in Harlem

If a taxi won't take me I'll catch a train

I'll go underground I'll get there just the same

I'm gonna eat some chitlins and some black-eyed peas

Some barbecued ribs and some collard greens

I said I'm goin' uptown to Harlem

I'm gonna let my hair down in Harlem

I want everybody everybody

We got to got to got to make it yeah yeah

We got to go up to Harlem and and yeah

We got to leave yeah

'Cause we've been partyin' for days days

Come on and get yourself a

Come on and meet me up at Harlem

Yeah

Gon' let my hair down in Harlem

Ayy

Hey sock it sock it to me

Uh you like it like that yeah

Hey that's where it's at yeah

Hey hey man we gotta get Brian somethin' yeah

Yeah we gotta get him drummin' somethin' alright

Yeah everybody everybody gotta have some alright

You got it man yeah

Hey sock it sock it to me

Hey you like it like that yeah

Oh that's where it's at yeah

Hey one one more time yeah

Oh yeah

Yeah yeah come on and meet me up at Harlem yeah

Come on come on and get yourself together yeah

Yeah and we can party for days for days yeah

We'll leave the downtown ways yeah