O-o-h Child
"O-o-h Child" is a 1970 single recorded by Chicago soul family group the Five Stairsteps and released on the Buddah label. Previously, the Five Stairsteps had had peripheral success recording in Chicago with Curtis Mayfield: when Mayfield's workload precluded his continuing to work with the group they were reassigned to Stan Vincent, an in-house producer for Buddah Records, who had recently scored a Top Ten hit with the Lou Christie single "I'm Gonna Make You Mine". Vincent wrote the song for his son, Chuck. The Five Stairsteps' debut collaboration with Vincent was originally formatted with the group's rendition of "Dear Prudence" as the A-side with Vincent's original composition "O-o-h Child" as B-side. However, "O-o-h Child" broke out in the key markets of Philadelphia and Detroit to rise as high as #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1970. The track's R&B chart impact was more muted with a #14 peak, although "O-o-h Child" is now regarded as a "soft soul" classic. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 21 song of 1970.
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Ooh child
by: Nice & Smooth[scratch: "Kick it, for me, one, time"]
("Ohhhhh, Teddy Ted!")
[Smooth Bee]
Teddy Ted, that's what I said
He and Special K are like Barney and Fred
(Greg Nice) Smooth Bee is MC's
We grow from roots to trees and then leaves
When he's strollin, high-rollin
All the girlies on the block he's controllin
He's Teddy Ted baby, livin care free
You don't scare him, so don't fear him
We're all equal, so be peaceful
AND TO THIS RAP THERE'S A SEQUEL
[Teddy Ted scratches over an "Ooooh child" refrain x10]
["Ooooh child" sample x4 more]
["Ooooh child" sample x4]
("Ohhhhh, Teddy Ted!")("You are an expert")
[Greg Nice]
Teddy Ted, a pimp with a gangster limp
Class he's flowin like sand through the hourglass
He does work, he loves to flirt
("Ohhhhh..")("You are an expert")
[Teddy Ted scratches over an "Ooooh child" refrain x9]
("slice'n'dice")("expert")
("Ooooh child")("expert")
("slice'n'dice, he.. he..")
("Ooooh child")("he, he, he loves to fade")
("sip iced tea, and lay in the shade")
("Ooooh child")("you gaze..")("You are an expert")
("You gaze.. you gaze.. you gaze..")
("You gaze be dazed as he will amaze!")
("Ooooh child")