LIVE…like it's Saturday night, or 
front row seats at an Ali fight,
...like Grover at the Bijou Café, or
a whiskey mellowed Ms. Holiday,
LIVE...like Miles, yeah…live like Miles

LIVE…like Hannibal, Shaka, Vesey or Huey
...like Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma, or
Watts, Newark, Detroit or L. A.
...like "Burn Baby Burn…Burn Baby Burn"
LIVE...like revolution, yeah...
live like revolution

LIVE...like Satchel's speed ball, or 
Josh and Jackie or Hank at the plate
...like Booker T., Douglas, and W. E. B. Dubois
...like Harriet, Mary McCloud, and Rosa Parks
LIVE...like courage, yeah...live like courage  

LIVE...like my foremother 's muffled cries, or
my forefather's whip induced scream
...like Malcolm's vision or Martin's dream
...like praying Mothers and Grandmothers 
LIVE...like hope , yeah...live like hope

LIVE...like working three jobs to make ends meet,
or Delta babies with little to eat
...like paycheck to paycheck
and rent is due blues, many ways to escape,
but which do I choose
LIVE...like Muddy Waters, yeah...
live like Muddy Waters 

LIVE...You, Me, Us, We...
rewound, reviewed, re-mixed, 
replayed, recycled, and retracted, 
time and time again...
Past and Present colliding 
You, Me, Us, We, yeah...You, Me, Us, We...
Now Appearing... ...LIVE!