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[00:09.07]I got things to do and places to go.
[00:12.79]When I'll be back I just don't know.
[00:15.99]I love my country, my love is strong.
[00:19.53]But you know damn well that you done me wrong.
[00:23.22]Well I'm a, a bluesman, I was born to be.
[00:26.92]My greatest love is to be free.
[00:31.23]I'm a, a bluesman, that's what I am.
[00:35.36] If you don't like it I don't give a damn.
[00:38.57]From Jamestown to foreign shores.
[00:43.12]I built your country and I fought your wars.
[00:47.06]I came home and my reward,
[00:50.64]Were chain gangs and the ghetto floor.
[00:54.19] Cause I'm a, a bluesman, I was born to be.
[00:58.19] My greatest love is to be free.
[01:01.72] Well I'm a, a bluesman, that's what I am.
[01:05.69]If you don't like it I don't give a damn.
[01:09.08] I'm going to tell you, stay out my way.
[01:13.66]You just might end up DOA.
[01:21.03]You talk the talk, but you can't walk the walk.
[01:22.10] And I don't really care to hear you bitch and squawk.
[01:24.50]Cause I'm a, a bluesman,
[01:27.02]I was born to be. My greatest love is to be free.
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[02:12.12] I ain't gonna let you forget my name.
[02:15.40]You wanna play but you don't know my game.
[02:18.43] Mother to father, father to son.
[02:22.58]The only way that the blueblood runs.
[02:25.65]Cause I'm a, a bluesman, black flesh and bone.
[02:29.62] I'm no pretender to the throne.
[02:33.20]Rope, lash and fire, blood, sweat, and tears,
[02:38.13]A legacy of six hundred years.
[02:41.08]A bluesman, I was born to be.
[02:45.25]My greatest love is to be free.
[02:48.67]I'm a bluesman that's what I am.
[02:52.67]If you don't like it I don't give a damn.