Somebody's Watching You

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Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.; February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, best known for being the major popularizer of funk music in the late 1970s and early 1980s thanks to million-selling hits such as "You and I" (1978), "Give It to Me Baby" (1981) and "Super Freak" (1981), the latter song crossing him over to pop audiences and selling over three million copies, later contributing to the success of rapper MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" (1990), which James sued to be credited for. James won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song with Hammer for the song, his only Grammy win. more »

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In today's headline news
The "Super Freak" superstar is out of the slammer and back in the studio

From the WRAC news room, good news for the music world
King of Funk, Rick James, comes home after being released from Folsom Prison

This is Diane Jackson from KWET news
Making headlines, Rick James, funk superstar, was released today from Folsom

Looking at the little piggies strutting in a row
Living in the shadows for a brother just to grow
Lying like a devil, they stand waiting in a fire
Stuck inside a prison, wall of concrete and barbed wire
I never really ever thought I'd make it out alive
They tried to keep me in a trick, so I would not survive
The devil has a sneaky way of keeping a brother down
But now that I'm laughing in his face, I'm writing this song out

Somebody's watching
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching me, too
Somebody's watching
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching me, too
Yeah

See there's really nothing, but a punk that's dressed in drag
(And you know that's right)
But they act just like a bunch of bitches who are on the rag
(Yeah)
If anyone who's been there, can relate to what I say
But now that I'm free, you see, I'm having it my way
(That's right)
So look at all the little piggies standing in a row
Waiting in the shadows for a brother just to glow
Lying like a devil, they stand waiting in a fire
But stuck inside a prison, wall of concrete and barbed wire

Somebody's watching
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching me, too
Somebody's watching
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching me, too
Somebody's watching
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching me, too
Somebody's watching
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching me, too

Horns, blow
This summer's funky
Stone City Band, get it up, uh
We gotta keep it funky, yeah
Everybody sing

Somebody's watching you (somebody's watching you)
Somebody's watching me, too (somebody's watching)
Somebody's watching you
Somebody's watching me, too (might be the police)
Somebody's watching you (just might be the government)
Somebody's watching me, too (just might be a sucker)
Somebody's watching you (or might be a buster)
Somebody's watching me, too (or it might be your parole)
Somebody's watching you (somebody's watching you)
Somebody's watching me, too (somebody)
Somebody's watching you (somebody's watching you)
Somebody's watching me, too
Somebody's watching you (somebody's watching you)
Somebody's watching me, too (somebody's watching you)

Crack cell 7
Alright Super Freak, grab your shit
You made parole
We'll be watching you, boy

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