Copland: Appalachian Spring - 1945 Suite - 4. Fast: The Revivalist and his Flock

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Listen to my words as i speak of rivers Some may be shallow and some may be deeper and deeper my brother Man sits with pan and scans the land for what he can Hopin' that he might strike gold Wading in the water, in search of the soul To find what you seek, the valleys and the peaks Open up your ears to the grooves and beats and be complete Now the water's deep You see dancin' and rejoicin' now people make some noise and Dive into the water let it splash across your face Don't you stop the party and don't you lose your faith Keep it goin' on and movin' on son Converge upon your urge and be submerged In the funk We all come to the river because the water brings growth Let the Lord provide it baby can you stroke The style in the south of the union:Good food and good jams is our communiuon Down at the river the soul is wet Take a dip and revive yourself Revival! Revival! Get into the water boy we're havin' a revival If you don't learn to groove then tell me what is your survival chances Dances The fellowship is dope If the water is to shallow then gallows and ropes await me I got to keep on movin' upstream It's where the party's at it's the baptism and the swing a brotha man's dream The rythem must be phat Now tell me what is wrong with that it makes the people say Psychoalphadiscobeta Brotha man you got to take a dip into the water Psychoalphadiscobeta Sista girl you too can take a dip into the water Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoolo op my troop we can take it strong to the hoop An old style Revival! the traditions respected Old ladies putting up a finger as they exit you guessed it It's gonna bring you closer to the self The power of the river if you can hold your breath And see the reality of spirtuality Positive Individuality Hear me now we wade and splash and love and laugh and seek and greet And walk the path of the rhythm we're with them The river is flowin' So we gonna keep this Revival! goin' Revival! Revival! We have gathered here today to cleanse our minds and wash the B.S. away To gain strength for another day To get into the river I figure the music must Play to make the crowd sway throw ho's and hey's and shake out booty's Our duty is to be here to stay Because people we are in it for survival So won't you come and join me at the river at the Revival I see little children eatin' watermelon and elderly storytellin' ruffnecks scrappin' and yellin' Deacons and preachin' and Hip Hop beats and Funky aquaboogie we could be achieving groovy salvation The soul is in the house everyone's dancin' and hangin' out Brotha's clockin' bank but we got to have the wisdom To make it through the eye of the needle And when I make it through I will be dancin' and singin' and rejoicin' and voicin' My opinion dominion over all on the earth Baby work The brothers came first Africa the birth And if we cannot do it on the Nile then we'll go to the Missippippi Down to Memphis, Tennessesee, we'll travel like a gypsy And don't worry about the neighbors callin' Five-O Nobody's gonna stop this Revival! Revival! Revival!