Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is “take/taking.”
Unlike most of the other tracks on their 1969 album, Stand!, Sly and the Family Stone’s I Want to Take You Higher is not a message song; instead, it is simply dedicated to music and the feeling one gets from music and is a highlight of the psychedelic era in tune, instrumentation, and lyrics.
Released three months prior to the legendary music concert, Woodstock, I Want to Take You Higher was just one of the group’s stellar performances during the four-day event in the Catskill Mountains in August of 1969.
The crazy video is a live performance from the Mike Douglas Show in 1974.
Enjoy!
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I Wan to Take You Higher
by Sly and the Family Stone
Songwriter: Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Beat is gettin’ stronger
Music gettin’ longer, too
Music is a-flashin’ me
I want to, I want to, I want to take you higher
I wanna take you higher
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire
I wanna take you higher
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Beat is nitty-gritty
Sound is in your city, too
Music’s still flashin’ me
Don’t ya, don’t ya, don’t, don’t, don’t ya wanna get higher?
Don’t ya wanna get higher?
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire (Woo)
I wanna take you higher
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Boom laka-laka-laka [repeated]
Higher
Higher
Higher
Higher
Higher (Won’t ya 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 (Higher [repeated])
Wanna take you higher
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire (Woo)
I wanna take you high, high, high, high, high, high, high, high
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-lak-goon-ka
Boom laka-laka-laka [repeated]
Higher (Let me take you)
Higher (Do you wanna go)
Higher (With me, me)
Higher (And you, you)
Higher (Won’t ya light my fire?)
Higher (Woo, yeah)
Higher (Wanna take you higher)
Higher
Boom laka-laka-laka [repeated]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Boom laka-laka-laka [repeated]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Boom laka-laka-laka [repeated]
Higher (Do you feel it?)
Higher (Yeah)
Higher
Higher
Higher (Don’t you wanna go higher?)
Higher (Woo)
Higher (I wanna take you higher)
Higher (Yeah, yeah)
Boom laka-laka-laka [repeated]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Boom laka-laka-laka [repeated]
Higher (Always was a tripper)
Higher (Never was a slipper)
Higher (Hey, uh)
Higher (I wanna take you higher)
Higher (Yeah, yeah)
Higher (I wanna take you higher)
Higher
Higher
Boom laka-laka-laka [repeated]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Boom laka-laka-laka [repeated]
Everybody higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
Higher
Felicia Denise, Author 
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I love this song, and believe it or not, I used to have this on 8-TRACK! Love Sly and his family’s music!!!!!
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OMG, eight-tracks! We were so cool, weren’t we? 😁😁 Thanks for stopping by! 😊
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🙂
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Great interview! Such a fun song. Thanks for the throwback.
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The video wouldn’t play here, but I was able to see it on YouTube. Loved the interview portion, too, that was a great way to start the song. 😀
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Loved Mike Douglas at the very end with the tambourine! 😂😂😂
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❤ ❤ ❤ Used to love it when I'd be at a dance and the band covered this song. Sooo much fun to dance to! Thanks! ❤
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So glad you enjoyed it! 😊
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Now THIS is a classic. You can’t help but dance! Thanks for the share.
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