Gaye, Marvin - Piece Of Clay Lyrics






Father stop, criticizin' your son
Mother please, leave your daughters alone
Don't you see that's what wrong
With the world, with the world today

Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay

We all talked of kindness
But it's only, only a word, truly
Brother turn on a sister
In this cruel, cruel world

That's what's wrong
With oh, in this world today

Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay

Somebody to play with
Wanna mold you, wanna mold you
Shape you like they wanna
Wanna to do their thing

Children are told, to give not just to take
If we were all children,
You know the world
Will be a better place, oh

Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay
We should all love each other
Love and take one another
We should all love each other
Love and not hate, oh

Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay, yeah
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay

True everybody wants somebody
To mold them, shape them own way
Everybody wants somebody
Try to make it
Or do their, do their thing

Everybody wants takes somebody
Got to make it do their thing
Everybody wants somebody
To be their own piece of clay

Everybody wants somebody, somebody
To be their own piece of clay





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  1. D.... ....

    One of the realest records ever!!!! Dedicated 2 all of the abused.

  2. M.... P....

    Marvin you are greatest on greatest ever you are genius just keep on singing you are with the lord

  3. T.... M....

    Deep deep Marvin!!

  4. D.... C....

    love this song❤ Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke are my all-time favorites to this day❗Their both untouchable❗

  5. L.... B....

    It was a gift to me. Thank you.

  6. T.... G....

    I love Marvin Gaye to no end!! This song right cha is the real truth, you better believe it!!

  7. T.... G....

    I love Marvin Gaye to no end!! This song right cha is the real truth, you better believe it!!

  8. b.... ....

    Father stop
    Criticizing (criticizing) your son
    Mother please
    Leave your daughters alone
    Don't you see that's what wrong
    With the world (with the world) today (oh)
    Everybody wants somebody
    To be their own piece of clay (oh)
    Everybody wants somebody
    To be their own piece of clay

    We all talk about kindness
    But it's only only a word (truly)
    Brother turned on a sister
    In this cruel, cruel world
    That's what's wrong
    With all in this world today
    Everybody wants somebody
    To be their own piece of clay
    Oh!
    Everybody wants somebody
    To be their own piece of clay

    Aah aah (woo)
    Somebody to play with
    Wanna to mold you, wanna mold you
    Shape it like they wanna
    Wanna to do their thing

    Children are told
    To give not just to take
    If we were all children
    You know the world will be a better place
    Oh, everybody wants somebody
    To be their own piece of clay

    We should all love each other (each other)
    Love not hate one another (one another)
    We should all love each other (each other)
    Love not hate, oh

    Everybody wants somebody
    To be their own piece of clay
    Yeah, everybody wants somebody
    To be their own piece of clay
    True, everybody wants somebody
    To mold them (to be their own piece of clay), shape them own way
    (Oh) aye, everybody wants somebody
    Try to make it (to be their own piece of clay)
    Or do their, do their thing (want to)
    Everybody wants to take somebody (somebody)
    Got to make 'em, make 'em like their self (piece of clay)
    (Oh) everybody wants somebody (somebody)
    To be their own (somebody, somebody, somebody) piece of clay
    Yeah, everybody wants somebody (somebody) to be (to be their own piece of clay)
    Somebody, somebody
    Somebody (somebody), somebody (to be their own piece of clay) (somebody somebody)
    Somebody (somebody), somebody (to be their own piece of clay) (somebody somebody somebody)


    Songwriters: Gloria Jones / Pamela Joan Sawyer

  9. P.... S....

    35 years apart in demise .....SIP MARVIN & NIPSEY😔💔💔💔💔🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  10. A.... G....

    That guitar and piano and his voice is what gets you every time

  11. E.... ....

    RIP NIPSEY HUSSLE

  12. Z.... H....

    Rip Nipsey. Came here after Tyerese IG post tho

  13. M.... L....

    A truly beautiful song

  14. Z.... G....

    R.I.P Nipsey 😥😥😥 after Tyrese IG post I had to come find this song..

    Z.... G....

    Me too... very sad

    Z.... G....

    @King Aladeen yes it is man damn

  15. F.... R....

    Classic Marvelous Marvin! RIH! My Jam and My Man here! Played this one endlessly! Have a book of all of his recordings! Some not released! Thanks to my Children! This song is before it's time and so relevant today! Much Love!

  16. B.... ....

    That man was the greatest soul singer who ever lived.

  17. C.... J....

    A way-too-big heart for a way-too-small world. Marvin Gaye, still loved in 2019.

    C.... J....

    Well said💝💝💝🎶🎶🎶

  18. Y.... N....

    ☝️😉Sam Cooke-Ray Charles-Nat King Cole-and Frank Sinatra, all wrapped up in one!!!👑🙌😉
    🌏🦋☝️😎🤳🎙

  19. Y.... N....

    MG sings from the bottoms of his heart to the top of his Soul😎🙌🦋
    🌍💘🦋🗣🤳🎙

  20. I.... S....

    A Masterpiece by the Master 😊

  21. j.... ....

    This and "you're the man" could of both been hit songs if released.

  22. m.... ....

    The dopest song.... that never was!

  23. W.... U....

    TRUE FACTS

  24. S.... M....

    Song written by Gloria Jones

  25. B.... W....

    MARVIN s father never accepted him used to beat him 72 MARVIN came home to D C they asked his father if he was proud of MARVIN he had negative commits about MARVIN

    B.... W....

    Bob Wilson thats some cold shyt

    B.... W....

    His father has a lotta nerve not "accepting" Marvin, as he was supposedly a cross-dresser himself! The real conflict was the drugs, or at least that's my impression.

  26. W.... 2....

    let your light shine. ♥ love not hate

  27. E.... W....

    Brilliant song all the way through, but those weeping guitar licks in the intro give me goosebumps every time. Genius player whoever he was.

  28. P.... S....

    I loved him singing this song I wrote with Gloria Jones RIP Marvin !!!

    P.... S....

    Wait are you seriously the actual Pamela Sawyer??!?!?! WOW! Thank you for your music!

    P.... S....

    Dear ms. Sawyer, Madam, I really want to thank you for this wonderful and beautiful song, thank you for sharing it with the world
    I cannot express how much this song means to me and the effects that it had and still has on my life! I was just a 15 year old boy when I first heard this song in one of Marvin's documentaries and instantly fell in love with it! All those tears that i've cried over this song, all those memories! And I didn't even have the full song back then and always played that tragic scene over and over, (the one where Marvin Sr. beats his own son with his belt) just to hear that little part of the song playing in the documentary, one more time!
    Please tell us more about this song, the stories behind it with Marvin! There are nearly no documents whatsoever about this wonderful gem, anywhere!
    Thank you madam and Bless you!!!...

    P.... S....

    Pamela Sawyer would love to meet you...
    I do this song in my set from time to time
    alexispsuter.com

    P.... S....

    My version

    https://www.facebook.com/109565729653/posts/10157314303934654?s=100003251243897&sfns=mo

    P.... S....

    Thank you so very much. How this incredible piece of music never made it on a regular album release is beyond me.This is perfection.

  29. R.... G....

    Great Video!! Keep up the great work!!!

  30. R.... G....

    Thank you very much for this video!!!

  31. K.... M....

    Damn "Phenomena" soundtrack....

  32. F.... W....

    man this song is outstanding!!!! The musical arrangements are excellent, RIP my brother

  33. I.... C....

    Wonderful song.

  34. G.... K....

    Id like to dig up that little sick Bishop Gay and kill him again myself. Marvin should still be here!!!! R I P My Brother

  35. S.... 0....

    Marvin was singing this to his sick Dad

  36. S.... H....

    Love You Marvin ,no longer a troubled man, rest in peace my friend love forever sue xxxx

  37. O.... ....

    That wailing guitar at the beginning, though...totally slays. Who is it? Anybody know?

    O.... ....

    Oldmotherhell Google the song in Wikipedia and it normally tells who played on it and what instrument.

    O.... ....

    Oldmotherhell Trying to find out! Could be Dennis Coffey. Sounds a lot like Ron Bykowski.

  38. F.... J....

    RIP MR. Marvin Gaye

  39. R.... A....

    Never heard this song , and never looked @ it in that way .


  40. K.... T....

    WOW! TELL IT LIKE IT IS MARVIN! THIS IS THE KIND OF MUSIC MOTOWN WOULDN'T RELEASE FROM YOU. WE KNOW YOU WERE MORE THAN JUST A FINGER POPPIN ARTIST.

  41. M.... S....

    I don't remember hearing this one before I was 14, back in 1995.   I know MG was murdered in 1984.  When was this song originally recorded?

    M.... S....

    Monique Sharp this was unreleased song. Eventually released on some Marvin compilation. Sorry took so long for answer lol

    M.... S....

    It was part of the soundtrack for the movie Phenomenon. I can't remember the year. That was the first time I heard it.

    M.... S....

    Monique Sharp It was recorded in 1970

  42. s.... c....

    Always sends chills down my spine.

    s.... c....

    Makes me start bawling every time. I have to turn it every time it comes on my shuffle.

  43. M.... C....

    Genius!

  44. E.... R....

    Wait, there are people who dislike this? Waaaaah?

    E.... R....

    right! they got to be some cold individuals!

    E.... R....

    Eric Rogers they be crazy...😊

    E.... R....

    i disliked it to mess with you

  45. C.... E....

    It's been 30 years since you left us on this day. Still missing you. R.I.P. brother.

  46. l.... ....

    3 dislikes. That's why we have Care in the Community in the UK. You know they're out there, but catching them is so hard before the last bus back to the happy house.

  47. m.... ....

    How could anyone dislike this song? It's genius!

  48. p.... ....

    ya damn right No description available....

  49. S.... ....

    He's definitely up there, but not he best I'd say.

    S.... ....

    ShooterKitty , The Best IMO 😉

  50. M.... S....

    DON'T CRY.......

    M.... S....

    Mary Simpson

    M.... S....

    Mary Simpson

    Too late....

  51. K.... ....

    This song always makes me cry...

  52. L.... G....

    Greatest soul singer ever :)

  53. r.... ....

    GOD has you now, Bro. Marvin.... Thank you GOD for the time WE had him.

  54. C.... D....

    @str8OuttaNaptown30 what would you say this song is classified under: pop, rock, punk, garage, indie ... the song is right from blues roots, maybe you are simply a moron?

  55. m.... ....

    we need more songs like this on the radio

  56. m.... ....

    @Wewillwake amen!

  57. a.... ....

    Who were the two morons who clicked dislike?

  58. d.... ....

    thanks soso much for posting one of my favorite marvin songs! he is really singing this one from the heart! loved marvin and he is greatly missed!!! thanks again for posting!!!!

  59. b.... ....

    RIP Marvin Gaye

  60. t.... ....

    This song was featured in the soundtrack for the movie "Phenomenon" starring John Travolta, Robert Duvall & Kyra Sedgwick.....loved this song.....R.I.P. Marvin!

  61. J.... L....

    just beautiful!!!

  62. a.... ....

    One word: "GENIUS"!!!!!!!

  63. B.... C....

    @AboSaud33
    The Master 1961-1984... It's a compilation with 4 cds, 90 tracks, and 5 hours of Marvin Gaye :) You'll find it on the third disc.

    B.... C....

    Yes Bryan. Cua I have that C.D. collection I brought it in 1999 & still listen to.it from time to time. Piece of Clay is one of my favorite songs by Marvin Gaye & there are some who try to mold other people I dont want noone to mold me but my creator * GOD * in Heaven Amen

    B.... C....

    Bryant Cua you are so right I brought this C.D. collecton in 1999 & this is one of my crying Marvin Gaye songs I dont want anybody molding me but *GOD * our Heavenly Father In Heaven Amen

  64. C.... D....

    The best blues singer EVER and a very DEEP tune, Thank you for the beauty Marvin

  65. A.... ....

    wow so amazing,,, from which album is this song??

    A.... ....

    AboSaud33 The Master

  66. k.... ....

    Deep, Deep song.. He really felt this one, The brotha was singing about his own childhood & his strained relationship with his own father, Wow...

  67. R.... P....

    There is too many emotions for me to describe this song... think of the part of the heart that is hard to get to.. then dig 50 more inches below that.... I love this song, literally the best select of words and music I've ever heard in my entire life.

  68. C.... E....

    My favorite Marvin Gaye song. Thank you so much posting it.

  69. W.... ....

    Woo, You have to fight to hold back the tears when you hear this one!!!

  70. t.... ....

    One of my favorite Marvin Gaye tracks...EVER!