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Problems Lyrics by James Brown

Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971-1975

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Problems all the time
Nothing but problems all the time
If it ain't one thing, it's another (Oh)

Up in the morning, with the sun, yeah
Work all day, 'til the people come, huh
Pictures of a cold job in my hand
Lord have mercy on a working man
If ain't one thing (If it ain't one thing)
It's another (It's another)
If ain't one thing (If it ain't one thing)
It's another (It's another)

My pay goes down, taxes up
I drink my tea, yeah, from a broken cup
Between my woman and Uncle Sam
I ain't got no answer, I wonder whose fool I am

Problems all the time
(Working through a lotta problems all the time)
Problems, yeah yeah, all the time (All the time)
All the time now, na na na, ha (All the time)
Got a, got a, got problems, yeah yeah, all the time (All the time)
Ho (All the time)

Take me, my woman, we alright, yeah
Tomorrow, we gotta fuss and fight
If it ain't one thing, it's another
If it ain't one thing, yeah yeah, it's another
If it ain't one thing, it's another
If it ain't one thing, it's another, wait, uh
(If it ain't one thing) Say it (It's another), oh
Pay goes down, tax goes up
(If it ain't one thing, it's another)
Taking a beating from a broken cup, doing bad
(If it ain't one thing, it's another)
Between my woman and, Uncle Sam
(If it ain't one thing, it's another)
Sometimes I got to wonder whose damn fool I am
(If it ain't one thing, it's another)
Problems, problems, hey
(If it ain't one thing, it's another)
Problems, problems
(If it ain't one thing, it's another)
If it ain't one thing, I said that it's another, if it ain't
(If it ain't one thing, it's another)
If it ain't one thing, it's another
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"Problems" appears on "Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971-1975 ".

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