[Intro: Al Green]

Something that can make you do wrong

Make you do right

Something that can make you do wrong

Make you do right

[Verse 1: Cassius]

Somethin' that makes me

Think about it all the time

Always just behind there haunting, messin' up my mind

Something that takes me

To the place I lose control

Where there is no one to hold me

Or own my soul

I can get crazy

Travelin' round too fast to see

Hiding just beyond perception, that would be me

It's how it makes me

Shakes and tingles through my spine

Playin' my life by rolling dice

Tears to my eyes

[Chorus: Cassius and Leroy Burgess]

Perception (shining on me)

Affection (holding on to me)

Obsession (I just can't break free)

Perception (shining on me)

Possession (holding on to me)

Infatuation (I just can't break free)

[Bridge: Al Green and Leroy Burgess]

Something that can make you do wrong

Perception (shining on me)

Possession (holding on to me)

Something that can make you do wrong

Obsession (I just can't break free)

Affection (holding on to me)

[?], baby

[Verse 2: Cassius]

It's not the first time

Workin' my way against the grain

Everyday dreaming, an everlasting stream

It's not the last time

We all need a second chance

Playin' life with bishops and knights

On goes the line

Why are they trippin'

I'm just an average man

One alone, sometimes right, sometimes doin' wrong

Wherever the four winds

May blow me, I will go

Only under influence

[Chorus: Cassius & Leroy Burgess]

Perception (shining on me)

Affection (holding on to me)

Obsession (I just can't break free)

Perception (shining on me)

Possession (holding on to me)

Infatuation (I just can't break free)

[Bridge: Al Green, Cassius and Leroy Burgess]

Something that can make you do wrong

Perception (shining on me)

Possession (holding on to me)

Something that can make you do wrong

Obsession (I just can't break free)

Affection (holding on to me)

Something that can make you do wrong

Perception (shining on me)

Possession (holding on to me)

Something that can make you do wrong

Make you do right

Something that can make you do wrong

Make you do right

(Can't break free)