Play This Only At Nite (Go-Go Version)

(album: This One's For Chuck Brown: Doug E. Fresh Salutes The Godfather Of Go-Go - 2021)

Turn up the percussion for me
We're in DC, soundman
Y'all ready
Say oh ah oh ah-ah
Say oh ah oh ah-ah
Hey
How many of y'all go back to 1985, '86, '87?
Well, if you go back to '87
We gonna do something like this
Watch this
Alright y'all it's gonna get real tonight
You have no idea
Uh-huh
Uh
Uh
Born and raised DC, Maryland, Peachy County, wherever you're from
This one here goes out specifically
To the spirit of my man Little Benny
And anybody from DC that live here know what I'm talking about
And all y'all that don't know
Come on and join us
I don't care where you from
But this is real tonight, y'all
As we do it like this
Do it like that
People in the front
People in the back
Imma do this song
Ready?
Here we go
The name of this song is Play This Only At Night
Classic
Uh
Uh
The name of this song
Uh
Uh
Is Play This Only At Night

When I hear this my insides get tight
I grit down on my teeth with all my might
Play this only at night
Donnell, I be telling 'em
I don't know but if you don't know but imma tell ya like this we all gotta go
But I know nobody gotta go like that y'all
Like that y'all
Hit it

DC is in here
No matter what you wear
DC's in here
And I see it out there
I know what I know
I know what I know
I know what I know
And imma tell you how it goes
Imma show you how it goes, baby
Imma show you how it goes

So, one more time so you know what this is
Uh
Play this only at night
Uh-huh, uh-huh
If you grew up in '87
Uh
Play this only at night
Hey

When I hear this my insides get tight
I grit down on my teeth with all my might
Uh
Play this only at night
Only at night
Only at night
Hey
I don't know if you don't know
Imma tell ya like this we all gotta go
But I know nobody gotta go like that y'all

Team Familiar
Team Familiar
Team Familiar, baby
Team, Team
Team, Team
Uh
Uh-Huh, Uh-Huh
See, now we getting somewhere
Now we getting somewhere

Somebody told me you guys got glasses on
'Cause your future's so bright
Hey, hey
Play this only at night
Yeah
Play this only at night
Play this only at night
Play this only at night
Only at night
Only at night
Only at night
Ladies and gentlemen

When I hear this my insides get tight
I grit down on my teeth with all my might
Play this only at night
Only at night
Only at night
You know what
I don't know if you don't know
Imma tell ya like this we all gotta go
But I know nobody gotta go like that y'all
Like that y'all

Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
If you love Go-Go
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
If you love DC
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
And if you came to have fun
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
Put your hands up
In the back, you know what

When I hear this my insides get tight
I grit down on my teeth with all my might
C'mon
Play this only at night
Only at night
Only at night
Hey D
I don't know if you don't know
But imma tell ya like this we all gotta go
But I know nobody gotta go like that y'all
In the front
DC hit it

Go-Go Mickey
You know who that is back there
Go-Go Mickey
Do you all know who that is over here on these percussion
Go-Go Mickey
I don't know if y'all know
If you know would you say
What's his name
What's his name
What's his name
What's his name
Who?
Go-Go Mickey
All from DC if you just like me
What that is
All the way in the back tell me who it is, tell me
Go-Go Mickey
Everybody in the front
Everybody
Who dat

When I hear this my insides get tight
I grit down on my teeth with all my might
Play this only at night
Only at night
Only at night
One more time
I don't know if you don't know
But imma tell ya like this we all gotta go
But I know
Check this out

Ancient old worth more than gold
Cannot be bought cannot be sold
Cannot be pushed cannot be lift
And telling you, you gotta whole lot to deal with
In this world of all reverse
Like you use to talk proper but now you curse
The sun use to shine from day to day now the whole universe is filled with gray
No friends, children, family, no wife
And disrespect is the way of life
You wanna go say no, don't need no airfare
Close your eyes and then you're there
And if you go come right and exact and remember there's no way back
So close your eyes live and hate and despise all those girls and all those guys
Who told you you never had stars in your eyes this is your destiny rise
Who told you you never had stars in your eyes this is your destiny rise
Who told you you never had stars in your eyes this is your destiny rise
Who told you you never had stars in your eyes this is your destiny rise because

When I hear this my insides get tight
I grit down on my teeth with all my might
Hey
Play this only at night
Only at night
Only at night
Hey
Now I don't know if you don't know
But imma tell you like this we all gotta go
But I know, nobody gotta go like that y'all
That y'all
C'mon, c'mon

Can I get some
Here to get some
Can I get some
Yeah
Uh
Go 'head