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CHORUS: I'm your nephew, yes it's true oh can't you hear me |
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Uncle Sam |
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Can I sit upon your bended knee just like the other man? |
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Didn't I die in |
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Vietnam and didn't |
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I march in |
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Birmingham? |
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I'm your nephew, yes it's true oh can't you hear me |
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Uncle Sam |
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VERSE 1: Didn't |
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I sail the water against my every will? |
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Didn't I fetch that water when your bucket needed a refill? |
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Where was all the water when the fire was burning up the cross? |
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I'm your nephew too it's true oh hear me, |
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Mr Boss CH |
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ORUS VERSE 2: |
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Didn't I get all |
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A's in school, yes |
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I did now |
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Uncle Sam |
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My books did not have covers on 'em still |
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I did the best |
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I can Now how come |
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I can't get no job, |
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I just don't understand |
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Don't you love me anymore, why can't you tell me |
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Uncle Sam |
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CHORUS RAP: |
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I've lived the life a citizen's supposed to |
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So why I gotta be the illegitimate nephew |
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Remember me, |
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Uncle Sam? |
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I fought your war |
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And went all out not knowing what |
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I was fighting for |
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Sam? Why'd you let them rape my great grandmother? |
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Then go to the oak tree and hang her brother |
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When Abe was slaving there wasn't a fuss |
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So where was you when they was in my yard burning the cross? |
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Do you love me or what, |
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Uncle Sam, what is it? |
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You wanna maim me, you claim the grand wizard? |
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Let that pass and marched for a just cause |
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Then got uncivilized rights with unenforced laws |
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Passed your curriculum got a diploma |
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And can't get a job 'cause my skin has colour |
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You say things have changed between now and then |
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Now, I wanna know the difference between me and him? |
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CHORUS |
