The Isley Brothers - Testify (Pts. 1 & 2) lyrics

Brothers and sisters
And to who all this song may concern
If you wanna have some soul
If you wanna be a witness
I want you to listen while I testify
Maybe I can help you to get
Some soul and be a witness, baby
You wanna be a witness?

Oh, it takes in the rhythm (yeah, yeah)
In your feet (yeah, yeah)
Don't worry 'bout the music, baby
(yeah, yeah)
You gotta have a beat (yeah, yeah)
Ah, you got soul you got soul
You got soul ah yeah

Hey, hey hey (Hey, hey hey) oh, yes sir
Don't panic, baby
Everything gon' be everything
Hey, everybody throw your hands up
(yeah, yeah)
Don't it make you wanna shout? (yeah, yeah)
Don't be ashamed, baby (yeah, yeah)
Tell the world about (yeah, yeah)
You got soul ah, you got soul
Ah, you got soul ah yeah

So glad, I'm so glad
I'm so glad, I'm slo glad i'm so glad
I'm so glad that I got some soul (Woo)
I'm so glad that I got some soul (Woo)
I'm so glad that I got some soul (Woo)
I'm so glad that I got some soul (Woo)

Ah, now shake your hips
'til your backbone slips, come on now
You sound so mighty good, children
I'm gonna see if I can get one of my
Friends to come up here and testify for me
I'm talking about Raymond
I'm talking about Raymond
Come on, Ray, the genius
Come on and testify, son
Go ahead, son, go ahead

Whoa, yeah, yeah whoa, I got soul

So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo

(Said I wanna know
Did it make you feel good?)
Yes, it does, son, yes
It does it makes me feel mighty good to
Know that you're a witness this morning
It makes us feel mighty good to know
That you have testifed for us this
Morning but right about now, we going down
In Augusta, Georgia, and call on James
Because I know
James is a witness i know James can testify
Come on, son go 'head, go 'head, son

Wait a minute
Now, wait, wait, wait, wait, come on
(Go 'head, James
Go 'head and testify i done
Told these people that you
Was a witness now I wanna hear
You testify, James go 'head, son)
I wonder if you don't mind
If I scream one time
(Come on, James, scream)
Can I scream? (Scream)
You sure I can scream? (Scream)
Here I go, ahh

So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo

(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You sound good, James you sound good, James
I knew you could do it, son i knew
You had soul thank you for burning for
'em this morning but right about now
We're gonna call another friend see, we
On our way to Detroit, Michigan
Where we're gonna
Pick up on our little friend called Stevie
Come on and burn for us, stevie burn for 'em

Everybody say "yeah" (yeah)
Say "yeah" (yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
I got soul so glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo

That's enough, son you sound good
Son that's enough
Come on, son, we know you're a witness
Son come
On, son you know how those, you know how
Them little children are they don't when to
You don't know when to
Quit, do you, son? But we
Know you're a witness
So we don't mind thank you for burning
Son but right about now
We're gonna call on another friend that lives
In Detroit we call him
Jackie come on, Jackie
And burn i know you got soul

Ah, come on, baby ah, baby, workout
Come on and workout, hey hey hey

So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul

Thank you very much thank you very much
Jackie you truly burnt this morning yes
You testified this morning, son if you
Don't testify no more
You testified this morning but right about
Now, we goin' way 'cross
The water testify, Jackie, i
Heard ya, baby, but we goin' way 'cross
The water, Jackie, way on over there
And get the kids with long
Hair by now they got some soul i said by now
They got some soul I
Don't know about yesterday, but by now

I'm so glad, I'm so glad
I'm so glad, I'm so glad, woo
I'm so glad that I got some soul
I'm so glad that I got some soul
I'm so glad that I got some soul
I'm so glad that I got some soul
(yeah, I got soul)
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul, woo
So glad I got some soul