The Wiz movie - Emerald City Sequence lyrics
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(Sung by The Emerald City Citizens & Richard Pryor)<br>
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EMERALD CITY GREEN:<br>
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I want to be seen green<br>
Wouldn't be caught dead, red<br>
'Cause if you are seen green<br>
It means you got mean bread<br>
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You've got to be seen green<br>
To show that you're stuff's layed<br>
If you're not seen green<br>
You better be wearing jade<br>
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Oh, you've got to be seen green<br>
Don't tell them your cupboard's bare<br>
That you gave up one week's feed<br>
To pay for your colored hair<br>
Oh, oh, oh<br>
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AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GREAT POWERFUL OZ:<br>
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I thought it over and green is dead<br>
'Till I change my mind, the color is red<br>
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EMERALD CITY RED:<br>
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I wouldn't be seen green<br>
Ooo! Oo! Oo! Ah! Ah!<br>
I wouldn't be caught dead<br>
And if I'm caught at all<br>
Then catch me in dead, red<br>
Ooo!<br>
You've got to be dead red<br>
You've got to be real hot<br>
So throw away those green gems<br>
And wear rubies on your yacht<br>
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You've got to be dead, red<br>
You've got to have flash and flair<br>
And if you're not seen red<br>
Then you shouldn't be seen nowhere<br>
Ah!<br>
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How quickly fashion goes down the drain.<br>
Last week when you all was wearin' pink<br>
Already for me red was old.<br>
The ultimate brick is gold.<br>
That's the new color, children<br>
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EMERALD CITY GOLD:<br>
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Golden gold<br>
Golden gold<br>
Golden gold<br>
Golden gold<br>
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You got to be seen gold<br>
Watch out for the new kind<br>
You got to have old gold<br>
Like some from a gold mine<br>
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You got to be wearin' gold<br>
The twenty four carat kind<br>
And once you've shined it up<br>
It should ought to make you blind, ah!<br>
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You got to be seen in gold<br>
To show that you're super slick<br>
It helps to pay tips and tolls<br>
It's the ultimate yellow brick<br>
It's the ultimate<br>
Gold<br>
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Golden gold<br>
Golden gold<br>
Golden gold<br>
Golden gold<br>
Golden gold<br>
Golden gold<br>
Golden gold<br>
Gold, gold, gold, gold<br>
Gold!<br>
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