Know we need it.
(Soul power.) We got to have it.
(Soul power.) Know we want it.
(Soul power.) Got to have it.
(Soul power.) Give it to me.
(Soul power.) Hey!
We need it.
(Soul power.) We want it.
(Soul power.) Got to have it.
(Soul power.) I wan na get
un der your skin.
If I get there, I got to win.
You need some soul.
Come on, get some
and then you’ll know
where I’m com in’ from.
Huh, I may lay in the cut and go a long, but I’m still on the case,
and my rap is strong, uh.
Hey!
Don’t jump on my train when I’m out of sight.
Just check your self, and say, yeah, you’re right.
Huh.
Hey!
Hit me!
Uh.
Give it,
put it there,
huh.
Love me ten der,
and love me slow.
That don’t get it, come back for more.
Ah,
ah,
Love me ten der, ah, love me slow.
That don’t get it, come back for more.
Hey!
Uh, look a here.
You got ta get
in the brack et.
You know I like it.
Huh, al right.
Look a here, al right uh.
Don’t fall on the ground, you got to get down, down, down, down, down,
heh.
Uh.
Don’t fall on the ground,
you got to get down, down, down, down, down,
huh,
huh.
Good god.
I got to ask you
what we need.
(Soul power.) what we want uh.
(Soul power.) Got to have, (Soul power.) what we want.
(Soul power.)
What we’re miss (Soul in’, power.)
what we’re miss (Soul in’, power.)
what we want, (Soul power.) what we need.
(Soul power.) Huh.
Uh.
Hey, hit me!
Help me, we got ta, we got ta,
get in the brack et.
Know I like it.
Hey!
Hey!
This page shows “Soul Power” by James Brown in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 105 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.