If you’re so woke
Why ain’t you woke up?
If you’re so conscious
Why you such a hater?
And if you’re all about love and peace
Why you always fucking with me?
What it is?
See they hate to love you
And they love to hate you
They’d rather shade you
Than say congratulations
See my folks we vibrate high
And I can tell by your side eye
You ain’t ready for this life
It’s way past your bedtime
It’s way past your bedtime
No you ain’t woke
You extra sleep
No you ain’t ready
No you ain’t woke
You extra sleep
No you ain’t ready
If you so woke
Why ain’t you woke up?
If you’re so conscious
Why you always got an attitude?
If you’re so positive
Why you always negative?
What it is?
See they hate to love
Love to hate you
They’d rather shade you
Than see you make it
When you make it
See around here we vibrate high
And I can tell by your side eye
You ain’t ready for this life
It’s way past your bedtime
It’s way past your bedtime
No you ain’t woke
You extra sleep
No you ain’t ready
No you ain’t woke
You extra sleep
No you ain’t ready
You ain’t woke
No you ain’t woke
You extra sleep
Yes you is (repeat)
You ain’t woke
No you ain’t woke
You extra sleep
You fronting (repeat)
You ain’t woke
No you ain’t woke
You extra sleep
Yes you is (repeat)
You ain’t woke
No you ain’t woke
You extra sheep
What a shame (repeat)
It’s way past your bedtime
It’s way past your bedtime
No you ain’t woke
You extra sleep
No you ain’t ready
No you ain’t woke
You extra sleep
No you ain’t ready
No you ain’t ready
To open up your mind
No you ain’t ready
To open up your eyes
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell