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Ah, people, New Orleans in the day. Grew up in Baton Rouge, 70 miles away but ‘Nawlins’ was my second home. Many of my great aunts and uncles lived there and we visited seems like weekly. Had an aunt who lived on Jackson Avenue and an uncle who was the Zulu King in the late 40s. He rode a big Harley, one of the few black men to own and drive a motorcycle in those years. The music was all around us, like fried fish and boiled crawfish. My uncle owned a bar on Melpomene and the place overflowed with blues. Great musicians, too many to mention here, came from that era, the Neville Brothers and Willie Tee, to name just two. Lincoln Beach was the hangout for black children of that era and the music flowed like water as we listened outside the bars waiting for our parents to emerge. Segregation was the order of the day but we gave little thought to it as children. ‘55 Chevies and a swim in the lake on a sultry day were what mattered to us and, yes, the great music and the men and women who made it. By the time Aaron Neville had released this classic I was already two years in the USAF but every time I heard, it wherever I happened in the world to be, brought me home to ‘Nawlins’. By the way, I never heard ANYONE from New Orleans EVER call it ‘The Big Easy’. Maybe white folks did that but we certainly did not.
These lyrics are Serious! Hug your Loved ones today! They might not be here tomorrow and you could live the rest of your life alone! I'm grateful for the time with my 2 Magical parents!
If you want something to play with Go and find yourself a toy Baby, my time is too expensive And I'm not a little boy If you are serious Don't play with my heart, it makes me furious But if you want me to love you Then, baby, I will, girl, you know I will Tell it like it is Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide But I know deep down inside of me I believe you love me, forget your foolish pride Life is too short to have sorrow You may be here today and gone tomorrow You might as well get what you want So go on and live, baby, go on and live Tell it like it is I'm nothing to play with, go and find yourself a toy But I Tell it like it is My time is too expensive And I'm not your little boy Mmm, tell it like it is
They hate the fact that I tell it like it is
Always
February 17 2023
My mother used to jam to this and I loved it in the Big Easy!
Go and find yourself a Mexicana
Melt's your soul !
This is the greatest RNB song I've ever heard
Bring this style back
Today’s pop lacking something
RIP
This song is flipping amazing
Anybody listening in 2023 ? He was one of my heroes growing up in Rhodesia !!!
Happy birthday Aaron Neville
My mother's love for Sir Aaron's voice throughout my childhood years brought me here.
was watchinh a bronx tale .. and this song pops in the backround its beautifull
Ah, people, New Orleans in the day. Grew up in Baton Rouge, 70 miles away but ‘Nawlins’ was my second home. Many of my great aunts and uncles lived there and we visited seems like weekly. Had an aunt who lived on Jackson Avenue and an uncle who was the Zulu King in the late 40s. He rode a big Harley, one of the few black men to own and drive a motorcycle in those years. The music was all around us, like fried fish and boiled crawfish. My uncle owned a bar on Melpomene and the place overflowed with blues. Great musicians, too many to mention here, came from that era, the Neville Brothers and Willie Tee, to name just two. Lincoln Beach was the hangout for black children of that era and the music flowed like water as we listened outside the bars waiting for our parents to emerge. Segregation was the order of the day but we gave little thought to it as children. ‘55 Chevies and a swim in the lake on a sultry day were what mattered to us and, yes, the great music and the men and women who made it. By the time Aaron Neville had released this classic I was already two years in the USAF but every time I heard, it wherever I happened in the world to be, brought me home to ‘Nawlins’. By the way, I never heard ANYONE from New Orleans EVER call it ‘The Big Easy’. Maybe white folks did that but we certainly did not.
I was nine. Years old when this song came out, I remember it so well, it was one of my mom's favorite songs , the good old days.
Baby making music
Baby boom Era
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These lyrics are Serious! Hug your Loved ones today! They might not be here tomorrow and you could live the rest of your life alone! I'm grateful for the time with my 2 Magical parents!
Dont play with my Hearth
GB
I like this version
Such a cozy song. Reminds me of that series The Wonder Years, it’s part of the OST.
If you want something to play with, go buy a toy, 'cause I'm not the MF one OR the two. –Aaron Neville
If you want something to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
Baby, my time is too expensive
And I'm not a little boy
If you are serious
Don't play with my heart, it makes me furious
But if you want me to love you
Then, baby, I will, girl, you know I will
Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide
But I know deep down inside of me
I believe you love me, forget your foolish pride
Life is too short to have sorrow
You may be here today and gone tomorrow
You might as well get what you want
So go on and live, baby, go on and live
Tell it like it is
I'm nothing to play with, go and find yourself a toy
But I
Tell it like it is
My time is too expensive
And I'm not your little boy
Mmm, tell it like it is
I have no Man Mate for loving me
Telepathy with each other and telekinesis immediately and teleportation..I just exist among assholes unhappy while they love each other
Evil Contrived bullshit shit show people are owl together
Watching and listening In January 2023.