The Jackson 5

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Beat is gettin' stronger
The beat is gettin' longer too
Music's soundin' good to me
But I wanna, said I wanna

I wanna take you higher
Yeah, let me take you higher
Baby, baby, let me light your fire
Ooh yeah, little bit higher

Boom shacka lacka lacka
Boom shacka la boonka boo

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Beat is nitty-gritty
Music's in your city too
Music's gettin' good to me
But now don't ya, I said don't ya

Don't ya wanna get higher?
Yeah, don't ya wanna get higher?
Baby, baby, let me light your fire
Ooh ha, little bit highter

Boom shacka lacka lacka
Boom shaxka la boonka boo

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Come on baby
(higher)
Don't ya wanna get high
(higher)
Ooh, yeah
(higher)
Light your fire
(fire)

Come on daddy
(Higher)
A little bit higher
(higher)
I wanna
(higher)
Said I wanna light your fire
(fire)

Boom shacka lacka lacka
Boom shacka la boonka boo

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Beat is here to make you move
Music's here to help you groove
Music's soundin' good to me
But take your places

I'm gonna take you
(higher, higher)
Yeah, baby
Gonna take ya
(Higher, higher)
Ooh, yeah

Little bit higher
C'mon daddy
(Higher)
A little bit
(Higher)

The Jackson 5 were originally formed in 1963 under the name, The Jackson Brothers. The founding members were Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon. Michael would join the group as the lead singer a year later, a move which pushed Jermaine to sing the backing vocals and play the lead guitar.

After participating in a series of talent shows, they entered the professional music scene in 1967, signing with Steeltown Records and releasing ten singles. In 1969, they left Steeltown Records in order to sign with Motown.

In 1975, most of the Jacksons had opted out of recording any more music for Motown, expressing desires to have creative control over their songs, as well as royalties. Learning that they were earning only 2.8% of royalties from Motown, Joe Jackson, the father and manager of the group, began to negotiate a lucrative contract with Epic records, which offered a royalty rate of 20% per record. The deal was completed in June 1975. As Motown owned the name The Jackson 5, the group simply renamed themselves The Jacksons.

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