Rapper Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz, Trombone Shorty and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band collaborated on an update to the New Orleans jazz standard “It Ain’t My Fault.” The song is available on iTunes for 99 cents. Proceeds benefit the non-profit Gulf Aid. Gulf Aid ensures that proceeds from sales and donations are “distributed to organizations focused on supporting wetlands/coastal environmental issues & the well-being of fishermen, and the regional seafood industry,” according to its website.
Keith Sperra of the Times-Picayune wrote a great article about the recording process.
Here’s the video. It’s very cool.
I’ve looked for the updated lyrics but haven’t been able to find them. Can anybody help with that?
Thanks to Milly Vappie: Here are the lyrics
It Ain’t My Falult:
Mama ya don’t say, uh
Oil and water don’t mix
Petrolio don’t go good with no fish
Aw, it ain’t my fault
BP, big pimpin, big problem, bad presence
Billionaire pirate, boiling point, burst pressure
Aw, it ain’t my fault
Say man, who pushed the marshes back ?
Where’s the hurricane shelter and the garden at?
Aw, it ain’t my fault
Said, from the gulf of Mexico to the broke levee wall
Something gone wrong and it’s somebody’s fault
Aw, it ain’t my fault
Scripture says, it say they go to rock to hide they face
And the rock cried out no hiding place
Say, they go to rock to hide they face
And the rock cried out no hiding place
Say, they go to rock to hide they face
And the rock cried out no hiding place
Oh lord, oh lord, it ain’t my fault
OW!
Lord have mercy!
Aw, it ain’t my fault
This is part of my gospel song,
Say they go to rock to hide they face
And the rock cried out no hiding place
Say they go to rock to hide they face
And the rock cried out no hiding place
Say they go to rock to hide they face
And the rock cried out no hiding place
Oh lord, oh lord, it ain’t my fault
OW!
Aw, it ain’t my fault
This is part of my gospel song,
Aw, it ain’t my fault
It ain’t my fault
It ain’t my fault