Take Us Back - Mavis Staples

Sometimes life can get ya in a hurry but uh

I’m just gonna take it slow now

That don’t mean I ain’t been working y’all

I’m working on me baby

I’m working on me darling

I’m taking some time to see

The people who keep me going

Summertime broken leisure

Down a bad line now

I’m not saying that I’m not judging now

I’m just gonna tell ya what I tell em now

I’ve got friends and I’ve got family

I’ve got help from all the people who love me

I got friends and I’ve got

I got family

I got help from all the people who love me

Sometimes people try to take all they can from you but

They don’t call me bubbles for nothing now

People ask my pops he’ll tell them now

She gets it from me baby

She gets it from me darling

Chicago wasn’t always easy

But love made the windy city breezy

I’ve got friends and I’ve got family

I’ve got help from all the people who love me

I got friends and I got

I got family

I got help from all the people who love me

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

I know I got love

I know I got friends

I’ve got people

Who love me

(Mavis take us back)

(Mavis take us back)

(Mavis take us back)

(Mavis take us back)

(Mavis take us back)

(Mavis take us back)

(Working all week)

Baby

(Working all week)

Darling

(Working all week)

Baby

(Working all week)

Darling

(Working all week)

Chicago wasn’t always easy

But love made the windy city breezy

I’ve got friends and I’ve got family

I’ve got help from all the people who love me

I got friends and I got

I got family

I got help from all the people who love me

Oh yeah

Uh huh