Open Up Your Mind (Wide) - The Gap Band

You say you’re trying to handle the situation

But your mind is filled with aggravation

You say you can’t turn to your relations

You say you can’t deal with world invasion

'Cause your mind is getting tighter

Don’t think that the load’s gonna get any lighter

Hoping that your world doesn’t get any wider

Hoping that your life’s gonna get any brighter

If you open up your mind

Turn your head toward the sky

Every little thing’s

Gonna get a little better, yeah, yeah

If you open up your mind

Turn your head toward the sky

Reach way down in your heart

And you’ll feel better

If you open up your mind

Turn your head toward the sky

Every little thing’s

Gonna get a little brighter, yeah, yeah

If you open up your mind

Turn your head towards the sky

Reach way down in your heart

And you’ll feel better

Yeah, yeah, yeah, wide

Yeah, yeah, yeah, wide

Oh, baby, baby, yeah, wide

Come on and open up, wide

Yeah, yeah, yeah, wide

Everybody come on, wide

Yeah, yeah, yeah, wide

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Come on and open up, wide

Open up your mind, wide

Yeah, yeah, wide

Yeah, yeah, yeah, wide

Come on and open up, wide

Come on and funk with me now, wide

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wide

Mm-mmm, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, wide

Mm-mmm, come on y’all, wide

Mm-mmm, come on and party with me, wide

Open up, open, open, open up, wide

Uh-huh, uh-huh, ah, uh-huh, wide

Come on, come on, y’all, wide

As the world turns

Everything we do this evening

Is on the one

Funking on the edge of night this evening

You got your G-A-P

Gonna put it on the three

If you don’t believe that, turn to channel two

Ha, on the one this evening

If you wanna funk with me

You have to drop all material things

You see they’re not--it's so very important

You have to drop all material things

And come on, on the one side, you see

Wide, come on, come on, come on, go

Wide, mm-hmm, yeah, yeah, yeah

Wide, wide, wide, wide

Wide, ah-ah-ah-ah, uh-huh, come on

Wide, open up your mind, open, open, open

Wide, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, now

Wide, come on, come on, come on and open

Wide, hey, yeah, oh, baby

Wide, yeah, yeah, whoa…

Wide, yeah, yeah, yeah, ah…

Wide, yeah, yeah, yeah

Wide, open, open, open up

Wide, come on, come on

Wide, open, open sesame

Wide, open sesame, open sesame

Wide, come on, come on, come on, come on, hey, yeah

Wide, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Wide, wide, come on, come on, hey, yeah

Wide, come on, come on, everybody

Wide, show them what to do

Wide, wide, wide, wide, wide, wide

See, everything we do

Is still on the one this evening

Beyond the edge of night

Beyond sunset tomorrow

You see, we got Robert, we got Ronnie

And your boy Charlie

We gonna put everything on the one the evening

This is G-A-P

We’re gonna put it on the one

Still talking about the bad material things

That you are so hung up on this evening, uh-huh

You have it your way and you’ll celebrate the day

You see, come on over my side of town

Everything we do is one, the one

You wanna open up your mind up very wide this evening

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on

Come on, come on, come on, come on through!

Wide, yeah, yeah, yeah, open, open, open up

Wide, wide, wide, wide, wide, yeah

Wide, wide, wide, wide, wide, hey!

Wide, wide, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah…