Cover art for Loose Booty by Sly and the Family Stone

Loose Booty

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Jul. 19741 viewer

Loose Booty Lyrics

Booty, loose booty
Booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty

Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)

Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah

When you're tryin' to flee from any fakin' grin
I tell you what to do from the swing of mighty men
Find yourself some roots to let it all hang out
Get into some dancing, do what it's all about

Loose booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Loose booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Life can be confusing (any given day)
If you feel like losing (get on out the way)
This life would be amazing (here is all you do)
My minutes turn to days (doin' what I do)

Loose booty, loose booty
Loose booty, hey hey hey hey

Now I got to get on (see you in the mind)
Don't wanna steer you wrong (leave the blues behind)
Owe it to yourself and (bust it all and free)
And if you're too relaxed then (shake it off like me)

Loose booty, loose booty
Loose booty, loose booty
Booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty, booty

(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)

Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Booty
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)

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What did Sly and the Family Stone say about "Loose Booty"?
Genius Answer

[“Loose Booty”] was built on top of the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. It was a Bible story: These men refused to worship King Nebuchadnezzar and were thrown in a fiery pit. But they didn’t die. They came out, with a fourth figure leading them, the prophet Daniel. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were figures of resistance. Louis Armstrong had a song about them. Martin Luther King, Jr. mentioned them when he wrote from the Birmingham Jail. I didn’t retell the whole story but I wanted a taste of it in there. Music could help you resist everyday problems. Music could keep you out of the fire.

— Sly Stone, Thank You (Falttinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

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