Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me you eardrums it was a beautiful day off in the neighborhood Yellows and greens and blues and browns and greys and hues that ooze beneath dilapidated wood Ain't a thing could explain but what pertains to cocaine & sustaining rain See summer roll around niggas all about change then they steady move them keys like bob james Coz old man winter's arrived the temperature dives November just died December's alive thus it ain't no typical ride just individuals way to bring home the bacon when bacon was all gone making it our own taking me all wrong We've all indulged in the bulge of those no-nos no you ain't solo, there's even lower levels you can go take sun people put them in Atlanta snow ~Dre 3 stacks
Clip of Bill Withers performing one of his many classics. This performance is from Zaire 74 music festival which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in October 1974.
This clip and others can be seen in the music documentary: Soul Power. If you haven't seen this movie then you need to check it out asap!
His performance of this song at Carnegie Hall is my favorite live version...click HERE to listen
Just in case you didn't know or are wondering where the random pictures in the header are from, they are from Stanley Krubrick's critically acclaimed science fiction film, Space Odyssey...