Don't Nobody

from Sounds Like Dreaming by Matthew David

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Everybody wants what I got...Don't Nobody wants to pay. The story of my life

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Everybody wants what I got
don’t nobody wants to pay
Everybody fights on my block
don’t nobody wants to play
Everybody wants their piece of the rock
chip off a little every day
and I’m gonna see all the madness stop
if I got a thing to say

well I can hold the nail up with the left hand
bring the hammer down with the right
deal with the man in the daytime
go to work for my woman in the night
and I was blessed with the eye and creative hand
so I can make everything out of sight
I’ll make a sweet sound in your ear

Oh yeah

Now from Chitown to Philly as the fam’ly rolls
‘cause my father had bills to pay
and he had a full plate, I was the last of eight
but still he had to hear us all complain
and he weren’t no star but he could fix the car
and listen to blues at the end of the day

because my father was a righteous cat
and you can give me five on that!


well it aint no thing for me to tickle the strings
I lay the sound right down to the ground
And I know it’s my thing ‘cause the words that I sing
have been known to turn a frown around
And I learned to play hell with the decibels
I hit play, I’ll make you wanna get down
I know why I am here

Oh yeah

way back when days were sunny and the Fonz was funny
I used to hang out by the basement door
And my brother’s crew would play the only song they knew
I used to hear it on the radio
And now I know that I can trace my flow
back to those days so many years ago

Because my brother is a righteous cat
And you can give me five on that!

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from Sounds Like Dreaming, released May 30, 2008
Instrumentation recorded and performed: Dave
Drums recorded and performed: Andy Kravitz
Additional keys: Andy Kravitz
Bass: Afronaut
Percussion: Bobby Conga
Mix: Andy Kravitz

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