[00:36.24]I grew up in a small town
[00:39.12]World War II housing
[00:41.10]For people of color
[00:47.10]Now when I was a kid round 8 years old
[00:50.13]My bedroom wall was next to a single guy
[00:53.85]A thin wall away from mine
[00:58.29]Was that a sign
[01:01.35]Trippin'
[01:05.16]Trippin' on a memory
[01:09.15]You know I'm trippin'
[01:17.85]Memories
[01:23.13]Nearly every weekend the guy played music
[01:26.61]That I later found out was jazz
[01:29.46]The bass funky....the sax player
[01:31.74]The trumpet soloed
[01:33.03]maybe Ray Charles or Les McCann
[01:35.79]The sound was oh so soaked
[01:38.25]with a lot of blues
[01:39.69]Maybe it was Miles
[01:41.85]The music really drew me in
[01:44.13]I love the way it made me feel
[01:46.50]Made me hope this dream
[01:50.52]Just trippin'
[01:53.13]Trippin' on a memory
[02:05.28]A memory
[02:14.82]The music would play as he got dressed
[02:17.85]The groove that they do at the club
[02:20.61]When the DJ turned off the music
[02:23.25]They're leaving home with some girl to rub
[02:26.85]The music would start up again
[02:29.04]Surrounded by the sex
[02:30.54]the blues
[02:31.35]the knocks on the wall
[02:33.06]Mama was always screaming
[02:35.25]Is somebody hurt
[02:38.01]Or did somebody fall
[02:39.06]backgroud
[02:40.83]I never knew,you'd draw me in
[02:57.33]foreground.
[03:03.36]I loved the music
[03:06.00]Loved the way it drew me in
[03:08.25]Loved the way it made me feel
[03:10.47]Made me hope and dream that day
[03:14.04]I dreamed of
[03:16.47]Playing on the records
[03:18.72]Being at the gig
[03:21.09]Knockin on the thin wall
[03:29.19]Later I found that music could mean
[03:32.55]What you want it to mean
[03:34.86]Its the yen and the yang
[03:38.79]As Cannon used to say Ahuuuummm !
[03:51.03]THE BALL USED TO SAY AAAHHHUUUMMM !
[04:02.19]As the ball,used to say AAAAAHHHUMMMM !