TO EARTH, WIND and FIRE!
The original members are aging and may not be physically with us much longer but their creative energy will touch generations to come…
Founder, Maurice White

I-Am
That’s the way of the world
Hearts of fire creates love desire
Take you high and higher to the world you belong
Hearts of fire creates love desire
High and higher to your place on the throne
We’ve come together on this special day
To sing our message loud and clear
Looking back we’ve touched on sorrowful days
Future pass, they disappear
You will find peace of mind
If you look way down in your heart and soul
Don’t hesitate ’cause the world seems cold
Stay young at heart ’cause you’re never (never, never, ..) old at heart
That’s the way of the world
Plant your flower and you grow a pearl
A child is born with a heart of gold
The way of the world makes his heart grow cold
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We’re Living in Our Own Time
From the 1983 album Electric Universe.
I feel it in the night
I hear a whisper, a ray of light
A flash across the sky
Through the window in my eyes
A bolt of thunder
Exploding in my mind
Is it real, what I feel
It’s just like floating away
While the moon floods the room
I can hear music start to play
I see it on your face
Oh, what a difference lovin’ can make
Silence of the dark, words are falling
From my heart
It’s all around us
All thoughts are calling
Imagination is born when love’s alive
A spirit creating a place for you and I
Together let’s ride away to find the universe
And let our dreams we live our lives
We’re living in our own time
Love is the answer
We’re living in our own time
We found the answer
Now I’m so willing to discover
Believing forever touching each other
Nothing out there can stop us tonight
All that we’re feeling so right
You mean so much to me
I feel so wanted, but yet so free
The warmth of your embrace
I know time could not erase
Making it easy to go on loving you
Imagination when love’s alive
Woah woah woah you and I
Together let’s ride away the universe
And let our dreams we live our lives
We’re living in our own time
Love, Love is the answer
We’re living in our own time
We found the answer
You know you know you know we found
the answer
You know you know you know it
We’re living in our own time.
(Song from Earth, Wind, and Fire that most of the world has forgotten.
El Solitario was played in the movie Against All Odds and is the short instrumental version of this song.
El Solitario is a hauntingly instrumental version of this song is linked in video response. {Removed by WMG now no one will know how it sounds because it has and will not be played anywhere else unless you watch the movie.}
Dedicated to Sherrie Walker & Jacqueline..my little girl. – https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandMasterGuess/videos Jul 14, 2008)
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“September”
Do you remember the
21st night of September?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away
Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing.
As we danced in the night,
Remember how the stars stole the night away
Ba de ya – say do you remember
Ba de ya – dancing in September
Ba de ya – never was a cloudy day
My thoughts are with you
Holding hands with your heart to see you
Only blue talk and love,
Remember how we knew love was here to stay
Now December found the love that we shared in September.
Only blue talk and love,
Remember the true love we share today
Ba de ya – say do you remember
Ba de ya – dancing in September
Ba de ya – never was a cloudy day
Ba de ya – say do you remember
Ba de ya – dancing in September
Ba de ya – golden dreams were shiny days
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“Fantasy”
Every man has a place
In his heart there’s a space
And the world can’t erase his fantasies
Take a ride in the sky
On our ship, fantasize
All your dreams will come true right away
And we will live together
Until the twelfth of never
Our voices will ring forever, as one
Every thought is a dream
Rushing by in a stream
Bringing life to the kingdom of doing
Take a ride in the sky
On our ship, fantasize
All your dreams will come true miles away
Our voices will ring together
Until the twelfth of never
We all will live love forever, as one
Come to see victory
In a land called fantasy
Loving life, a new degree
Bring your mind to everlasting liberty
As one, come to see victory
In a land called fantasy
Loving life for you and me
To behold, to your soul is ecstasy
You will find other kind
That has been in search of you
Many lives has brought you to
Recognize, it’s your life now in review
And as you stay for the play
Fantasy has in store for you
A glowing light will see you through
It’s your day, shining day
All your dreams come true
As you glide in your stride
With the wind as you fly away
Give a smile from your lips and say
I’m free, yes I’m free, now I’m on my way
Come to see victory
In a land called fantasy
Loving life for you and me
To behold, to your soul is ecstasy
You will find other kind
That has been in search of you
Many lives has brought you to
Recognize, it’s your life now in review
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Keep Your Head To The Sky
Master told me one day
I’d find peace in every way
But in search for the clue
Wrong things I was bound to do
Keep my head to the sky
For the clouds to tell me why
As I grew, and with strength
Master kept me as I repent
And he said
Keep your head to the sky
Keep your head to the sky
He gave me the will to be free
Purpose to live His reality
Hey, and I found myself never alone
Chances came to make me strong
To step right up and be a man
‘Cause you need faith to understand
So we’re saying for you to hear
Keep your head in faith’s atmosphere
Keep your head to the sky
So the clouds
Keep your head to the sky
So they can tell you why, Lord
Keep your head to the sky
Surely, the clouds are gonna tell you why
Gave me the will to be free
Purpose to live His reality
Ooo, And I found myself never alone
‘Cause chances came, they came to make me strong
Hey, to step right up and be a man
Ooo, you need faith to understand
So we’re just saying for you to hear
Keep your head in faith’s atmosphere
Keep your head to the sky
Keep your head to the sky
Don’t walk around with your head hung down
Keep your head to the sky
Keep your head to the sky
Surely, surely the clouds are gonna tell you why
Keep your head to the sky
Keep your head to the sky
Keep your head to the sky
Nostalgia:
Nobel peace prize concert Norway (Oslo Spektrum) Dec. 11, 2007
That’s The Way Of The World – Movie Trailer
1975 film produced and directed by Sig Shore, starring Harvey Keitel, and features the music of R&B/Funk group Earth, Wind and Fire (who also appear in the picture as a fictionalized version of themselves). The film depicts the underbelly of the music business and the life of record executives. A soundtrack by Earth, Wind and Fire released in the same year eventually became one of the group’s landmark albums.
Opening scene
End.
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Guitar Solo Lesson: EW&F That’s the way of the World
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Smooth Steppers Jazz Kim Pensyl – Thats The Way Of The World (2003)
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高中正義 That’s the way of the world
Honoring EWF By “Boogie” on guitar
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Modern Schacks ’93 That’s The Way Of The World
Live performance
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That’s the way of the world by Najee
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From the very first time I heard this E,W&F tune I liked it.
For more Info on my background please visit my Web Site:
http://www.jazzguts.com
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..thank you EW&F for filling my roller-coaster journey with love and soulful harmonics. And to you Ron…for holding the light and space.
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