Sly & The Family Stone

I Want to Take You Higher" is a song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly and the Family Stone, the B-side to their top 30 hit "Stand!". Unlike most of the other tracks on the Stand! album, "I Want to Take You Higher" is not a message song; instead, it is simply dedicated to music and the feeling one gets from music. Like nearly all of Sly & the Family Stone's songs, Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart was credited as the sole songwriter. Lyrics: [Intro] Hey, hey, hey [Verse 1] Beat is gettin' stronger Music gettin' longer, too Music is a-flashin' me I want to, I want to, I want to take you higher I wanna take you higher Baby, baby, baby, light my fire I wanna take you higher [Refrain] Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom Hey, hey, hey, hey [Verse 2] Beat is nitty-gritty Sound is in your city, too Music's still flashin' me Don't ya, don't ya, don't, don't, don't ya wanna get higher? Don't ya wanna get higher? Baby, baby, baby, light my fire (Woo) I wanna take you higher [Refrain] Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom Hey, hey, hey, hey Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka [Bridge] Higher Higher Higher Higher Higher (Won't ya light my fire?) Higher (Woo, yeah) Higher (Wanna take you higher) Higher [Refrain] Hey, hey, hey [Verse 3] Beat is there to make you move Sound is there to help you groove Music's still flashin' me Take your places I wanna take you higher (Higher, higher) Wanna take you higher (Higher, higher) Baby, baby, baby, light my fire (Woo, higher, higher) I wanna take you high, high, high, high, high, high, high, high (Higher, higher) [Refrain] Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-lak-goon-ka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka [Bridge] Higher (Let me take you) Higher (Do you wanna go) Higher (With me, me) Higher (And you, you) Higher (Won't ya light my fire?) Higher (Woo, yeah) Higher (Wanna take you higher) Higher [Refrain] Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Hey, hey, hey, hey Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka [Bridge] Higher (Do you feel it?) Higher (Yeah) Higher Higher Higher (Don't you wanna go higher?) Higher (Woo) Higher (I wanna take you higher) Higher (Yeah, yeah) [Refrain] Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Hey, hey, hey, hey Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka [Bridge] Higher (Always was a tripper) Higher (Never was a slipper) Higher (Hey, uh) Higher (I wanna take you higher) Higher (Yeah, yeah) Higher (I wanna take you higher) Higher Higher [Refrain] Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka Boom laka-laka-laka [Outro] Everybody higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher Higher

Family Affair is a 1971 number-one hit single recorded by American funk band Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic Records label. Their first new material since the double A-sided single "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"/ "Everybody Is a Star" nearly two years prior, "Family Affair" became the third and final number-one pop single for the band. In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song 57th on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The cover version by John Legend, Joss Stone, and Van Hunt, won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at 49th Annual Grammy Awards. Lyrics: [Chorus] It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair [Verse 1] One child grows up to be Somebody that just loves to learn And another child grows up to be Somebody you'd just love to burn [Verse 2] Mom loves the both of them You see, it's in the blood Both kids are good to mom Blood's thicker than the mud [Chorus] It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair Over there, world gone bad [Verse 3] Newlywed a year ago But you're still checking each other out, hey Nobody wants to blow Nobody wants to be left out, uh-huh [Verse 4] You can't leave 'cause your heart is there But, sure, you can't stay 'cause you been somewhere else You can't cry 'cause you'll look broke down But you're cryin' anyway 'cause you're all broke down [Chorus] It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair Oh, hey, a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair (It's a family affair) It's a family affair Well It's a family affair It's a family affair