now watchta mistah man
i don't like the way you stand
and you stand so too long you know man
i'm meditating you're meditating on the same song so long?
well hear my husband:
i now preach
i now teach
i just show you
how i set
caw the truth well sweet
just like an African beat
like when you see whey you're coming from
like when you site whichpawt you reach
so I don't care if you want to be angry
ar even going like you perplex
me I'm going to show you whey I saw mistah man
you just sat down and followed-up like a cabbidge
like you have no understanding have no nallidge
like you still don't realize I just di addah day
we chuck-away the choking chains of bandidge
that in spite of hateridge and disadvantage
down we slip-up and stumble on the way
we still reach far down freedom street
still mindful of the minefields on the way
so I'm begging you mistah man
please come out of your shell
you cyaan dwell in the paas
cat laas fi evah you know my brother
now that the sun is shining brite
please come out of the doldrums of the dark night
history is bigger than me you know
time cyaan steal but it can heal
so shake the dew from out your head
wipe the cabweb from your face
we have enough work to do
far we don't reach mount zion
yes we phudung a solid foundaeshan
fi true
an one an two a we well a get true
fi true
but we still haven't built the new jerusalem yet
the time goin come again
you can bet
when we're going to march awn again
you hear my friend
mobilize our women and our friends
even the kids are golb jine een
for freedom is not idealagy
freedom is a human necessity
it cycan depend on now one somebody
is up to each and every one of us
I now preach
I now teach
I just show you
how I set
caw the truth well sweet
just like an African beat
like when you see where you're coming from
like when your site whichpawt you reach
so I don't think you're angry
or even think you're perplexed
I just show you what I see mistah man

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