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Kung Fu Lyrics By Curtis Mayfield

    our days of comfort days of night
    don’t put yourself in solitude
    who can i trust with my life
    when people tend to be so rude

    my mama borned me in a ghetto
    there was no mattress for my head
    but no she couldn’t call me jesus
    i wasn’t white enough she said

    and then she named me y’all kung fu
    don’t have to explain it no kung fu
    don’t know how you’ll take it here kung fu
    i’m just trying to make it love kung fu

    i’ve got some babies and some sisters
    my brother worked for uncle sam
    it’s just a shame ain’t it mister
    we being brothers of the damned

    but loving brings about a difference
    you are my lovei do believe
    shall we join hands for tomorrow
    don’t carry nothin’ up your sleeve

    keep your head high kung fu
    i will ’til i die yeah kung fu
    don’t be too intense no kung fu
    keep your common sense yeah kung fu

    don’t be mistaken for a secret
    there is no secret part of you
    you bet your life if you think wicked don’t think wicked child
    someone else is thinking wicked too

    keep your head high kung fu
    i will ’til i die yeah kung fu
    don’t be too intense no kung fu
    keep your common sense yeah kung fu

    our days of comfort days of night
    don’t put yourself in solitude
    who can i trust with my life
    when people tend to be so rude

    my mama borned me in a ghetto
    there was no mattress for my head
    but no she couldn’t name me jesus
    i wasn’t white enough she said

    and then she named me y’all kung fu
    don’t have to explain it no kung fu
    don’t know how you’ll take it here kung fu
    i’m just trying to make it love kung fu

    y’all kung fu
    yeah kung fu

    Artist: Curtis Mayfield

    Year: 1974

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 160