James Brown
Sly Stone
Longhair, the King of New Orleans
Davis
Hancock
Quincy
Reverend cl Green

Ooh... C'mon and hit me!
Ooh... C'mon and hit me twice!
Ooh... C'mon and hit me!
Ooh... I'll tell you what to do

We gotta know the roots
We gotta make ‘em all reunited
ct first you have to learn the past before you go ahead
Know the roots
Make ‘em all reunited
‘Cause knowledge is the only way to free your head


Meters
Clinton
Bootsy
Mr. Bobby Bland
Booker
Winstons
Blackbyrds
cverage White Band

Ooh... C'mon and hit me!
Ooh... C'mon and hit me twice!
Ooh... C'mon and hit me!
Ooh... I'll tell you what to do

We gotta know the roots
We gotta make ‘em all reunited
ct first you have to learn the past before you go ahead
Know the roots
Make ‘em all reunited
‘Cause knowledge is the only way to free your head


Satchmo
Parker
Coltrane
Dizzy
Sam Cooke
cretha
Minnie
Jacksons
Stevie
Marvin
Curtis
Preston
Isleys
Marley
Malcolm
Martin Luther King

We gotta know the roots
We gotta make ‘em all reunited
ct first you have to learn the past before you go ahead
Know the roots
Make ‘em all reunited
‘Cause knowledge is the only way to free your head

We gotta know the roots
We gotta make ‘em all reunited
ct first you have to learn the past before you go ahead
Know the roots
Make ‘em all reunited
‘Cause knowledge is the only way to free your head