[Verse 1]
Crime in the streets
I read about it everyday in the papers
And justice needs and justice wants
But just in time, yeah's too late here
Oh, feels like I wasn't born there (Feels like I wasn't born there)
I feel just like a boogie pilgrim (Oh, huh, yeah)

[Chorus]
Boogie pilgrim
Hustled to get it
To get it together
Down on the jive talk
Down on the weather
Boogie pilgrim—oh
Brother, I never felt better
No, I never felt better

[Verse 2]
Low life's complete
When you've lived that way out on the sidewalk
(Walking on the sidewalk every day, let me tell you)
Oh, I got the speed, baby, you got the need, ah, huh
But the need in me needs nothing
(But you know that I need nothing)
But I know that you all want something
Oh, just like a boogie pilgrim, boogie pilgrim
[Chorus]
Boogie pilgrim
Hustled to get it
To get it together
Down on the jive talk
Down on the weather
Boogie pilgrim—oh
Brother I never felt better
Yeah, I know I'm better
(Don't you know that I never felt better?)
No, I never, never, never felt better, let me tell you, c'mon
(Don't you know that I never felt better?)

[Verse 3]
Don't you know that I never felt better?
Don't you know that I never felt better?
Don't you know that I never felt better?
Don't you know that I never felt better?
Boogie, boogie, boogie pilgrim, yeah
Oh, Lord, I never felt better, yeah
(Don't you know that I never felt better?)
Ooh hoo, ooh hoo, ooh hoo

[Chorus]
Boogie pilgrim
Hustled to get it
To get it together
Down on the jive talk
Down on the weather
Boogie pilgrim—yeah
Lord, I never, never felt better
Yeah. let me hear you all sing (Don't you know that I never felt better?)
[Outro]
Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim, oh
Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim
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Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim
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Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim
Boogie pilgrim