Obeah Woman (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973) - Nina Simone

Exuma

You hear

We gotta take our time

Gettin' this one started

Hey mamma soul

Mamma soul papa

Hey soul body soul

Body soul body

Soul body soul

Body soul body

Soul body soul

Body soul body soul body

Hey hey hey hey hey hey

Hey hey yah gonna take my time

Gettin' this one togheter

Gonna take my time

Gettin' this one togheter

Gotta go home now

Gotta go home yea

You know about the holy

Roller church

Ain't that were it started

Ha Ha I know

We've outgrown it now

And I cry that I think

That I can't do

I like money yah

I like fine clothes

I like all of it

But I know where my roots are

You hear me

Sometimes my daughter says

"Mamma I don't

Understand them people"

I don't either

But I'm fond of 'em

Hear me

And I like it

Say hey hey

Need your help hey hey

Cool down now hey hey

Obeah woman

Yes I'm the Obeah woman

Do you know what one is

Ha do you know

What an Obeah woman is

I'm the Obeah woman

From beneath the sea

To get to satan

You gotta pass through me

'Cause I know the angels

Name by name

I can eat thunder

And drink the rain

Been through enough

Yeah they call me Nita

And Pices too

There ain't nothing

That I can't do

If I choose to

If you let me

Ha I'm the Obeah woman

Above pain

I can eat thunder

And drink the rain

I kiss the moon

And hug the sun

And call the spirits

And make 'em run

You hear me

You hear me

'Cause I ain't praying

Never was

Just waiting for my time

Waiting for to die

Hackle and patience

Hackle and patience oh yeah

Obeah now

Obeah Obeah now

I'm the Obeah woman

From beneath the sea

To get to satan baby

You gotta pass through me

I know the angels name by name

I can eat thunder

And drink the rain

How you think

I lasted this long

Alright alright

I kiss the moon

And hug the sun

O yeah oh well oh well

You people from the islands

Know about the Obeah woman

I did't put the name on myself

And I don't like it

Sometimes

But the weight is too heavy

The weight is too heavy

Let' finish it