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Artist: Sly And The Family Stone
Canonical path: /sly-and-the-family-stone/i-want-to-take-you-higher
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Want To Take You Higher
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I Want To Take You Higher
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Freddie: Feeling's gettin stronger
Larry: Music's gettin longer too
Rose: Music is flashin me
Sly: I want to take you higher
Baby baby baby light my fire
All: Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka
Freddie: Feeling's nitty-gritty
Larry: Sound is in the city too
Rose: Music's still flashin' me
Sly: Don't ya want to get higher
Baby baby baby light my fire.
All: Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka
Sly: Harmonica solo
All Repeated: Higher!
Sly: C'mon light my fire
Want to take you higher
All: Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka
Freddie: Feeling that should make you move
Larry: Sounds that should help you groove
Rose: Music still flashin' me
Sly: Take your places
I want to take you higher
Baby baby baby light my fire.
Freddie: Guitar solo
All: Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka
All Repeated: Higher!
Sly: Let's take you, do you wanna go, etc.
Cynthia: Trumpet solo
All Repeated: Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka, Higher!
Larry: Bass solo
All Repeated: Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka, Higher!
Jerry: Sax solo
All Repeated: Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka-laka
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