Story Behind the Song
This song was originally recorded with Spaceboy on the keys, but that copy was destroyed when the 4-track caught fire (stupid roaches!). I think this version is better, however.
Lyrics
If it ain't got those hands man, it done mean a thing, if it ain't got that stretch, if it ain't got those eyes, and it don't mean a thing, if it isn't a ticket, and it don't mean a thing if it don't mean a thing. I took a fix and went to sleep in the back seat. Now it's jazz, the place is roaring, and all the beautiful girls in there. And everything is going to the beat, it's the beat to keep, it's the beat of the heart, it's being beat and down in the world and like old time low down. Best narcotics agent in the industry. All the time sucking on a candy, so nasty. You have all levels of society down here, you have all cultural levels down here, you have a community life, you have a political life which is extremely alive and you have most of all you have a cultural life which is unlike any other part of the United States.
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