The Bottle-Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson

The Bottle - Various Artists Yes, yas Got to bottle it up an go Got to bottle it up an go Now, 'em high-power women Yeah! Now, she may be old Ninety year She ain't too old For the shift 'em gears She gots 'Got to do what? Tell me 'gain? ' 'Got to bottle it up and go' Now, them high power women Yeah! Now, told my girl Week 'fore last The gate she jus' came in Just a little too fast She had to bottle it up an go She had to bottle it up an gon' An them high-power women Yes, yeah Now, the n****r and the white man Playin', set 'em up N****r beat the white man Was scared to pick it up 'He had to bottle up and do what? ' Had to bottle it up and go on' And them high-power women Yeah! Now look-a-here, baby You stay last night? Ain't none a yo' business You don't do me right 'You got t' 'Gotta do what? Tell me again, I don't understand? ' I've got the bottle up and go'd I ain't gon' bother with 'em Now, them high-power women Yeah! Now, nickel is a nickel A dime is a dime I don' need no girl If she want wine She have to (guitar) Had do what? Had to bottle up and go Now, them high-power women Yeah! Now, my mama killed a chicken She thought it was a duck She put him on the table With the legs stickin' up He had-a Had to do what? He had the bottle it up and go on An them high-powered women Sho' got the bottle up and go 'Yeah, play it man-a Be-da, bee, bop, bop, bop Bo, de-dum, be-dum, bop, bop Bo, bom, bom, bom, bom Bee-da, bee-um, bop-um, bop-um, bop Bo, bop-um, bop-um, bop-bop, be-ba T-dee-da, t-dee-da T-da-da-da (guitar) Yeah! Uh-huh! Got the bottle up and gone Got the bottle up and gone Now, you high-power women Sho' got to bottle 'em up and gone. ~