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A1	The Uncle Tom Game Written-By – Edwin Birdsong, Michelle Birdsong	2:47
A2	The Spirit Of Do…Do Written-By – Edwin Birdsong, Michelle Birdsong	3:18
A3	My Father Preaches That God Is The Father Written-By – Edwin Birdsong, Michelle Birdsong	3:39
A4	It Ain't No Fun Being A Welfare Recipient Written-By – Edwin Birdsong, Michelle Birdsong	3:51
A5	When A Newborn Baby Is Born, The World Gets One More Chance Written-By – Doug McClure, Edwin Birdsong, Michelle Birdsong	4:12
B1	Mr. Money Man Written-By – Doug McClure, Edwin Birdsong, Michelle Birdsong	3:44
B2	Moongoose Written-By – Rick Frank, Stan Bronstein	4:10
B3	The Old Messiah Written-By – Artie Resnick*, Paul Nauman*	3:54
B4	Pretty Brown Skin Written-By – Michelle Birdsong, Roy Ayers	2:28
B5	It's Hard To Move When It's Your Move Written-By – Doug McClure, Edwin Birdsong, Michelle Birdsong	2:48
B6	God's Home Written-By – Edwin Birdsong, Michelle Birdsong	3:55

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Deutsche Grammophon
• Printed By – Gerhard Kaiser GmbH

Credits

• Art Direction – David Krieger
• Design – Paula Bisacca
• Engineer – Bob Morgan , Brian Condliffe, Jerry Masters
• Engineer [Re-mix] – Edwin (Eddie) Kramer*
• Other [Special Thanks] – Alber Lowe, Bob Wray, Charley Brown, Clayton Ivey, Edwin Kramer, Fred Prouty, James Brown, John Ward, Johnny Griggs, Jumma Santos, Rick Frank, Travis Womack
• Other [Thank Y'all] – Frank Daily, Rick Hall
• Photography By – Joel Brodsky
• Producer, Arranged By, Conductor, Keyboards – Edwin Birdsong
• Producer, Executive-Producer – Ted Cooper

Notes

Michelle-Bird Music/Every Little Tune ASCAP [A1 to A4, B6]
Seer Music/Pocket Full of Tunes BMI [A5, B1, B5]
Frankwood Music/Pocket Full of Tunes BMI [B2]
Hudson Bay/Paul Nauman BMI [B3]
Ayer-Bird Music ASCAP [B4]

A product of Wes Farrell Organization
This album was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, at the Fame Recording Studio; and in New York at the Sound Exchange and the Electric Lady Studios

Manufactured by Deutsche Grammophon, Hamburg
Printed in Germany by Gerhard Kaiser GmbH, Essen

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout A): 1 ℗ 1971 G71 ◊G A 1 00 2425 078 S1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B): 1 ℗ 1971 G71 ◊G A 1 00 2425 078 S2
• Rights Society: GEMA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
24-4071	Edwin Birdsong	What It Is ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	24-4071	US	1971
24-4071	Edwin Birdsong	What It Is ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Polydor	24-4071	US	1971

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