Emerald City Sequence by Richard Pryor Lyrics
[EMERALD CITY GREEN]
I, want to be seen, green
Wouldn't be caught dead, red
Cause if you are seen, green
It means you got mean, bread
You've got to be seen green
To show that your stuff's laid
If you're not seen green
You better be wearing jade
You've, got to be seen, green
Don't tell them your cupboard's, bare
That you gave up one week's, feed
To pay, for your colored, hair
Oh, oh, oh [3x]
[TRUMPETS SOUND]
An announcement from the great and powerful Oz
[Spoken: Richard Pryor]
I thought it over and green is dead
'Till I change my mind, the color is red
[EMERALD CITY GREEN]
I wouldn't be seen green
Ooo, oo! Oo! Ah! Ah!
I, wouldn't be caught, dead
And, if I'm caught at all
Then catch me in dead, red
Ooo!
You've, got to be dead, red
You've, got to be real, hot
So throw away those green, gems
And wear rubies, on your yacht
You've, got to be dead, red
You've, got to have flash and flair
And, if you're not seen, red
Then you, shouldn't be seen, nowhere
Ahhh!
[TRUMPETS SOUND]
[Spoken: Richard Pryor]
How quickly fashion goes down the drink
Last week when you all was wearin' pink
Already for me red was old
The ultimate yellow brick is gold
That's the new color, children, hit it
[EMERALD CITY GOLD]
Golden gold [4x]
You got to be seen gold
Watch out for the new kind
You got to have old gold
Like some from a gold mine
You got to be wearin' gold
The twenty four carat kind
And once you've shined it up
It should ought to make you blind, ah!
You got to be seen in gold
To show that you're super slick
It helps to pay tips and tolls
It's the ultimate yellow brick
It's the ultimate, Gold
Golden gold [7x]
Gold, gold, gold, gold
Gold!
I, want to be seen, green
Wouldn't be caught dead, red
Cause if you are seen, green
It means you got mean, bread
You've got to be seen green
To show that your stuff's laid
If you're not seen green
You better be wearing jade
You've, got to be seen, green
Don't tell them your cupboard's, bare
That you gave up one week's, feed
To pay, for your colored, hair
Oh, oh, oh [3x]
[TRUMPETS SOUND]
An announcement from the great and powerful Oz
[Spoken: Richard Pryor]
I thought it over and green is dead
'Till I change my mind, the color is red
[EMERALD CITY GREEN]
I wouldn't be seen green
Ooo, oo! Oo! Ah! Ah!
I, wouldn't be caught, dead
And, if I'm caught at all
Then catch me in dead, red
Ooo!
You've, got to be dead, red
You've, got to be real, hot
So throw away those green, gems
And wear rubies, on your yacht
You've, got to be dead, red
You've, got to have flash and flair
And, if you're not seen, red
Then you, shouldn't be seen, nowhere
Ahhh!
[TRUMPETS SOUND]
[Spoken: Richard Pryor]
How quickly fashion goes down the drink
Last week when you all was wearin' pink
Already for me red was old
The ultimate yellow brick is gold
That's the new color, children, hit it
[EMERALD CITY GOLD]
Golden gold [4x]
You got to be seen gold
Watch out for the new kind
You got to have old gold
Like some from a gold mine
You got to be wearin' gold
The twenty four carat kind
And once you've shined it up
It should ought to make you blind, ah!
You got to be seen in gold
To show that you're super slick
It helps to pay tips and tolls
It's the ultimate yellow brick
It's the ultimate, Gold
Golden gold [7x]
Gold, gold, gold, gold
Gold!