Wed Nov 6, 2:00 PM ET
By The Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) - James Brown's daughters said they agonized about suing
their father over songs for which they claim they deserve royalties.



"We knew the consequences of bringing all this out — all the
publicity this would get," Yamma Brown Lumar told The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution for Wednesday's editions, in her first public statement
about the lawsuit.


"We love our father. ... It's been extremely difficult. This is
family. This is our father. It's taken a lot of soul-searching and
digging deep."


Lumar, 29, and Deanna Brown Thomas, 33, filed the lawsuit in
September in federal court in Atlanta, contending they co-own the
copyrights to 23 songs, including the 1976 hit, "Get Up Offa That
Thing."


The lawsuit against Brown and his record labels, Warner Chappell
Music and Dynatone, seeks more than $1 million and alleges breach of
contract, negligence and racketeering.


The musician and his record labels, in court papers filed Monday,
denied the allegations and asked for dismissal of the complaint. They
noted that a similar lawsuit that Brown's daughters filed in Michigan
was dismissed in the spring.


Brown, in a sworn affidavit also filed this week, said, "I can assure
the court that when the merits of the case are examined, there is no
basis for any of the claims since my daughters Deanna and Yamma made
no contribution to any of the songs at issue."

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FloridaNPG
Note: It's a shame his own daughters R suing him! Talk about money
hungry. Makes U ungerstand why Prince keeps 2 himself (family wise)