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Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Act I: Mama, can I come to work with you? (”Live”) Lyrics by Walter Russell III, Latonia Moore, Will Liverman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Recorded Live at the Met - October 23, 2021)

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Mama, can I come to work with you?
You know you can't
I'm gon' drop you at Papa Joe's with your Uncle Paul
Helping him work in the fields will make you big and strong
When I'm big and strong, I'll build our house some steps
Then you won't have to go 'round the back door no more
That's my baby, that's my boy
Char'es Baby, youngest of five
The neighborhood baby, sweet as pecan pie
Not just your baby, our baby too
Skin like chocolate, sweet as honeydew
Come give me sugar, chocolate
Give me that chocolate sugar
Look at me, look at me
I'm a big boy, but I'm still Char'es Baby
Stop
What I'm doing?
Showing off
Don't worry, Charles, you just need to grow up
'Til then, your uncle needs you
He almost like a child himself, though hе big and grown
Now that Papa Joe dead and gone, hе in that big house alone
Char'es Baby, youngest of five
The neighborhood baby, sweet as pecan pie
Not just your baby, our baby too
Skin like chocolate, sweet as honeydew
Come give me sugar, chocolate
Give me that chocolate sugar
Look at me, look at me
I'm a big boy, but I'm still Char'es Baby
That boy think he somethin', uh-huh
Think he shittin' in high cotton, sho nuff
Like his feet too good for this here earth
Credits
Walter Russell III

Walter Russell III

Latonia Moore

Latonia Moore

Will Liverman

Will Liverman

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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"Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Act I: Mama, can I come to work with you? (”Live”)" is credited to Walter Russell III, Latonia Moore, Will Liverman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

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