Blues Ain't Cheap

Percy said give 'em a bit of the blues for free Musical taste of potential they wasted with glee Ooo yeah I ain't talkin' bout a sitcom Or a rom com Or a coming of age Saturday matinee Na na Mmm mmm Well well Percy said damn if I knew what my pain was worth I'd have charged some cards Guess it wasn't enough that my body was shackled and barged Seems white men just wanna fatten their sack And starve their vacant hearts Man, these blues ain't cheap De deep deep deep de deep deep de deep deep de de deep deep Hmm... hmm... hmm I said Josey's got a band out in San Fran Think you should play, hey hey hey Take my three chord bullshit And lyrics, I'll get out of your way Ay ay ay Nothing like a hook in the mouth of an ol' white whale Get the groove inside their bones Never fails Never fails It never fails To sell And these blues ain't cheap Deep de deep de deep deep de deep deep Get their grandkids wishing their heaven looked a lot like hell Oh yeah Dancing in the streets And every shade of people Shaking hands and getting busy Under the sheets, under the sheets as well Mmhmm Under the sheets as well Well Hip hop is the new age rock star Charge those cards and print those trees Mmhmm Cause these blues ain't, these blues ain't cheap Deep deep deep de deep deep de deep de deep de de deep Nah they ain't cheap Hey, hey Percy, Percy be whatever the f*ck you wanna be Aw yeah Said music is freedom You know even Little Stevie could see He could see He can see Can you? Can we? Hmm? Ooo What's that? Shut up, I think Thundercat's got a couple of things to say Some notes to play And Marvin Gaye Ooo listen to the pain In Mahalia's voice You made a nice dime off it Now come off it Shut the f*ck up And let Jesus real people Sing Can't do 'em justice Just a white man busking Don't get me wrong I'm happy to be me But who wouldn't be when you have the opportunities offered for free Ooo don't listen to me For some guidance For some expertise Listen to your brothers and your sisters They'll tell you They already told you Marvin told us all What's going on Listen to that motherfucking song And see the perfect wonder Stevie sees Oh Cause these blues ain't cheap