 Genius Meanings
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Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
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“Inner City Blues” depicts the ghettos of inner-city America as it discusses the bleak economic situation set against the backdrop of the space race, the Vietnam War and the
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Gil Scott-Heron – Inner City Blues (Poem: ”The Siege of New Orleans”)
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[Verse 1] / Rockets and moon shots / And blame it on the have-nots / Money, we made it / Yeah but before we see it, they take it / [Chorus] / Yes, make you wanna holler, right on
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Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Detroit MIx
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[Intro] / Dah, dah, dah, dah / Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah / Dah, dah, dah, dah / Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah / Dah, dah, dah / [Verse 1] / Rockets, moon shots / Spend
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Nona Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
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[Verse 1] / Rockets, moon shots / Spend it on the have-not's / Money, we make it / Before we see it, you take it / [Chorus] / Oh, make you want to holler / The way they do my life
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H.E.R. – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
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[Intro] / Mother, mother (Mother, mother) / Everybody thinks we're wrong (Mother, mother) / Who are they to judge us? (Mother, mother) / Simply 'cause we wear our hair long (Mother
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Sevendust – Inner City Blues
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[Verse 1: Lajon Witherspoon] / Rockets, moon shot / Spend it all on the have-nots / Money, we make it / By the time we see it / You take it, you take it / [Chorus 1: Lajon
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Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Live in Montreux 1980)
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[Verse 1] / Rockets, moon shots / Spend it on the have-nots / Money, we make it / 'Fore we see it, you take it / [Chorus] / Oh, makes me wanna holler / The way they do my life / Oh
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The Impressions – Inner City Blues
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Rockets, moon shot / Spend it on, the have nots / Money, we make it / Fore we see it you take it / Oh, make me wanna holler / Way they do my life / Make me wanna holler / The way
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Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Reprise) (Live 1972)
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[Intro] / One, two, three, four / I'm gonna dedicate this to my mother and father / Mr. and Mrs. Gaye, who are in the audience / I'd like you to acknowledge them, ladies and
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Living Colour – Inner City Blues
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Rockets, moon shots / Spend it on, the have nots / Money, we make it / Fore we see it, you take it / Oh, make me wanna holler / They way they do my life / Make me wanna holler
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Placebo (BE) (Ft. Guy Theisen) – Inner City Blues
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[Intro: Guy Theisen] / Dah-dah-dah-dah, dah-dah, dah-dah-dah-dah / Dah-dah-dah-dah, dah-dah, dah-dah-dah-dah / Dah-dah / [Verse 1: Guy Theisen] / Rockets, moon shots / Spend it on
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Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Live 1974)
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[Intro] / Thank you, ladies and gentlemen / Thank you so much / We're gonna go and do something that we did not too long ago / From the What's Going On album / You have requested
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The Mayfield Four – Inner City Blues
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[Verse 1] / Rockets, moon shots / Spend it on the have nots / Money, we make it / Fore we see it, you take it / [Refrain] / Oh, make you wanna holler / The way they do my life
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Joe Cocker – Inner City Blues
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Rockets, moon shots / Spend it on the have nots / Money, we make it / Before we see it, you take it / Makes me wanna holler / The way they do my life / Makes me wanna holler / The
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The Chi-Lites – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
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[Intro] / Some of us know (Some of us know) / Some of us know (Some of us know) / Some of us know (Some of us know) / Some of us don't know (Some of us don't know), oh / [Verse 1
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Working Week – Inner City Blues
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Mindless ... moonshots / Spend it on ... the have-nots / Money ... we make it / Before we see it ... you take it / Oh, makes me wanna holla: the way they do my life / Oh, makes me
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Marvin Gaye – Infinity
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Instrumental
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Marvin Gaye – Jesus is Our Love Song
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Instrumental
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Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Interpolations
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See all of “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” by Marvin Gaye’s interpolations
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Marvin Gaye – I Love The Ground You Walk On - Instrumental
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Instrumental
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The D.O.C. – The Formula
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Album: No One Can Do It Better
Year: 1989
Track #: 11
Production: Dr. Dre
Sample: “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” by Marvin Gaye
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Marvin Gaye – Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (Detroit Mix)
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[Verse] / Whoa, ah, mercy, mercy me / Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no, no / Where did all the blue skies go? / Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and
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Marvin Gaye – Sad Tomorrows
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“Sad Tomorrows” is the demo version of the classic song “Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)”, from the What’s Going On album. It was released as the b-side of “Mercy Mercy Me (The
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Marvin Gaye – Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) [Mono Single Version]
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[Verse 1] / Woah-oh, oh mercy, mercy me / Oh, things ain't what they used to be, no no / Where did all the blue skies go? / Poison is the wind that blows from the North and South
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Lisa Stansfield – Just to Keep You Satisfied
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You were my life, my hopes and dreams / For you to understand what this means / I shall explain / I stood all the jealousy, all the bitching, too / Yes, I'd forget all once in bed
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Marvin Gaye – Right On (Live 1972)
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[Intro] / Hey baby / That's alright, baby / I know that's alright / Every day, that's alright, yeah / Lordy Lord Lord, I know that's alright, baby / Yeah, that's alright, sugar
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Marvin Gaye – What's Happening Brother (Live 1972)
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[Intro] / One, two, three, four / [Verse 1] / Hey baby, what you know good / I'm just gettin' back, but you knew I would / War is hell — when will it end? / When will people start
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Marvin Gaye – God Is Love (Detroit Mix)
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[Verse] / Oh, don't go and talk about my Father / (Don't talk about my Father) / God is my friend (Jesus is my friend) / He made this world for us to live in / (Made this world
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Marvin Gaye – Symphony - demo version
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Aah, oh, yeah, oh / Listen to me people / I ain't got time to think about money / Or what it can buy / And I ain't got time to sit down and wonder / What makes a birdie fly / And I
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Tank and the Bangas – Why Try
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[Verse 1] / Flowers, just because it's Monday / Raindrops falling only one way / Showers (Showers), clouds ain't smiling always / Bus stop (Bus stop), can you take me his way? / [
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The Game – Savage Lifestyle
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Sampling “Inner City Blues” by Marvin Gaye, Game dives right into the 1992 L.A. riots, using them as the backbone for the track, before adding an autobiographical spin in the third
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Marvin Gaye – Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) (Live 1972)
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[Intro] / [Scatting and harmonizing] / [Chorus] / Flyin' high, woo / Flyin' high in the friendly sky / Flyin' high, without ever leavin' the ground, no / [Verse 1] / Rest of the
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Marvin Gaye – God Is Love (Single Version)
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[Verse 1] / Don't go and say things 'bout my father / God is my friend (I love Him) / He made this world for us to live in / He gave us everything / And all He asks of us / Is we
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Marvin Gaye – Right On (Detroit Mix)
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[Verse 1] / Hey baby / That's alright, people / I know that's alright / Every day, that's alright / Oh, when we love each other / I know that's alright / Oh, feel it, feel it / Oh
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