I love this song, it makes me wonder what his love must have looked like. He says "the righteous way to go..little one would know or believe if he told them so. He speaks as if she doesn't believe in herself and if just one person hears it then it is true. Funny, I fell in love with Curtis Mayfields voice and messages while sitting in the basement of my parents first house in Baltimore. Daddy would have Curtis playing in the background and inscence lingering in the air as if calling peace forward.
I called for peace and any other name I could think of when I heard daddy playing Curtis, because it usually meant that the overdue spanking was coming and daddy was getting the courage to lay down the law. If you could hear this song (imeem is not working) and see the tears rolling down my face as I write this you might be alarmed and confused, but I am actually happy. Noooooo not happy to get the spankings although believe me I deserved them; no I just smiled because daddy was talking to me even through Curtis Mayfields lyrics....the spanking was simply the closing htat had to be done. I guess for those of you that are parents it was actually true when he said "this will hurt me more than you"....I once told him then daddy you should smarten up and stop hurting yourself
The Makings Of You
A little sugar, honey suckle lamb
Great expression of happiness
Boy, you could not miss with a dozen roses
Such would astound you
The joy of children laughing around you
These are the makings of you
It is true, the makings of you, oh
It's been a miracle for what you've done
Please stay right by my side
Two can be one for the righteous way to go
Anyone would know
I believe I thought I told you so
You're second to none
Love of all mankind should reflect some sign
Of the words I'm trying to recite
They're close, but not quite
Almost impossible to do
Describing the makings of you
making
