I got things to do and places to go.
When I'll be back I just don't know.
I love my country, my love is strong.
But you know damn well that you done me wrong.
Well I'm a, a bluesman, I was born to be.
My greatest love is to be free.
I'm a, a bluesman, that's what I am.
 If you don't like it I don't give a damn.
From Jamestown to foreign shores.
I built your country and I fought your wars.
I came home and my reward,
Were chain gangs and the ghetto floor.
 Cause I'm a, a bluesman, I was born to be.
 My greatest love is to be free.
 Well I'm a, a bluesman, that's what I am.
If you don't like it I don't give a damn.
 I'm going to tell you, stay out my way.
You just might end up DOA.
You talk the talk, but you can't walk the walk.
 And I don't really care to hear you bitch and squawk.
Cause I'm a, a bluesman,
I was born to be. My greatest love is to be free.
(harp solo)
 I ain't gonna let you forget my name.
You wanna play but you don't know my game.
 Mother to father, father to son.
The only way that the blueblood runs.
Cause I'm a, a bluesman, black flesh and bone.
 I'm no pretender to the throne.
Rope, lash and fire, blood, sweat, and tears,
A legacy of six hundred years.
A bluesman, I was born to be.
My greatest love is to be free.
I'm a bluesman that's what I am.
If you don't like it I don't give a damn.