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ZZ Top – I Gotsta Get Paid
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http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/how-billy-gibbons-got-his-groove-back
It’s a great story behind this song, which ties back to the classic DJ DMD record “25 Lighters,” and by
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The Lyrical Legacy of DJ DMD’s “25 Lighters”
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The phrase has been quoted by Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T., & Run The Jewels.
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ZZ Top – Consumption
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[Chorus] / Consumption / [Verse 1] / Ain't going to find me here / Consumption / Ain't gonna find me here / I'm gonna find me a place where there ain't no nothing no feel / [Chorus
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ZZ Top – It's Too Easy Mañana
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[Verse 1] / Just a one room country shack / Lying here on my rack / It's too easy, it's too easy to feel good / [Verse 2] / Bootleg whiskey, feeling fine / It's good reason out of
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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... Top of the World in 1995. This is a very iconic line and has even made its way into the hook of the rock song by ZZ Top “I Gotsta Get Paid.” +151. 4. Share.
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ZZ Top – Flyin' High
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[Verse 1] / Well she likes the truck / I guess I'm in luck / She wears high heel cowboy boots / She'll slam a shot / Whatever you got / She walks the line makes no excuse / [Chorus
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ZZ Top – Chartreuse
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Chartreuse / You got the color that turns me loose / Chartreuse / That color just turns me loose / Better than Magenta / Better than Fuse / You got a shade that gets rid of the
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ZZ Top – Over You
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[Verse 1] / A chili wind is blowing / And I'm all covered up / With despair and desperation / And it just won't let me up / It's come in time to face the truth / And somehow I got
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ZZ Top – I Don't Wanna Lose, Lose, You
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Shorty and Slim just standing on the corner / Trying to find a way I gotta burn another quarter / Half ounce in hand, just another piece of cake / Getting dough is hard to make / I
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ZZ Top – Have a Little Mercy
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[Verse 1] / Have a little mercy / I want my baby back / Have a little mercy / Or give me cadialine / Have mercy Miss Percy / Give me pa dozza back / [Verse 2] / Have mercy / Love
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ZZ Top – Just Got Paid
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[Verse 1] / Just got paid today / Got me a pocket full of change / Said, I just got paid today / Got me a pocket full of change / If you believe like working hard all day / Just
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DJ DMD (Ft. Fat Pat & Lil Keke) – 25 Lighters
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This is one of the most influential songs in Hip Hop history.
The opening line has been alluded to by a seemingly countless number of rappers including Z-Ro, Big K.R.I.T., Killer
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ZZ Top – La Grange
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“La Grange” is the first single from ZZ Top’s 1973 Tres Hombres album. It is also their first single to chart in the Billboard Hot 100. A 1992 lawsuit alleged that the one-chord
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ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man
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“Sharp Dressed Man” is one of ZZ Top’s best known songs, performed by ZZ Top from their signature album Eliminator released in 1983. The song is famous for its guitar riff
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ZZ Top – Tush
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“Tush” was the only single from ZZ Top’s fourth album “Fandango!”. It reached number 20 on the pop chart. It is also one of the ZZ Top songs on Fandango! sung by bassist Dusty Hill
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ZZ Top – Pearl Necklace
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[Verse 1] / She's really upset with me again / I didn't give her what she likes / I don't know what to tell her / Don't know what to say / Everything got funky last night / [Chorus
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ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin'
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[Verse 1] / I got to have a shot / For what you got is, oh, so sweet / You got to make it hot / Like a boomerang, I need a repeat / [Chorus] / Gimme all your lovin' / All your hugs
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ZZ Top – I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
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The song was inspired by Texas bluesman Joey Long. As Billy Gibbons tells it, Long always had a new Cadillac. However, since he didn’t have a drivers license, his beautiful wife
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ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses
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An ode to ZZ Top’s most distinctive wardrobe feature.
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ZZ Top – Legs
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[Verse 1] / She got legs / She knows how to use them / She never begs / She knows how to choose them / [Verse 2] / She holding leg / Wonder how to feel them / Would you get behind
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ZZ Top – Waitin’ for the Bus
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[Verse 1] / Have mercy, been waiting for the bus all day / Have mercy, been waiting for the bus all day / I got my brown paper bag / And my take-home pay / [Verse 2] / Have mercy
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Nickelback – Rockstar
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“Rockstar” is about wanting to live the life as a Rockstar and all its pros but is actually satirical in it’s execution. The band sing about how they have to give up their lives to
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ZZ Top – Jesus Just Left Chicago
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[Verse 1] / Jesus just left Chicago / And he's bound for New Orleans / Well now, Jesus just left Chicago / And he's bound for New Orleans, yeah / Working from one end to the other
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ZZ Top – Blue Jean Blues
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[Verse 1] / I done ran into my baby / And finally found my old blue jean / I done ran into my baby / And finally found my old blue jean / Well, I could tell that they was mine
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ZZ Top – Heard It on the X
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[Verse 1] / Do you remember / Back in 1966? / Country Jesus, hillbilly blues / Where I got my licks / From coast to coast and line to line / In every county there / Talking 'bout
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Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well (Part 1)
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“Oh Well” was recorded in 1969, by Fleetwood’s then vocalist and lead guitarist Peter Green.
The song was composed in two parts, “Part 1” being a fast electric blues song with
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The Beatles – Revolution 1
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“Revolution” released in 1968 reflected the social movements and civil unrest of the 60s. The theme is that true revolution is not based on hatred and destruction. “Revolution
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Michael Ray (Ft. Billy F. Gibbons, Kid Rock, Lee Brice & Tim Montana) – Higher Education
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[Verse 1] / They all said I wouldn't amount to nothin' / But I know a thing or two about a thing or two, yeah / Ain't gonna tell it all but I'll tell you somethin' / 'Cause there's
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Billy F. Gibbons – Hey Baby, Que Paso
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[Verse 1] / Hey baby, ¿que paso? / Thought I was your only vato / Hey baby, ¿que paso? / Please don't leave me de ese modo / Come on, baby, get on down / Let me see your golden
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