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Worry they may, I’m a be who I be
Everyday with my best, honest living with love & respect
Then they tellin’ me the craziest things, talkin’ about who I should be
Man I’m a just be myself, tell you what now all is well
Verse 1:
Can’t teach the flow, can’t teach the rhythm or the soul
So let me go on the microphone with no control
Straight from the soul I’m from the 303, we be blazin’ new paths
Born and raised in Colorado, I’m blessed believe that
Respect my roots, all the ones before me and that’s the truth
They taught me knowledge of a better way and day to day I remember you
Take me out into the world, all these different faces from all these different places
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But then there come a breed with a common greed and they must control, manipulate
They want to put us in a box and tie it all off well oh I ain’t no slave to authority
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Verse 2:
Gotta do my thing, gotta do it well
We’re in the struggle together unless you couldn’t tell
Working day by day just to get by and we party every day just to get by
Might blaze up on the smoke, the man gonna put ya down
Might dress a little funky, the man gonna put ya down
Might grow dread locks, the man gonna put ya down
Tell the man what’s up and he gonna put ya down
But yo its 2016, nobody got the time for that
You know I ain’t holding back no censorship, no need for that
So tell it like it is and I’m a spit it right back
And if you can’t handle the truth then you better face that with
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A take on the modern soul classic from one of Jamaica's most treasured singers, Donald "Tabby" Shaw of The Mighty Diamonds. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 17, 2020