Time to Get It Together Lyrics
Jesus said time would heal all wounds!
(Time, time)
(Time, time)
But we have to live right to get the time
(Time, time)
(Time, time)
(Time, time)
(Time, time)
(Time, time)
Please, you got to be a friend of mine
(Sometimes I'm ready to groove and then sometimes I'm unable to move)
Sometimes I am unable to move
(Sometimes I'm ready to groove and then sometimes I'm unable to move)
I let temptation get me off of my groove
Sometimes I get it
Sometimes it's hard to stay with it
Ooh, oh but right now, baby
Got to get it, get it, ooh
Got to stay with it
Makin' up my mind, yeah
Gonna get it together
Gonna love every day, every night 'til I get it all right
Pretty good lovin', oh
Gon' get it together
Gonna love every day, every night 'til I get it all right
Gonna get it together
Gonna love every day, every night 'til I get it all right
Woo, love
Gonna get it together
Gonna love every day, every night 'til I get it all right, baby
Oh, gonna get it together
Gonna love every day, every night 'til I get it all right
(Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock -
My life's a clock and it's winding down)
I've been racing against time
Trying my best to find my way
Change our world in just one day
Blowin' coke all up my nose
Gettin' in and out my clothes
Foolin' 'round with midnight hoes (Wine, wine and dine)
But that chapter of life's closed
From the day you're born
'Til the day you're in the ground
(Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock)
Trying my best to find my way
Change our world in just one day
Blowin' coke all up my nose
Gettin' in and out my clothes
Foolin' 'round with midnight hoes (Wine, wine and dine)
But that chapter of life's closed
From the day you're born
'Til the day you're in the ground
(Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock)
I've been racing against time
Trying my best to find my way
Change our world in just one day
Blowin' coke all up my nose
Gettin' in and out my clothes
Foolin' 'round with midnight hoes (Wine, wine and dine)
But that chapter of my life's closed
From the day you're born
'Til the day you're in the ground
About
Marvin often spoke of his own demise with startling, prophetic self-awareness. In “Time to Get it Together”, he addresses his mortality and sins and the time he has left to turn his life around.
Sadly, the cocaine habits he confesses to and the hellish lifestyle that consumed and depressed him led to his downfall. Six years after this song’s release, Marvin’s time was up.
“I like the feeling,” Marvin admitted when discussing his use of cocaine. “No one will ever tell me it’s not a good feeling. A clean, fresh high, ‘specially early in the morning, will set you free—at least for a minute. There are times when blow got to me, and sometimes I know it built up bad vibes inside my brain. I saw coke, though, as an elitist item, a gourmet drug, and maybe that was one of its attractions. Was I corrupting myself? Slowly, very slowly.”
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