Superfly [Single Mix][*]

Curtis Mayfield

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Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious African-American music. He was also a multi-instrumentalist who played the guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and drums. Mayfield is a winner of both the Grammy Legend Award (in 1994) and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (in 1995), and he was a double inductee into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted as a member of The Impressions into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame i… more »


Year:
1972
3:08
26 

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Darkest of night
With the moon shining bright
There's a set goin' strong
Lotta things goin' on
The man of the hour
Has an air of great power
The dudes have envied him for so long 

[Chorus]
Superfly
You're gonna make your fortune by and by
But if you lose, don't ask no questions why
The only game you know is Do or Die
Ah-ha-ha 

Hard to understand
What a hell of a man
This cat of the slum
Had a mind, wasn't dumb
But a weakness was shown
Cause his hustle was wrong
His mind was his own
But the man lived alone 

[Chorus]

The game he plays he plays for keeps
Hustlin' times and ghetto streets
Tryin' to get over
(That's what he tryin' to do, why'all)
Taking all that he can take
Gambling with the odds of fate
Tryin' ta get over [Repeat: x4]
Woo, Superfly 

The aim of his role
Was to move a lot of blow
Ask him his dream
What does it mean?
He wouldn't know
"Can't be like the rest"
Is the most he'll confess
But the time's running out
And there's no happiness 

[Chorus]

Superfly [Repeat: x4]

"Tryin' to get over" [Repeat: x9]

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Written by: CURTIS MAYFIELD

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