Kool & The Gang - Crabs In A Barrel Lyrics
My Father died when I was ten
But Mother never spent much time with him
'Cause Papa was a rollin' stone
He left eight girls and three boys
Mama said, "Just trust in the Lord
Now I'm a professional
The girls are all doing wonderful
We fought our way from poverty
Bought Mom a house on the hill
So she could have a better place to live
Pay back for the life she's given me
[Bridge]
Some people in the neighborhood
'Cause we found a better way
They say that we sold out
From the ghetto we got out
Why people - do you treat us this way?
[Chorus]
We're just like -
Crabs in a Barrel - we're the same
Try to get out - they pull you back again
Like crabs in a barrel - hear what I say
It's dog eat dog -
Gotta know how to play the game
There's a child prodigy, gifted from infancy
Greatness was his destiny
He studied hard, played no ball
At seven years played Carnegie Hall,
Broadway and over seas
He read about black history
Find out from which he came to be -
Not long ago his people were set free
Every night he would pray
Thank God for another day
And for bringing us out of misery
[Bridge]
[Chorus X3]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
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Kool & The Gang Crabs In A Barrel Comments
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Kool And The Gang's Crabs In A Barrel song is nice. James Taylor is right that black people always bring each other down with their hatred towards each other. Black people hate to see other black people doing good with a lot of money, nice houses and nice cars LOL. Good black people who move outta the ghetto are called sellouts and oreo cookies by bad black people. That's so sad and pathetic. Why should good black people wanna live in a bad neighborhood until they die? LOL. Makes no sense at all. I didn't like Kool And The Gang's State Of Affairs album. Album cover sucks LOL. I was glad James Taylor reunited with the group. He had left the group in 1986 for a solo music career. State Of Affairs came out in 1996.