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What Is Soul

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What Is Soul Lyrics

Behold! I am Funkadelic
I am not of your world
But fear me not
I will do you no harm

Loan me your funky mind, and I shall play with it
For nothing is good, unless you play with it
And all that is good is nasty!
Fly on, baby
{mumbling..some orange haze, orange haze, it ain't purple now more...cough}

Lalalala, ladada
(x4)

What is soul?
I don't know, huh!
Soul is a hamhock in your cornflakes, yeah

What is soul? (hehhehheh)
I don't know
Huh
Soul, soul is the ring around your bathtub

What is soul?
I don't know
Huh, uh
Soul is a joint rolled in toilet paper
Lalalala, ladada
(x3)
Lalalala, ladada (ah, ah)
Lalalala, ladada

Boo, boo, boo, bom, bom, bom {etc}

What is soul
Man, I don't know, huh
Soul is rusty ankles and ashy kneecaps (oh yeah)

What is soul
Man, I don't know
Soul is chitlins foo yung (Chop chop...oh, tell 'em, brother!)

What is soul
Man, I told ya, I don't know
Huh
Soul is a hamhock in your cornflakes
Oh, get on down now!
Yeah

Lalalala, ladada
(x5)

Boo, bom, boo, bom, {etc}
Oh yeah
{x3}
Soul, soul, soul

Lalalala, ladada (ah, ah)
Lalalala, ladada
(x6)

Lalalala, ladada (ah, ah, ah)
(x2)
Lalalala, ladada (whoa)
Lalalala, ladada
Lalalala, ladada (yeah)
Lalalala, ladada (whoa-oh)
Lalalala, ladada (hehhehheh, cough)
A joint rolled in toilet paper
Heh heh heh
Oh yeah, right on
Yeah
Yeah, yeah
Soul is you
Soul is you, baby (hey Calvin, it's the same damn thing)
Soul is you, big mama

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the funky introduction to the mighty funkadelic and that question we sometime in our life ask at least once

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Release Date
February 24, 1970
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