Escape-Ism [Live At the Apollo Theater/1971]

I was talking, I was talking to a cat the other night He said, "What everybody is looking for? What everybody's looking for today?" They're looking for escapism Ain't it good to you? Yeah You know what? I love to get down, Jack, yeah And when I get down, why'understand I don't have to go into no funny bag Say, alcohol, you guess, I mean, said I wanna man I can't, why'understand, that's the way I feel You know, I believe I'll get down right about here, right on Byrd, if I get down, hey why'know Byrdy, Byrdy, man, Byrdy's gotta Byrdy's gotta, Byrdy's gotta, I mean, Byrdy's gotta Out of sight tune coming up, we gotta record Byrdy right here Why'know, yeah, so we're trying to get our thing out of the way Before Byrdy can get into it Byrd, can we get on before we, yeah, is it all right? Yeah Byrd, do you think gonna be a hit, Byrd? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah Is it, you think it's gonna be a hit? Well, I know it's a smash, I know it's a smash Cause you're in the thing, man, you're saying where it's at Why'know, it's gotta be a hit, yeah, you ready, Byrd? Yeah, let's go Get down, ain't it good to you? Yeah Ain't it good to you? Yeah Ain't it good to you?, Yeah, yeah, yeah Look here, what you say, Fred? Man, you know, we better take it on the lam You better watch the man, I don't think they heard What you say, Fred?, I said, we better take it on the lam You better watch the man Byrd, yeah, come over here, brother, I'm tellin' you You think we're talking too loud? Who starts fuss I ain't got no dust, I don't have to take it on the lam Better watch that man, uh? Better watch that man Watch him, yeah, all right, you're right, yeah, yeah Coming from some funny places, what you say, bruh? What's happening Brown? Trying to get down, yeah, yeah, well, you know Look here, we can't help it, that's right, [Incomprehensible], yeah It ain't no alcohol, man I don't dig it, what you say, Jason? I say, don't be so mean, you know I'm clean, yeah [Incomprehensible]