Song: The Yoke (G.U.O.T.R.) ~~ 1991 ~~ 7:15
Artist: Alexander O’Neal featuring Prof. T.
LP/CD: All True Man ~~ Tabu ~~ 1991
Composers: Terry Lewis~James Harris, III

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If you seek with open eyes and mind
Anything you’re looking for you’ll find
I’m just out here searchin’ for respect
Keep reachin’ for the top, I’ll be the best

Get the yoke off my back
Gonna use my intellect
To get the yoke off my back
Gotta get the yoke off my back
Give myself a chance
To get the yoke off my back

Gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back
I gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back

It’s not whips and chains that make a slave
It’s the power of the rhythm in the brain
Can’t live everyday locked in a trance
Gotta break this bondage to have a chance
Don’t like oppression, don’t like rejection, I like perfection
A clear perception

Get the yoke off my back
Give myself a chance
To get the yoke off my back
Gotta get the yoke off my back
Gonna use my intellect
To get the yoke off my back

I gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back
I gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back

I gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back
I gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back

Get up on the rhythm
The only key to freedom
Mental state of being, all seeing
You’ve been holding me back for too long
The time is now to sing my song
How long will the years of oppression
Stop progression, that is the question
I refuse to lose or be used by the yoke, no joke

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Yoke, no joke
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Tell me do you see what I see
Who says we’re free in this society
Things have changed, but I still feel chained down
It’s all the same, rearranged, my skin’s still brown
Tight as a rope, now cut me some slack
What is this thing that’s been placed on my back
Why does the yoke want to leave me for dead
Think for a second, it’s all in your head

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Rhythm (Yoke) rhythm-rhythm (Yoke)-rhythm
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I gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back
I gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back

I gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back
I gotta get up on the rhythm, get up
I gotta get up on the rhythm
Get this yoke off my back

I gotta get up, I gotta get on the rhythm
I gotta get up
Get this yoke off my back

If you want me to pull ya
I’m not a mule
I’m not a beast of burden
I’m not your average fool

And if you ever need to know
What’s goin’ on
Let me open up your eyes
Before the view is gone

Get up on the rhythm

Baby, now the yoke is off my back
Get up on the rhythm, gotta get up on the rhythm
Baby, now the yoke is off my back
Get up on the rhythm, gotta get up on the rhythm

I feel a lot good when the yoke is off my back
I feel a lot good when the yoke is off my back
I feel a lot good when the yoke is off my back
I feel a lot good when the yoke is off my back

I feel a lot good when the yoke is off my back
I feel a lot good when the yoke is off my back
I feel a lot good when the yoke is off my back
I feel a lot good when the yoke is off my back

Yoke

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: March 28, 2003