Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Lyrics
Darkest of night
With the moon shining bright
There's a set goin' strong
Lotta things goin' on
Has an air of great power
The dudes have envied him for so long
Oh, Superfly
You're gonna make your fortune by and by
But if you lose, don't ask no questions why
The only game you know is Do or Die
Ah-ha-ha
Hard to understand
This cat of the slum
Had a mind, wasn't dumb
But a weakness was shown
'Cause his hustle was wrong
His mind was his own
But the man lived alone
Ooh, Superfly
But if you lose, don't ask no questions why
The only game you know is Do or Die
Ah-ha-ha
The game he plays he plays for keeps
Hustlin' times and ghetto streets
Tryin' to get over
That's what he tryin' to do, y'all
Taking all that he can take
Gambling with the odds of fate
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Wooh, Superfly
The aim of his role
Was to move a lot of blow
Ask him his dream
What does it mean? He wouldn't know
"Can't be like the rest"
Is the most he'll confess
But the time's running out
And there's no happiness
Ooh, Superfly
You're gonna make your fortune by and by
But if you lose, don't ask no questions why
The only game you know is Do or Die
Ah-ha-ha
Superfly
Superfly
Superfly
Superfly
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Tryin' to get over
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Curtis Mayfield - Sweet Exorcist
- Curtis Mayfield - Love To The People
- Curtis Mayfield - In Your Arms Again (Shake It)
- Curtis Mayfield - This Love Is Sweet
- Curtis Mayfield - P.S. I Love You
- Curtis Mayfield - Party Night
- Curtis Mayfield - Soul Music
- Curtis Mayfield - Only You Babe
- Curtis Mayfield - Mr. Welfare Man
- Curtis Mayfield - Just Want To Be With You
- Curtis Mayfield - Hard Times
- Curtis Mayfield - Blue Monday People
- Curtis Mayfield - To Be Invisible
- Curtis Mayfield - Power To The People
- Curtis Mayfield - Kung Fu
- Curtis Mayfield - Suffer
- Curtis Mayfield - Make Me Believe In You
- Curtis Mayfield - Billy Jack
Rand Lyrics
- Supremes, The - Touch
- Supremes, The - Happy (Is A Bumpy Road)
- Supremes, The - It's So Hard For Me To Say Goodbye
- Supremes, The - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart
- Supremes, The - Call Me
- Supremes, The - One More Bridge To Cross
- Supremes, The - If You Could See Me Now
- Supremes, The - I'll Try Not To Cry
- Supremes, The - I'm Glad About It
Curtis Mayfield Superfly Comments
The Curse of La Llorona Got me here
A musical genius! RIP! AWESOME!
2019 ??
what is this this biding my master?
The ultimate pimp anthem.
When music was music.
man this sound so good
Imagine non jojo people coming to this comment section
I remember . I was in 3rd grade. My dad bought this album. I took to school. Myself and my friends would listen to at recess using the class room record player. We would turn it down if it had bad words in it. We were all white I grew up in a town that had no black people. We thought Super fly "RON O"NEAL was so cool. We all would have our parents buy us leisure suites we would ware them to school. We all thought we were big time gangsters, like him. Music is so cool it touches so many people.
Marvel's Human Fly: He's real. (We think)
Brundlefly: He's not THAT real!
Curtis Mayfield's SUPER FLY: As real as it's gonna get!!!
Special RIP shout out to Curtis Mayfield, da VOICE, and to actor Ron O'Neal, the MAN who gave wings and buzz to his performance as Priest, the Super Fly!!!
You'll believe a man can be super FLY!!!!
what if you
wanted a cool stand
but stand arrow said:
The Curse of La Llorona brought me here 💀👰🧟♂️
President Donald Trump is Superfly
when an Audi & you roll up to the stop sign at the same time but youre in a 1988 marquis
A tower bizzarre
MAXI COAT WITH LARGE WING COLLARS, TURTLE NECK SWEATER, SLACKS & A FRESH PAIR OF FLAGG BROTHERS.......NOW WHERES 125TH STREET?
People who don’t like this song. are not down.....
In 1972 even white boys in my neighborhood wanted to like Superfly...what an impact this movie had on everyone back in NYC
Classic from a legend curtis mayfield un g
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😎😻 imagine being 🙊👀 stuck 😭😛 in a radio tower 😳😡
Was this Barack Hussein Obama's campaign song or what !? ;>) Straight outa "CHI-RAQ" ! " BARRY" , The Commies Man 4 The White House ! VOTE BURY ! LOL !
Egg man
Holy Carp fish.... I just realized that Araki finished Part 4 in 1995... and the part was set in 1999... and the genius singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer Mayfield died in 1999... coincidence? I THINK NOT!
In this Jojo anime, do they play this song? If so that’s cool 😎!
If not...good thing y’all came here to check it out!
100% real music R.I.P. Curtis Mayfield 🎶🎵👍🏾👍🏾👊🏿⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It's too bad kids these days are hooked on rap where no one plays real instruments and a lot of the songs have the same beat and message and the new country sound with the disco beat. They miss out on so much not listening to people like Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Earth Wind & Fire The Beatles, The Stones the Doors and so many other great artists both black and white. I am glad I was alive and old enough to appreciate the music explosion that was the sixties and the seventies. So many great artists and songs came from that era there will never be a time in music such as that again.
I remember seeing this film back in the seventies in a double feature with the movie, ‘king Boxer’.
Truly one of the greatest. I was 8 when this movie came out, and I remember my older brothers going to see it. Next thing you know they were wearing the Superfly hats, shiny shirts and the bell-bottom, polyester slacks!! 😂😂😂
clyde642006 sounds good! Memorable times! I grew up during that time too, and I’ll never forget when this song came out. I was about 7 or 8! Respect and salute to Curtis Mayfield a true legend!💯‼️👍🏾
Og music
Before there was a GHOST there was Superfly..
I wonder what happened to the gun and white suit Ron O'Neal has on. on the LP's cover?
The white suit is much more iconic than the Dance Fever, John Travolta white suit.
Excellent video. Love this.
SOUL TRAIN
Great movie and great music! Could you post the lyrics? Thanks
Egg man anyone??
Holy shit what a f'n track...
The BASS player have loss his mind doubling up doubling up doubling up . Doubling up means plucking one not two or more times to fill in the empty spots to give it that EXTRA FUNK!
(grabs egg from fridge)
that radio tower is so cool
Hey guys can I raise like so I can gtfo of this telephone tower?
I'm a funky white boy that digs Curtis. Cool has no color....TJ STRUSKA
Please help I’m stuck on a transmission tower
Old song: exists
Jojo fans: it's free real estate
Free real estate meme: exists
Literally every single youtube commentor ever: ITz FRee rEAl eStATe
Watchmen viewers: it's free-
Me: Wrong song bucko, go to beastie boys.
Always liked listening to this classic curtis mayfield made tve right song the movie.
How did they get away with Super Fly in the part 4 dub?
If araki touches anymore of these songs no comment section will be safe
💐🌺🌷🌹YESSSS!! 🔅THE LATE MR. CURTIS MAYFIELD🥀🔅FROM THE 🔅IMPRESSIONS🔅AND I REMEMBER THE MOVIE AS WELL, 🔅SUPER FLY🔅WITH THE LATE RON O'NEAL🥀
I remember this movie and song!! My parents took me to the drive in movie with them AND they thought I was asleep, and I was watching the movie through the opening of the seats...
This song used to be bumped by the baddest pimps in town.
And now all those weird anime kids are in the comments. Oh how things change over time.
I feel bad for any comment section Araki destines to die due his stand 『CHANGED FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS』
This lady lost her son named Freddy he got killed she called wgci to stop playing that recored i never forghet that she was hurting
Mr Unstopa le Mr Curstis Mayfield
I was so lucky to be a teenager during this era. The funk and soul were amazing.
Im stuck in this music
superfly is bad ass
Sweet voice
Escape this tower, and you will be turned into solid metal.
Curtis Mayfield,one of the music Gods!
Too damn bad I can only hit the like button once
Who’s watched the film?
Who’s listening in 2019?
Driving a 1971 Cadillac Eldorado coupe De ville today; Here to get music to make it run right.
*dark shadows enters chat*
I looked out the window and seen his bald head
Ran to the fridge and pulled out an egg
Scoped him with my scopes he had no hair
Launched that shot and he was caught out there
Can someone help me? I'm stuck inside of transmission tower
🥰👋😘
日本のス―パ―フライファンは、ぜひとも聴こう。😃サンキュー😉👍🎶
AHHA HA HA WEEB SHOW ANIME MANGA AYAYA AYAYA AYAYA all of you please gargle cyanide and ur tear ducts.
Back when music was BAD and THEJOINT(both words means great)
More of the writings of Mr. Mayfield and display of his talent. R.I.P. Curtis. 9/15/2019
I remember when this first came out at the theatre, man what a cool movie and music. Still love listening to this all these years later. Screw the man! lol
😆🤣😍😘😃🤗❤️💙😊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💫⭐️🌟✨⚡️🌈🌪🔥💥☄️🌎
I went to see this movie when it came out back in da day at a 42nd st. movie theatre. Man, I gotta tell ya this song combined with the film was awesome. Mayfield a true poet from a time gone by...everyone in my neighborhood no matter the color wanted to be a "Superfly" ...sad 2 say many are dead never made it to their 40's.....smart ones who knew better made it out of the ghetto...yep guess "they never got over" as the song goes.Peace 2 ya who remember
This song makes me want to trap an alien into my pylon tower
If I try to exit the screen or click the X button my cursor turns grey and wont register
Anyone know how to fix this?
To all the Black Ghetto Princes out there.....this is the motto of streets
C's n G's..
Madea Goes To Jail The Movie Brought Me Here
They should've used this song for the movie's opening credits. Instead, the used "Freddie's Dead."
**insert funny tower joke here**
Late 2019 anyone
SUPERFLYYYYyyyyy
I know from where u came here 🤣
superfly great song great songwriter truly missed.
This was my favourite song growing up in the Bronx during the 70s, my father had a vinyl of this and our cadill-
nah I'm fucking kidding *I'VE BEEN STUCK IN A RADIO TOWER FOR THREE YEARS*
My theme song in Long Island inna hizzie
you know what time it is
Now this was a Great Score for this movie Thank you Mr. Mayfield. The movie had great actors and it showed their ability to make it seem as it was now. Ron played the hall out of that role. Please stop trying to do a remake of this movie. It was just horrible. People get the original movie and enjoy it with your treats, and be happy that you enjoyed a real movie. Remember some movies aren't made to be done over.
This is some REAL FUNKY stuff, ..... the REAL STUFF!!!!
Help I’m trying to get out from under a telephone tower but I’m getting turned into metal trying to leave
Holly shit, The Jojo comments are everywhere. I'm not disappointed at all !. Keep up the good work my fellow JoBros.
I want to listen to this, but I'm stuck in a pylon
Wtf is the comment section talking about towers and metal and shit what yall watching
I grew up back in them times listening to that track, and as of today I'm still trying to get over.
NOTHING LIKE THE ORGINAL SUPERFLY MOVIE !!!!!!
This album should be listed in library of Congress as a Cultural Masterpiece.
Reggie D absolutely a true classic and masterpiece!💯‼️👑
What a great genius music composer It's Amazing...
Oh! i'm a super fly again. Very cool indeed.
Still bad... that bass kicking