A true classic from one of Motown’s more obscure acts-a message song that still stands the test of time-now given the D-Cat treatment it truly deserves-BIG thumbs up,my friend!👍
My FAVORITE childhood song that I still listen to today! "Beware of the pat on the back, it just might hold you back." I work in Corporate America. That line is one of the REALEST!
The message of this song still holds truth. This song perhaps came out in 1971 because it's early 70's Soul. I'm 66 Yrs old and, "Who's still listening to this song on Feb 7, 2022? Classic songs will always remain popular, especially if the message stood the test of time.
I was doing chores one Saturday and pulled this song our of my memory of hearing this song on the radio! I remembered every word w/out really understanding the meaning of them. I really, really wishrd I had listened more closely back then. I would have saved myself alot of grief over the years. Hurts when you realize you've trusted the wrong person or set of people----and they take advantage of you.
If ever a song told the truth,this is it. From the school of hard knocks. This song is an inspiration of when I am down and feeling bad.!! The truth is the truth.!!
Smiling faces sometimes Pretend to be your friend Smiling faces show no traces Of the evil that lurks within (can you dig it?) Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes They don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof Oh, oh, yeah Let me tell you The truth is in the eyes 'cause the eyes don't lie, amen Remember, a smile is just a frown turned upside down my friend So, hear me when I'm saying Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes, yeah They don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof (Beware) beware of the handshake That hides the snake (can you dig it, can you dig it?) I'm a-tellin' you beware of the pat on the back It just might hold you back Jealousy, (jealousy) misery (misery) envy (envy) I tell you you can't see behind Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes Hey, they don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof Hey, your enemy won't do you no harm (Rap on) 'cause you'll know where he's comin' from Don't let the handshake and the smile fool ya Take my advice, I'm only tryin' to school ya Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes They don't tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes
The rhythm, the melody, the three-voice harmony, the instruments and the message!!! A smile is just a smile but the heart behind it says a lot whether for good or for bad!
Ima start playing this song to my children and grandchildren because those that pretend that they're for you and like you trust me the devil is a lier this song tells the story
One of the baddest jams to come out of 1971 along with Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady,"Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly," and Billy Preston's, "Outa Space!" I was a teenager, and my brothers and sisters, and I would jam to this at our house parties! To this day, I always carry the powerful words to this song around with me!! I always tell my daughters that everybody who smiles at you ain't your friend! They smile in your face and will stab you in the back! That message still resonates with me today! Beware people!
You're so right Semper Fine! Curtis Mayfield dominated the charts that year with the movie and the Soundtrack which I saw with my cousins who lived in the Bronx! Peace and blessings!
Oh how i remember the time this came out, i bought the 45 and wore it out. Haven't heard this in many years. When you really love a song, decades can go by but you still sing along and remember the lyrics when you hear it. Thank you DJDiscoCat.
This was when Soul Train still had live singing. I miss that show so much. As a German born white kid living in the South during the 60s and 70s, I loved the music and dancing and how much the people on the show had such a good time!! I still love the music!
I had just moved to California and was working at an Air Force garage. A Sergeant, who worked part time evenings & weekends, would always bring a portable radio with him. They played this song around dusk every day. Won't ever forget it. One of the best ever
A wonderful tune also done by Eddie Kendricks from the Temptations. This group was great and didn’t get the musical breaks that others may have received.
This song is perhaps my favorite song, because it's an inspiration to me. This song has stood the test of time. This song should be the theme song, the Hallmark or the National Anthem for all the honest Entrepreneurs, business owners, business professionals, and the hard working people out there. Every person who is going to school to become business professionals should get a copy of this song and archive it into their training and school notes. This song should be a prerequisite for business development and business training classes.
From the Summer/Fall of 1971. The words to this song have always held true in the past, especially hold true now, and as long as humans are imperfect-always will…
PEACE AND BLESSINGS 🤗 SHOUTING FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK. I LISTEN 2 THIS CLASSIC ALL THE TIME FAMILY, IT'S IN MY PLAYLISTS YO. THIS IS THE 1ST TIME, MS.A COMMENT ON THIS JAM, AT THIS MOMENT I'M LOOKING AT A LONGTIME ASSOC. WHOM WAS A FRIEND, MOONS AGO APPLIES PURE DISCRIPTION OF THIS CLASSIC . TOASTY 🤗
Love grooves like this simple and to the point. Can remember it being played on radio when I was young. To me old school is new school! "Let the church say amen"!!
That famous one liner smiling faces tell lies !& you can’t see behind smiling faces ! That’s the undisputed truth ! Still very revlent today just as it was back in 1971 !
time, place, perfect recall when listening to this song on my car radio.....on way home from first job at Tx Medical Center......realizing I should be looking behind the smiling faces (curtains) of anyone ....especially new .....who had influence on my life, if I let them. Found this cd on internet.....will be shipping today.....this song is prophetic.....moment this song hit me was 1972....driving 1966 Chevy Super Sport convertible...was even rainy, dark evening..after most had already gone home from work....must have made an impression..lasting.
THIS TAKES ME BACK TO MY YOUTH, I WAS 17 AND THIS ICONIC UNDISPUTED TRUTH ALBUM WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN MY COLLECTION (STILL HAVE IT TODAY) AND THIS JAM WAS MY FAVOURITE, NOT TO SAY THE OTHERS WERE NOT GOOD, HOWEVER THE ORIGINAL WAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 3 MINUTES, SO THIS PURRFECTION VERSION IS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. THIS IS A GREAT REMIX THAT WILL BE ADDED TO MY COLLECTION AND WILL GET MUCH PLAY TIME AND EVOKE SOME GREAT MEMORIES. YOU HAVE BROUGHT IT HOME AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME WORK AND KEEP IT UP!!!!!
I remember this song when i was a kid back in the 70s and they are on hit with what they say cause its true even moreso today .! WillieboyakaTrigger East L.A.
Thank you Mr. DJDiscoCat for adding one of the greatest recorded songs (Melody, Rhythm, and Lyrics) to be recorded by Gordy-Motown to your music repertoire. This song still resonates today in the 2020s as it did in 1971. It was a reminder then, as it is today, that anyone we encounter in our lives, whether a stranger, coworker, or family member can be a negative force/energy behind a smiling face out to see us hurt or fail. No matter your relationship with a person, including family members, we never know what's behind their smile. Unfortunately, the truth is not always in the eyes cause the eyes can lie sometimes, my friend, and I have proof...
Oh man the intro was so catchy when this song came out. Those B Major horns interweaved throughout the various melodies gives this song its soulful groove.
CLOSED MY EYES AND JUST LISTENED TO THE SONG FROM BEGINNING TO END. BROUGHT MEMORIES OF RETURNING FROM VIETNAM, AND STATIONED IN CAMP PENDLETON CALIFORNIA IN 1971. YOU JUST DO NOT HEAR THOSE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TODAY, UNLESS IT IS AN CLASSICAL MUSIC BEING PLAYED. YES MUSIC IS A REAL HISTORY LESSON FOR WHAT SOCIETY IS LIVING THROUGH. AMERICA AND THE ENTIRE WORLD HAVE BEEN LIVING IN TROUBLE TIMES FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THAT IS A FACT THAT NO ONE CAN DISPUTE. SAD BUT TRUE.
I remember my dad bassing the boom boom back ground parts and sipping on some Cutty Sark. This song played the first time I tasted scotch. I was 10, whoa, ... the next time I had Scotch it was a single malt and I was 38. He often spoke words of wisdom through music. And he told me to listen carefully to the music as well as the words. To me music then, were stories of and about life, and pearls of wisdom obtained through experience.
Lyrically true to this very day. Self explanatory in today's time. Check out The Temptations version and also David Tiffin's version. Equally vocal masterpiece's.
I remember listening to this in the car at 4 am while heading to the airport. Then my dad always plays at night time. So I I've been listening to this music everyday
A true classic from one of Motown’s more obscure acts-a message song that still stands the test of time-now given the D-Cat treatment it truly deserves-BIG thumbs up,my friend!👍
Amen to that comment James! (Thank you DJ Disco Cat Brother!)
I 2nd that 🙏 Amen! Great track!👍👍
The ghetto
Marcus Pearson How true! This classic tune describes a not-so-nice place!🙁☹️
Sure is. Thanks
My mother used to always say, " Everybody that smiles in your face is not your friend "
Knowledge.
So true
You're mom's is/was a very wise woman homeboy, my mother used to tell me the very same thing 😀.
Facts
@@michaelwilks6268 No doubt!
My FAVORITE childhood song that I still listen to today! "Beware of the pat on the back, it just might hold you back." I work in Corporate America. That line is one of the REALEST!
After the pat on the back comes the knife in the back....
@@thegreenbird795 As in Backstabbers.
I work in the Medical Field. Just as worse. 😒
Amen
Lot of truths in this song
The message of this song still holds truth. This song perhaps came out in 1971 because it's early 70's Soul. I'm 66 Yrs old and, "Who's still listening to this song on Feb 7, 2022? Classic songs will always remain popular, especially if the message stood the test of time.
2023 listening
i'm 59 and still listening to it... August 17, 2023...
First heard this at 9 years old during a trip to Alabama, I'm 20 now and it's still among the greatest songs I've ever heard.
Smiling faces still tell Lies and the Devil is still at his game , deceiving and tricking the weak and unsuspecting pray . Peace !
12-24
I am now 56 and this classic got my vote for one of the TRUTH and BADDEST tunes of all~time !!
I 64 it was the shit in the music words soootrue
Me2
I'm 60 and my sister brought me and 2 brothers up on this music!!!! Had the 45s and the albums of all this music !!!! Love it!!!!!
Brothers I agree is a masterpiece. And is absolutely KING, in your hearts.
Im 62 I know it first hand..The eyes dont lie...Smile can be fake..
OMG, I haven't heard this since back in the day: 1971! CLASSIC. The lyrics are POWERFUL and can be applied to people today, all the more.
So True!!!!
Right on !
I hear what you say
Couldn't agree more! I remember hearing this on AM radio in my mom's car. KFRC or KYA.
Amen, Can you Dig it. 🙋♂️
I was 15 years old when Smiling Faces Sometimes was released. Music told a story that most people could relate to from their experience
You have a beautiful name.
I was doing chores one Saturday and pulled this song our of my memory of hearing this song on the radio! I remembered every word w/out really understanding the meaning of them. I really, really wishrd I had listened more closely back then. I would have saved myself alot of grief over the years. Hurts when you realize you've trusted the wrong person or set of people----and they take advantage of you.
Don't be 2 bad on yourself cuz we've always wanted 2 belong 2 someone🤔
If ever a song told the truth,this is it. From the school of hard knocks. This song is an inspiration of when I am down and feeling bad.!! The truth is the truth.!!
They don't tell. the truth
The meaning is much greater than that. This is about the global system of White Supremacy/Racism. Think about it.
TRUTH
Smiling faces sometimes
Pretend to be your friend
Smiling faces show no traces
Of the evil that lurks within (can you dig it?)
Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes
They don't tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof
Oh, oh, yeah
Let me tell you
The truth is in the eyes 'cause the eyes don't lie, amen
Remember, a smile is just a frown turned upside down my friend
So, hear me when I'm saying
Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes, yeah
They don't tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof
(Beware) beware of the handshake
That hides the snake (can you dig it, can you dig it?)
I'm a-tellin' you beware of the pat on the back
It just might hold you back
Jealousy, (jealousy) misery (misery) envy (envy)
I tell you you can't see behind
Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes
Hey, they don't tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof
Hey, your enemy won't do you no harm
(Rap on) 'cause you'll know where he's comin' from
Don't let the handshake and the smile fool ya
Take my advice, I'm only tryin' to school ya
Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes
They don't tell the truth
Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes
This whole song is nothing but the truth
Thank you!
Yes I can dig it, the lyrics ring so true,even more in this day & age.
💯🔥👍✨ my All TIME JAM 🎶
This song has still stands till the test of times because people hasn't changed!!!
I was ten years old. Wow. This song is still very prevalent.
It Still Is.
I was 8 years old when this song came out and the lyrics to this song are the same prevalence as it is today.
❤1970s r& b songs
Happy 60th
This song has a lot of truth in it
undisputably
Undisputed truth aha
YESS I AM 74 AND I KNOW THE SONG IS TRUTH YES 1000%.
On a more personal level - Backstabbers by the O'Jays.
A whole lot. Truth
LOVE THIS SONG 1971 SONGS HAD GREAT LYRICS AND STORIES.
Love the legs put a smile on my face
@@garyfinn8772 THANKS!❤️❤️❤️
Xxxxx 🥰
The best. We may never hear music like this again
@XXX Written By Norman Whitfield, (1940-2008), And Barrett Strong, (1941-2023, Passed Two Days Ago: BOTH Rest In Peace). 🎶 😢
The rhythm, the melody, the three-voice harmony, the instruments and the message!!! A smile is just a smile but the heart behind it says a lot whether for good or for bad!
Better than the original imo and I love the temptations
This is a classic...the thumbs down are the smiling faces and I got proof
Can you dig it?
I'ma telling you...
Amen
But dude, The proof is already there.
No here's the proof!
Love Motown. This song sticks. I was about eight years old when this came out. My biological father was one of those smiling faces.
Truth b told!!
Charlotte Hanna sad sometimes it is people in your own family.
Me too 8 yrs old and never forgot this song.. Grew up in the projects but we didn't care.
Reminds me of an episode of What’s Happening!
Ima start playing this song to my children and grandchildren because those that pretend that they're for you and like you trust me the devil is a lier this song tells the story
I love songs that send a message like this song. Those messages are relevant today as they were in yesteryear.
One of the baddest jams to come out of 1971 along with Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady,"Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly," and Billy Preston's, "Outa Space!" I was a teenager, and my brothers and sisters, and I would jam to this at our house parties! To this day, I always carry the powerful words to this song around with me!! I always tell my daughters that everybody who smiles at you ain't your friend! They smile in your face and will stab you in the back! That message still resonates with me today! Beware people!
Sorry Lady, but you forgot Mr. Curtis Mayfield and "Superfly".
You're so right Semper Fine! Curtis Mayfield dominated the charts that year with the movie and the Soundtrack which I saw with my cousins who lived in the Bronx! Peace and blessings!
And WAR...of course Aretha Franklin..just my imagination!!
Hendricks and Joplin died 1971
I love this song. This August 2024. I'am 75 It tells the truth about people
*Some* people.
True story. This is and always have been a very wicked world.
That’s because it’s the undisputed truth !
and it's mountains are made of Titan Dragons bodies turned to stone !!!
@@mulder2400 based
righteous people are few and far between....
I believe things have gotten worse over the past fifty years in my opinion
This song has a lot of meaning a smile is nothing but a frown turned upside down from jealousy and hate, and envy!!!!
This song takes me back to 1971 and after when I was a member of the Manhattan Chess Club. This extended version is outstanding.
Whitfield was an extremely creative writer and producer. May he rest in peace.
How true the lirycs of this song are, wow!
And U Know It!!!
I like your name the real McCoy !
Oh how i remember the time this came out, i bought the 45 and wore it out. Haven't heard this in many years. When you really love a song, decades can go by but you still sing along and remember the lyrics when you hear it. Thank you DJDiscoCat.
This song fits in my life, so many problem with jealous people.
Find the courage to cut em loose, your happiness and perhaps your life depends on it. I found that out and I bounced without uttering one word!
Raised listening to the best!!! Still listening in 2024🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
I was 10 years old living in Chicago Heights Illinois when this song came out I'm 61 years old now and still love it
I miss the 1970s. So much.
One of the funkiest and more soulful groups at Motown. Very special.
SONG TELLS IT ALL
FROM BEGINNING TO END
True!!!!!!!
I live in Mexico City Motown for ever I was a child when it played in the radio you are the best
This was when Soul Train still had live singing. I miss that show so much. As a German born white kid living in the South during the 60s and 70s, I loved the music and dancing and how much the people on the show had such a good time!! I still love the music!
I had just moved to California and was working at an Air Force garage. A Sergeant, who worked part time evenings & weekends, would always bring a portable radio with him. They played this song around dusk every day. Won't ever forget it. One of the best ever
In 1971 when this song came out i was one years old every lyric in song. l've been experiencing all my life.
this was heavy in rotation on the radio back in the day. my mom's car radio was always on Loud!
Mine Too
Big in the Rust Belt. Huge.
Oh yes 1971 WAEB AM 790
It was #1 on KYA's Top 100 for 1971.
The music I was raised on
Me Too!!!!It was Great thats all I Play!!!!
A wonderful tune also done by Eddie Kendricks from the Temptations. This group was great and didn’t get the musical breaks that others may have received.
Knowledge
One of a kind song! Classic! ♥️
This song is perhaps my favorite song, because it's an inspiration to me. This song has stood the test of time.
This song should be the theme song, the Hallmark or the National Anthem for all the honest Entrepreneurs, business owners, business professionals, and the hard working people out there.
Every person who is going to school to become business professionals should get a copy of this song and archive it into their training and school notes. This song should be a prerequisite for business development and business training classes.
I love this song, it is so true.
So damn smooth. Just flows..... Enjoying in 2-2021. ✅👍🏼
From the Summer/Fall of 1971. The words to this song have always held true in the past, especially hold true now, and as long as humans are imperfect-always will…
This song is intoxicating with this music, and very soulful with its lyrics… I don’t have music like this anymore
People have been bamboozling to get what they will.Outstanding tune never gets old,keep that smile.
I remember this song I was only eleven years old in 1971. This is a very true song. Amen 2 that!!!
One of the best songs of the era. I haven’t heard it on the radio in a long time and it’s a real pleasure to hear the full version.
A smile is a frown upside down. Can you dig it? Amen. 👍😄😁
I took this song to heart when I was 13 years old in 1971. Still do….
Awesome and true song.
One of my all time favs - I remember when it came out - LOVE it!
l was going on 15 the first time l heard it in 1971 it has remained one of my top 3 all time favorites ever since....watch the eyes they don't lie
One of the realest songs made back in the day. Still relevant to this day because it's true. I love it to the end.
PEACE AND BLESSINGS 🤗 SHOUTING FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK. I LISTEN 2 THIS CLASSIC ALL THE TIME FAMILY, IT'S IN MY PLAYLISTS YO. THIS IS THE 1ST TIME, MS.A COMMENT ON THIS JAM, AT THIS MOMENT I'M LOOKING AT A LONGTIME ASSOC. WHOM WAS A FRIEND, MOONS AGO APPLIES PURE DISCRIPTION OF THIS CLASSIC . TOASTY 🤗
A smile is a frown turned upside down and a pat on the back just might hold YOU back. I've lived by these words
Dennis Coffey on guitar using a Hammond Condor effects pedal and wah wah.
Good ear.
I always thought it was Wa Wa Watson on the pedal.
Love grooves like this simple and to the point. Can remember it being played on radio when I was young. To me old school is new school! "Let the church say amen"!!
That famous one liner smiling faces tell lies !& you can’t see behind smiling faces ! That’s the undisputed truth ! Still very revlent today just as it was back in 1971 !
I was 13 when this song came out. It schooled me about the realities of the darker side of humanity.
Awesome remix Another great classic so so true song listen to the message
I remember hearing this on the radio(AM) growing up. Great lyrics. Great song. Keep 'em coming DJDC.
time, place, perfect recall when listening to this song on my car radio.....on way home from first job at Tx Medical Center......realizing I should be looking behind the smiling faces (curtains) of anyone ....especially new .....who had influence on my life, if I let them. Found this cd on internet.....will be shipping today.....this song is prophetic.....moment this song hit me was 1972....driving 1966 Chevy Super Sport convertible...was even rainy, dark evening..after most had already gone home from work....must have made an impression..lasting.
Great Song!
THIS TAKES ME BACK TO MY YOUTH, I WAS 17 AND THIS ICONIC UNDISPUTED TRUTH ALBUM WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN MY COLLECTION (STILL HAVE IT TODAY) AND THIS JAM WAS MY FAVOURITE, NOT TO SAY THE OTHERS WERE NOT GOOD, HOWEVER THE ORIGINAL WAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 3 MINUTES, SO THIS PURRFECTION VERSION IS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. THIS IS A GREAT REMIX THAT WILL BE ADDED TO MY COLLECTION AND WILL GET MUCH PLAY TIME AND EVOKE SOME GREAT MEMORIES. YOU HAVE BROUGHT IT HOME AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME WORK AND KEEP IT UP!!!!!
try the temps! 12mins!
One of the "One-Hit Wonders" that made pop music worth listening to and will endure forever.
That whole album was Great!!!!!
My first 45 I brought in 1971, I was 11 yrs old. Words still holds today.
One of my all-time favorites! There is always something behind a smiling face; be woke, know the truth!
My father lectures this song when I was little girl.
Very underrated grew from the early 70s I bought everything they did. My opinion highly underrated thanks for remixing brings it all back
Excellent truly true truth 👍🏿💯
I remember this song when i was a kid back in the 70s and they are on hit with what they say cause its true even moreso today .!
WillieboyakaTrigger
East L.A.
It’s funny I’m 69 and I still know this song by heart and allllllllll the rest of um.
This song keeps me in check about people..smiling faces sometimes
I have a smiling face, every time my band and I play this song! I always get a Pat on the back for playing this song 🎶 live! And that’s no lie!
I've always loved this song. It puts a smile on my face at all times 😃😀💜💛
One of the truest saying ever put in a song. Thank You Undisputed
Truth
Love it! '70's were the bomb!
Beautiful music and amazing band
Thank you Mr. DJDiscoCat for adding one of the greatest recorded songs (Melody, Rhythm, and Lyrics) to be recorded by Gordy-Motown to your music repertoire. This song still resonates today in the 2020s as it did in 1971. It was a reminder then, as it is today, that anyone we encounter in our lives, whether a stranger, coworker, or family member can be a negative force/energy behind a smiling face out to see us hurt or fail. No matter your relationship with a person, including family members, we never know what's behind their smile. Unfortunately, the truth is not always in the eyes cause the eyes can lie sometimes, my friend, and I have proof...
Oh man the intro was so catchy when this song came out. Those B Major horns interweaved throughout the various melodies gives this song its soulful groove.
This song stands the test of time. The content applies to mankind before, now & in the future.
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯aaaaaaaaaaand 💯
This song and Back Stabbers are timeless. Just as relevant now as back then.
Songs like this are the best spiritual songs - revealing life truths in such a groovin way.
CLOSED MY EYES AND JUST LISTENED TO THE SONG FROM BEGINNING TO END. BROUGHT MEMORIES OF RETURNING FROM VIETNAM, AND STATIONED IN CAMP PENDLETON CALIFORNIA IN 1971. YOU JUST DO NOT HEAR THOSE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TODAY, UNLESS IT IS AN CLASSICAL MUSIC BEING PLAYED. YES MUSIC IS A REAL HISTORY LESSON FOR WHAT SOCIETY IS LIVING THROUGH. AMERICA AND THE ENTIRE WORLD HAVE BEEN LIVING IN TROUBLE TIMES FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THAT IS A FACT THAT NO ONE CAN DISPUTE. SAD BUT TRUE.
❤🕊💙
I used to wear an ID bracelet for Vietnam POW'S when I was only 11 years old ..
So glad you made it home ☆
Always look at the eyes with that beautiful smile
I’m here in 2022. Couldn’t be anymore truthful in todays time.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
💖 one of my fav from back in the day. Words to live by..
I remember my dad bassing the boom boom back ground parts and sipping on some Cutty Sark. This song played the first time I tasted scotch. I was 10, whoa, ... the next time I had Scotch it was a single malt and I was 38. He often spoke words of wisdom through music. And he told me to listen carefully to the music as well as the words. To me music then, were stories of and about life, and pearls of wisdom obtained through experience.
Thank you for this Extended version. The BASS sounds Awesome. Some guy next to me thought it was a Rap song from all the BASS!!!
That's when real music was in with a positive message thanks 👍👍
Love that intro in the beginning
1971 growing up with kids in the Acres and Terrace housing. This song was on everywhere.
Lyrically true to this very day. Self explanatory in today's time. Check out The Temptations version and also David Tiffin's version. Equally vocal masterpiece's.
In here in 2022, this song still proves to be true.
I was in the war when this came out...kept us in touch with the world
Just listening to this great old r&b hits just makes me cry every time I hear that rap crap that has taken the place of all this!
Word.
...and yes... Behold the SMILE that deeply and in TRUTH reflects Spirit ~ Manifestation ~ I AM ~ Love ~ Eternal... and gifted we BE.
Love this❤
I remember listening to this in the car at 4 am while heading to the airport. Then my dad always plays at night time. So I I've been listening to this music everyday
I REMEMBER THIS SONG FROM MY CHILDHOOD IN IOWA. TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.