Sly and the Family Stone I Want to Take You Higher with Lyrics in Description

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Track 1 from their fourth album “Stand!” released in 1969 copyright Epic Records. It was recorded at Pacific High Recording Studios in San Francisco. Their best-selling studio release, it received excellent reviews and reached No. 13 on the Billboard chart, where it stayed for two years. "Everyday People" was their first No. 1 hit. Larry Graham introduced the “slap” bass technique on that song and revolutionized the way electric bass could be played for maximum funk effect. The success of this album led to their appearance at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair and their performance was considered one of the best at the festival. The album achieved Gold status the same year and was certified Platinum in 1986. In 2015 it was deemed culturally significant by the Library of Congress and was added to the National Recording Registry. Written and produced by Sly Stone. RIP Cynthia Robinson & Sylvester Stewart. Featuring:

Sly Stone – Lead vocals, Hammond B-3 organ, rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocoder & background vocals, bass on “You Can Make It If You Try”
Freddie Stone – Lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars & background vocals
Rose Stone – Lead vocals, piano & background vocals
Cynthia Robinson – Trumpet, background vocals on “I Want to Take You Higher”
Jerry Martini – Sax, background vocals on “I Want to Take You Higher”
Larry Graham – Lead vocals, bass & background vocals
Greg Errico – Drums, background vocals on “I Want to Take You Higher”
Little Sister:
Vet Stone – Background vocals
Mary McCreary – Background vocals
Elva Mouton – Background vocals

Beat is gettin' stronger
Music gettin' longer too
Music is flashin' me
I want, I want to

I want to take you (higher)
I wanna take you (higher)
Baby, baby, baby, light my (fire) yeah
I wanna take you (higher)

(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)

(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Beat is gettin' gritty
Sound is in your city too
Music's still flashin' me
Don't ya, don't ya, don't ya, don't ya
Don't ya wanna get (higher) uh
Don't you wanna get (higher)
Baby, baby, baby, light my (fire) woo
I wanna take you (higher)

(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)

(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)

(Higher, higher)
(Higher, higher)
(Higher) c'mon light my fire (higher) woo, yeah
(Higher) wanna take you higher (higher)

(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Beat is there to make you move
Sound is there to help you groove
Music's still flashin' me
Take your places, I wanna take you
(Higher) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (higher)
Gonna take you (higher)
(Higher) oh, baby, baby, baby, light my (fire) woo
(Higher) I wanna take you (higher)
High, high, high, high (higher)
High, high, high, high

(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Higher) lemme take you (higher)
Do you wanna go (higher)
Then meet me (higher)
Let's go to (higher)
Baby, light my (fire) woo, yeah (higher)
Wanna take you higher (higher)

(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Higher) can you feel it? (higher) yeah
(Higher, higher)
(Higher) just wanna go higher (higher) woo
(Higher) I wanna take you (higher) yeah, yeah

(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

(Higher) you're with baby sister (higher) hello, baby sister
(Higher) ow (higher)
I wanna take you higher (higher) yeah, yeah (higher)
Take you (higher, higher)

(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka) hey, hey, hey, hey
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka) hey, hey, hey, hey
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka)
(Boom, laka-laka-laka, boom, laka-laka-ooka) everybody

Higher, higher, higher, higher
Higher, higher, higher, higher
Higher