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Wikipedia says:

"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released as the third single from his sixteenth studio album, Innervisions (1973). It reached number 16 on the US Billboard Pop Singles chart, number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100,[2] and number two on the R&B chart. The song's lyrics convey a positive message, focusing on taking things in one's stride and accentuating the positive. In 1992, British band Incognito had a European hit with their cover of the song.

The tune is in E♭ minor, starting with a Latin piano intro. The opening melody is reminiscent of Horace Silver's "Song for My Father",[3] over which Stevie engages in an English-speaking dialogue with a woman, trying to impress her with talk of worldliness of having been to "Iraq, Iran, Eurasia" before changing to somewhat unintelligible Spanish, using the phrase "Todo 'stá bien chévere", which loosely translates as "Everything's really great," continuing with an attempt to impress the woman.

Thanks to YouTuber Stevie Wonder. Lyrics courtesy of genius.com are below the clip.

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https://youtu.be/RxsBc5p-dPU?si=oNmG0WZg-RQf-2kL

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[Intro]
Eee-eee!
Watch this, y'all

Comprende
[Gibberish]
Mama, uh, you understand that? (No)
Well, uh, like, huh, I don't understand how you can't
'Cause, like, I've been to, you know, Paris, Beirut
You know, I mean, Iraq, Iran, Eurasia, you know
I speak very, very, um, fluent Spanish
Uh, todo 'stá bien chévere
(Todo 'stá bien chévere)
Chévere? (bien) chévere
Is that right, mama?
Cause I got my shakin' [unintelligible]

[Verse 1]
Everybody's got a thing
But some don't know how to handle it
Always reaching out in vain
Just taking the things not worth having but

[Chorus]
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama
'Cause I'll be standing on the side
When you check it out
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[Verse 2]
They say your style of life's a drag
And that you must go other places
But just don't you feel too bad
When you get fooled by smiling faces

[Chorus]
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama
'Cause I'll be standing on the side
When you check it out
When you get off your trip

[Bridge]
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
Don't you worry 'bout a thing

[Chorus]
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama
'Cause I'll be standing in the side
When you check it out
When you get off your trip

[Verse 3]
Everybody needs a change
A chance to check out the new
But you're the only one to see
The changes you take yourself through
[Chorus]
But don't you worry 'bout a thing
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, pretty mama
'Cause I'll be standing in the wings
When you check it out

[Outro]
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
(Todo 'stá bien chévere)
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
(Todo 'stá bien chévere)
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
(Todo 'stá bien chévere)
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
Yeah
Don't worry 'bout a thing
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, sugar
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, mama
Don't you worry 'bout a thing hey
Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, sugar
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
Todo 'stá bien chévere

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--hobie