Throw your hands up to the sky
And scream out loud I'm free
'Cause wrong is the new right
So we can cut loose tonight
It costs a lot to look this cheap

So get it like you like it
Get it like you like it
Get it like you like it
Get it like you like it

Fire makes it burn and water makes it turn
We must still be here living on earth
They keep telling me Jesus walked on water
He shoulda surfed

Now get it like you like it
Get it like you like it
Get it like you like it
Get it like you like it

In 1918 the great bambino
Kicked a piano into Willis pond
But Johnny Damon swung a bat
Grand slam that was that
An 86 year curse is gone

Just like you like it
Get it like you like it
Get it like you like it
Get it like you like it

Now throw your hands up to the sky
And scream - scream I'm not alone
Is it irony or fate
Don't become what you hate
We've all got stardust in our bones

Just like you like it
Get it like you like it
Get it like you like it
Got to get it like you like it
Get it like you like it
Oh - just - just - just like you like it
Get it like you like it
Just like you like it
Get it like you like it


Musicians

Ben Harper : Acoustic guitar, Vocals
Juan D. Nelson : Bass
Oliver Francis Charles : Drums
Leon Mobley : Percussion
Jason Yates : Keys
Michael Ward : Guitar
Marc Ford : Guitar
Scott Thomas : Backing Vocals


Comments

by Danny Kalb (recording engineer) :

"The Boat is a good medium sized studio. When most band record nowadays, you may a drummer in the main room with mics on his drum kit. There may also be a guitar player and a bass player with the drummer in the room, but their amps are usually isolated in another room so there is no sound spillage between the drums/bass/guitar. On top of that you may a singer in another room singing along to the band in his headphones. This is the safe, modern (and sometimes sterile) way most people record. When we recorded "Get It.." There were 8 people with their amps and instruments crammed into the main room with absolutely no isolation. Amps blazing, drums and percussion pounding away, everyone singing with all that sound going on. It takes very talented and well rehearsed musicians to pull this off. I was a little worried about the sound I'd be able to get, but those guys more than made it work."