17th Street

This song says, "Brothers from 17th
Street love to get down, " and if you
Do, come on and join us doctor done
Brought rhythm to the hub man
Hands-on rhythm
Some brother man got stick rhythm, 180 B, 360
Degrees gonna add a few more ingredients
Gonna get a little bass, little flute, drums
And if we can get you
We got everybody a chance to
Work on Cha-Cha here

I've done a lot of traveling, I've seen a
Lot of pretty faces
I sung my way-out blues songs in ex-
-traordinary places
I come from 17th Street, and that's on the
Other side of town, but if you
See me with my brothers
Don't you dare go no further
You know we're gonna get down, down, down
Yeah down, down, down, yeah

Some people think I'm crazy, they say, "Man
It must be in your mind" They tell me, "There
Just ain't no sane reason the way y'all
Get down every time" I try to tell ‘em that I
Come from 17th Street and that's where the
Brothers don't mess around, and if you are
Thinking ‘bout the music and we find
Out you can use it
You know we're gonna get down, down, down
Yeah down, down, down, yeah

You're looking for excitement, you may need
Only to look next door because the
Brothers from 17th Street, they don't all
Live there anymore it seem like
Some done moved to Harlem
And some moved way uptown, but if you
Are looking for The Spirit and you
Want to get near it come on, come on and get
Down, down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, yeah

We used to have a thing around my
Way in the evenings about sundown
Where the brothers would bring out the
Bells and the drums and the
The instruments because we had
To do something to get right for the evening
That was getting ready to come on
Us got it right here

Some people think I'm crazy, they say, "Gil
It must be in your mind" They tell me, "There
Just ain't no sane reason the way y'all
Get down every time" I try to tell ‘em that I
Come from 17th Street and that's where the
Brothers who don't mess around
And if you are
Thinking ‘bout the music and we find
Out you can use it
You know we're gonna get down if
You see me with my brothers
Don't you dare go no further
Come on, come on and get down if
You're thinking ‘bout The Spirit and you
Want to get near it
Come on, come on and get down if
You're thinking ‘bout the music and we
Find out you can use it
You know we're gonna get down, down, down

The 17th Street is where we
Be coming from and where
Some of the rhythms are coming from and stuff