Don't know why, but I've really been jamming a lot to this song lately. This tune is so catchy and funky, I love it.


Early In The Morning
by Gap Band
album: Live & Well (1996)

Oh, I never, you know I loved you till you left me
Oh, I never, you know I cared till you were gone
I was young and foolish, I didn’t know what I was doin’
I didn’t know I lost you till you’re gone
Oh, I never, knew I loved you till you were gone

So I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover
So I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover
Gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover

Now I gotta get up early every morning
‘Cause the early bird always catches the worm
Now I gotta get up every morning
Gotta make up for the lesson I’ve learned
Gotta find me a lover that won’t run for cover
Gotta find me a lover that won’t run the mother

‘Cause I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover
So I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover
So I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover

I was young and foolish, I didn’t know what I was doin’
I didn’t know I lost you till you’re gone
She had a pretty face that drove me wild
I even wanted her to have my child

Early in the morning
To find me another lover
So I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover
So I gotta get up early in the morning
To find me another lover

(Team say it)
Gotta find me another lover
Gotta find me another lover
Gotta find me another lover
Gotta find me another lover

(Ladies just sing it one time, sing ladies)
Gotta find me another lover
Gotta find me another lover
Gotta find me another lover
Gotta find me another lover

Early in the mornin’
In the middle of the day, baby
Late at night, mama
Everything gonna be all right

Early in the mornin’
In the middle of the day, baby
Late at night, baby
Everything will be all right

Early in the mornin’
In the middle of the day, baby
Late at night, baby
Everything will be all right

Early in the mornin’, baby
In the middle of the day, baby
Late at night, mama
Everything will gonna be all right, yeah

Early in the mornin’, baby
In the middle of the day, baby
Late at night, mama
Everything will gonna be all right


Interesting that the website that I copied and pasted the lyrics from is showing this song is from 1996. I always thought this was an 80's jam.

psychodelicide said:

it came out in 81

Okay, thanks, so I'm not losing my mind. Don't know why the website is saying 1996.

psychodelicide said:

That's when the live album was released.

AlexdeParis said:

Thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...DAFPaP5Pcg

funkpill said:

i've always wanted to dress up like charlie wilson for halloween...if i knew how to make a sparkly-fringy suit, i totally would.

I love this song so much The Gap band is my favourite group of all time so I'm biased!

Actually, the song is from the 1982 album IV. Awesome, awesome song.

That album came out in 1982 and the whole album is GREAT.

funkpill said:

you freakin rock!

funkpill said:

Thanks, now I reaaally love this song.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

purpledusk971 said:

They really had some good songs out.

Moonbeam said:

This is the kind of song that makes you get up and shake your groove thang.

Graycap23 said:

I'll bet it is.

chewwsey said:

He does, most definitely.

I have seen the Gap band live twice and actually got to meet them once!

The first time I saw them was in 1982 at the Cow Palace in SF. They were the headliners. The opening act was Goodie, then Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, then Roger/Zapp. The Gap Band and Roger/Zapp turned it out! Very Funky, you could feel the heat coming off the stage when they were on. GMF and the Furious Five really disappointed me, they did not have a live band and rapped to the records. This is common place now a days but back then, I had never heard of that.

The second time I saw them was in late 1983 at the Oakland Coliseum. Again they were the headliners (with Atlantic Star opening and Jeffrey Osborne going second) and this time I got to go back stage and meet them. I went to High School with one of their nieces (Hi Michelle) and she got us backstage. They were kind of pissed since there were so many people backstage, I guess they have a ton of family in this area, but non the less I got to meet them. Charlie seemed the coolest of them all. One guy in the band, "Baby Gap", liked one of the girls I in the group I went with so he was escorting us around all night trying to hit on her. He was kind of cool and introduced us to Jeffrey Osborne.

Again, they put on one hell of a show.

Sowhat said:

Cool story, thanks for sharing!
[Edited 3/19/07 11:36am]

ahhh...memories of my youth.

sosgemini said:

psychodelicide said:

That's Peaches And Herb



http://www.youtube.com/wa...8x41MVCGis

psychodelicide said:

thank U both

The Gap Band will always be a favorite of mine!

"VI"...I played this album to death when I was a kid...(still do actually)

"OUTSTANDING".... still one of my favorite songs of all time. (on this album too)


Even seeing Charlie Wilson in the Snoop video for "SIGNS"...great to see!!
I'm glad he's still around and singing...R&B has missed his voice for too long.
(even if it's only in the background) but it's so unmistakeable.
[Edited 3/20/07 2:33am]

FiveFootNine said:

He put out a solo cd last year.

love this song, it's a classic!!! i love to play it when i have to go out of town and i have to leave early in the morning. It jumpstarts my morning

Hell yeah, that's the jam!!!!


The Gap Band was undeniably funky!!!

psychodelicide said:

Graycap23 said:

and I didn't know about it?!?!?
[Edited 3/20/07 15:16pm]