Soul, Latin, Jazz, Blues, Reggae, Rock 등 다양한 장르를 접목해, '70년대를 풍미했던 전설적인 펑크 그룹 WAR의 창단 멤버로 잘 알려진 Lonnie Jordan의 2007년 신작 [War Stories]!! 본작은 Lonnie Jordan이 1982년 첫 작품이후, 세번째 발표하는 리더작으로 '70년대 아이콘으로 세계 여러 메이저 무대에 오르며 이어온 Jordan의 눈부신 음악 여정의 산물이다. 많은 사랑받았던 'Rolling Stones'의 "Paint It Black" 를 맘보 리듬과 Jordan 특유의 펑키한 터치를 가미해 흥미롭게 커버한 버전과 화려한 재즈 버전으로 커버하고 있는 Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun"를 비롯, WAR 특유 사운드를 표출하고 있는 "The World Is a Ghetto", "Deliver the Word" 등 총 14곡 수록!! .... ....
Tell me, brother, how do you feel When that pretty little girl over there ain?t for real? Tell me, sister, how do you feel When that dandy haired brother ain?t for real?
You gotta get down, down Down, down, down, down You gotta get down, down Down, down, down, down
Tell me, people, how do you feel When the president and the secretaries ain?t real? Tell me, people, what you?d do If the runnin? of the world is all left up to you?
You gotta get down, down Down, down, down, down You gotta get down, down Down, down, down, down
Early in the mornin? Before you eat your breakfast You gotta get down, you gotta get down Early in the mornin? Before you eat your breakfast You gotta get down
The Supercool is your pleasure And you wanna find somethin? better You gotta get down Supercool is your pleasure Wanna find somethin? better You gotta get down
[Incomprehensible] [Incomprehensible] You gotta get down Police and the Justice Laughin' while they bust us You gotta get down
If you?re running the country Then you ain?t runnin? it funky You gotta get down, you gotta get down If you?re running the country You ain?t runnin? funky You gotta get down
You gotta get down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down, down You gotta get down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down Down, down, down
If misery is your best friend And has gotten so you can't pretend Your tears, your tears keep givin' you away But you're prayin' for, for a better day
Tell me why should I Go through these changes? But they don't dig the urgency That this is an emergency
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah, yeah So make it heard, deliver the word
Tell me why should I Tell me why, why should I Go through these changes? But they don't dig the urgency That this is an emergency
So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah So make it heard, deliver the word, yeah, yeah So make it heard, deliver, deliver, deliver Deliver the word, yeah
When that feelin' gets to you, yeah, yeah And that feelin' you ain't had In a long, long, long, long time, yeah, yeah And it's good for your mind
It's like a baby with a brand new New, new, new, new toy It makes you scream, scream full of joy It makes you say la la la