Listen to I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself) [Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969] by James Brown

I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself) [Live At Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA/1969]

James Brown

R&B/Soul

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

James Brown

Vocals

Alphonso 'Country' Kellum

Alphonso 'Country' Kellum

Guitar

Charles Sherell

Charles Sherell

Bass

Clyde Stubblefield

Clyde Stubblefield

Drums

Eldee Williams

Tenor Saxophone

Fred Wesley

Trombone

Jimmy Nolen

Guitar

John Starks

Drums

Joseph Davis

Trumpet

Melvin Parker

Drums

Richard 'Kush' Griffith

Richard 'Kush' Griffith

Trumpet

St. Clair Pinckney

St. Clair Pinckney

Tenor Saxophone

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

James Brown

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

James Brown

Producer

Ronald Lenhoff

Engineer

Lyrics

[Chorus]

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 1]

Don't give me integration, give me true communication

Don't give me sorrow, I want equal opportunity

To live tomorrow

Give me schools and then give me better books

So I can read about myself and gain my truly looks

[Chorus]

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 2]

Some of us try as hard as we can

We don't want no sympathy, we just wanna be a man

Refuse our sweat and blood

To put out every fire and block off every plug

[Chorus]

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

I'm not gonna

Good God, look here

[Verse 3]

We got talents we can use on our side of town

Let's get our heads together and build it up from the ground

Win some bucks and make money, we forget about our people

Forget about honeys, forget about honey

Look here now

Oh, lookie here, hey

[Verse 4]

Baby

Baby

Baby

Gimme, gimme, baby

Baby

All right now

Baby

[Chorus]

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 5]

I'm not gonna tell you what to do, I'm not gonna raise a fuss

But before you make another move, let's start by taking care of us

[Chorus]

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 6]

Kids, get that education, and don't you make no ball

'Cause we gonna get this thing together and you got to carry the ball

[Chorus]

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 7]

Lookie here

Good God, dig it

Kids, get that education and don't you make no ball

'Cause we gonna get this thing together and you got to carry the ball

[Chorus]

I don't want nobody to give me nothing

Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Outro]

Open up the door

Open up the door

Open up the door

Open up the door

Open up the door

Open up the door

Open up the door

Open up the door

Hey

Written by: James Brown

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