![]() All Rebel Rockers (2008) [ larger cover art ] |
This one goes out to you and yours, worldwide
I say hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing, that I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I've been a lot of places all around the way
I've seen a lot of joy and I've seen a lot of pain
But I don't want to write a love song for the world
I just want to write a song about a boy and girl
Junkies on the corner always calling my name
And the kids on the corner playing ghetto games
When I saw you getting down, well I hoped it was you
And when I looked into your eyes I knew it was true
I say hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing, that I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
Now I'm not a highly metaphysical man
But I know when the stars are aligned
You can bump into a person in the middle of the road
Look into their eyes and you suddenly know
Rocking in the dance hall moving with you
Dancing in the night in the middle of June
My Momma told me don't lose you
'cause the best luck I had was you
I say hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing, that I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
And I said rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
I said hey momma, hey momma close to you
Rocking in the dance hall moving with you
I said hey trippa hey trippa close to you
Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
I said hey Momma close to you
Rocking in the dance hall I said, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma
My Momma told me don't lose you
'cause the best luck I had was you
And I know one thing, that I love you
I say hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing for sure
I love you, I love you, I love you
I say hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing, that I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I've been a lot of places all around the way
I've seen a lot of joy and I've seen a lot of pain
But I don't want to write a love song for the world
I just want to write a song about a boy and girl
Junkies on the corner always calling my name
And the kids on the corner playing ghetto games
When I saw you getting down, well I hoped it was you
And when I looked into your eyes I knew it was true
I say hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing, that I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
Now I'm not a highly metaphysical man
But I know when the stars are aligned
You can bump into a person in the middle of the road
Look into their eyes and you suddenly know
Rocking in the dance hall moving with you
Dancing in the night in the middle of June
My Momma told me don't lose you
'cause the best luck I had was you
I say hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing, that I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
And I said rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
I said hey momma, hey momma close to you
Rocking in the dance hall moving with you
I said hey trippa hey trippa close to you
Rocking in the dance hall, moving with you
I said hey Momma close to you
Rocking in the dance hall I said, hey momma, hey momma, hey momma
My Momma told me don't lose you
'cause the best luck I had was you
And I know one thing, that I love you
I say hey, I be gone today
But I be back around the way
Seems like everywhere I go
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing for sure
I love you, I love you, I love you
| Ballzak | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 17:54 I think this is an awesome song and an awesome album. For 12-year-olds. |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 15:05 I rolled the PSD dice and came up with The Charlatans. That's gold, Jerry...GOLD! |
| jmkate (nearly under a stack of books) | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 06:47 Man, it is hard to dance while holding a full coffee cup. |
| k8ling1114 (Puget Sound, Washington) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 21:41 "my momma told me don't loose you, cuz the best luck I had was you" sucko-barfo indeed. |
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 14:51 I love and respect M. Franti so much - this album is cheesy and meant for the mainstream acceptance of his message - there are so many amazing dongs on "Everybody Loves Music" and "Stay Human" PLEASE add some of those!!! This one says, "Hey! I'm hip, I wear Tevas, drive a TDI so I can buy Biodeisel, & shop at Whole Foods." |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 06:30 coy wrote: can't not like michael franti especially since i saw him standing with the occupy people and playing his anti-war tune 'time to go home' ...and you are surprised by this? Franti is very much an activist. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 06:27 i'm not a big fan of reggae, but i do really like franti & spearhead! |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 16:39 Really? OK, OK, me likes ... but do not play to much 'K? Thanks! ![]() |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 20:17 can't not like michael franti especially since i saw him standing with the occupy people and playing his anti-war tune 'time to go home' |
| Rebis (Chicago) | Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 20:15 Yikes, RP. It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while you spin something that makes me flee. |
| Easyrider | Posted: May 04, 2012 - 04:28 Simply very cheesy and annoying! |
| ReddFlagg (North Texas) | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:30 So lame ... |
| stackarukk | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:29 I like it - It's on my ipod and always puts a smile on my face when I'm running. |
| jen3005545 (Fort Worth, TX) | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:26 WOOP!! Shakin' the hips! |
| soulcollision (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 11:19 This is my least favorite Michael Franti song. Sounds so mainstream compared to all his other awesome tunes. |
| Nala | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 11:18 Bachka wrote: Having heard this song makes me feel I am not listening to RP anymore. Bad, really bad. Bill, please remove it from the playlist. Ditto |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 11:18 Hmmm, I'm thinking bad cruise ship ..... |
| petarsubotic | Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 19:02 Cynaera wrote: Sometimes I'm really glad I'm a media-moron. Commercials? All I know is that when this song comes on, I dance, I grin, and I feel happy. If this makes me simple, then so be it. I am simple. And I'm okay with that. Ditto. |
| Bachka (Lithuania, Panevezhys) | Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 02:49 Having heard this song makes me feel I am not listening to RP anymore. Bad, really bad. Bill, please remove it from the playlist. |
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 02:01 Unfortunately, this can't be unheard. |
| pinto (west meade) | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 08:32 whomhow wrote: Ok, it's funny, but what's next? Where is the music? Are you kidding me? Do you not hear those three repeating piano chords throughout? |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 08:31 shut up, shut up, shut up. |
| whomhow | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 08:09 Ok, it's funny, but what's next? Where is the music? |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 08:09 I really like this song, but it is aboslutely unrelated to the album art's claim of "Rebel Rockers". Did I miss the sarcasm? |
| Cynaera (In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 14:46 Sometimes I'm really glad I'm a media-moron. Commercials? All I know is that when this song comes on, I dance, I grin, and I feel happy. If this makes me simple, then so be it. I am simple. And I'm okay with that. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 14:38 it's nice to hear that Will has gotten back together with DJ Jazzy Jeff.. |
| midigitguy (Massachusetts) | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 14:37 Maybe I would have given this a 6 or so, but all I can think of is the beer commercial that uses this and now I have to give it a negative 3... |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 00:06 Time for a direction change. |
| jimbaca (Albuquerque) | Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 08:23 Saw him open for Santana on Saturday night. Very energetic performer! Good show! |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 08:23 I can feel my brain cells dying. |
| kysmet (Central Florida) | Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 08:21 ![]() |
| AliGator (The Bluegrass) | Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 23:07 blotto wrote: ugh, this happy song, makes me feel like breaking things, and not in a good way either. I like this song, but dang, I can see your point. |
| maxjboxer (Minneapolis, MN) | Posted: Jul 24, 2011 - 14:10 How many times can this idiot rhyme You with You!! Kill me please. This song sucks. |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Jul 18, 2011 - 14:55 ugh, this happy song, makes me feel like breaking things, and not in a good way either. |
| obstetricus | Posted: Jul 18, 2011 - 14:54 Why is this on? |
| juanrico (Mexico city) | Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 18:08 the more i see, the less i know... for sure |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 18:02 Biscobret wrote: ... Now he's dumbed it down. Buy a Jetta, wear Teva's, go to REI, listen to Spearhead. Ho hum. The guy's been at it since the Beatnigs in 1986 and did his time for art and causes. Everybody has the right to relax and enjoy life when they have worked hard to succeed, it's the way of our happy Capitalist society! Fly the joy flag proudly, Michael. Probably won't wear the Tevas, tho' - dude goes barefoot most of the time. |
| Decoy (Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe) | Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 06:54 Biscobret wrote: I am so saddened that such a fantastic and brutally honest artist as Michael Franti has — with this CD, and more so on it's follow up 'The Sound of Sunshine' failed. Everything Franti did up until 'All Rebel...' was A+++ work. Now he's dumbed it down. Buy a Jetta, wear Teva's, go to REI, listen to Spearhead. Ho hum. it gets hard to stay mad, and frustrated by the way things are with money in the bank...and considering where I am hearing this now-a-days (endorsing something or another) it becomes real easy to turn off the suffering of others. |
| mmoyer (Silicon Valley) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 11:47 Biscobret wrote: I am so saddened that such a fantastic and brutally honest artist as Michael Franti has — with this CD, and more so on it's follow up 'The Sound of Sunshine' failed. Everything Franti did up until 'All Rebel...' was A+++ work. Now he's dumbed it down. Buy a Jetta, wear Teva's, go to REI, listen to Spearhead. Ho hum. Yep. Hopefully he will come back around. |
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 15:39 I am so saddened that such a fantastic and brutally honest artist as Michael Franti has — with this CD, and more so on it's follow up 'The Sound of Sunshine' failed. Everything Franti did up until 'All Rebel...' was A+++ work. Now he's dumbed it down. Buy a Jetta, wear Teva's, go to REI, listen to Spearhead. Ho hum. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 15:36 cayenne wrote: Bump because the vid is awesome. Craig is the best thing on late night... |
| rluss (Chi-town) | Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 06:45 The music is OK, but the lyrics.....I have never said "My kid could do that" to any piece of art....until now. |
| Sjaaks (Horst, Netherlands) | Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 06:40 *SIGH* This one deserves a triple facepalm... ![]() |
| oenyaw | Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 06:39 Cool ! I want to hear more. |
| Danimal174 (Upstate South Carolina) | Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 06:39 "Say Hey!" |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 06:38 Seems to be odd to me! PRETTY ODD! This hyper-obvious "good-vibe-music" can not make me smile AAAAAT AAAAALL! FUN ON THE PLASTIC BEACH...!?! |
| aaronm (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 00:07 Very fun! |
| russellkanning (Grafton, NH - NHfree.com) | Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 06:44 sandyclaws wrote: Such a fun and joyful love song. What a refreshing change from the usual love-song-as-ballad fare. my wife and I are loving it |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 06:42 Really cool song that should never, ever, ever be played again! At least not on any self respecting "Eclectic, non commercial" station. |
| sandyclaws (On our way back home . . .) | Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 06:41 Such a fun and joyful love song. What a refreshing change from the usual love-song-as-ballad fare. |

sucko-barfo indeed.
WOOP!! Shakin' the hips!
