Rock N Roll Nigger

Patti Smith

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    Baby was a black sheep. Baby was a whore
    Baby got big and baby get bigger
    Baby get something. Baby get more
    Baby, baby, baby was a rock-and-roll nigger
    Oh, look around you, all around you
    riding on a copper wave.
    Do you like the world around you?
    Are you ready to behave?

    Outside of society, they're waitin' for me
    Outside of society, that's where I want to be

    (Lenny!)

    Baby was a black sheep. Baby was a whore
    You know she got big. Well, she's gonna get bigger
    Baby got a hand; got a finger on the trigger
    Baby, baby, baby is a rock-and-roll nigger

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    Outside of society, that's where I want to be
    Outside of society, they're waitin' for me

    (those who have suffered, understand suffering
    and thereby extend their hand
    the storm that brings harm
    also makes fertile
    blessed is the grass
    and herb and the true thorn and light)

    I was lost in a valley of pleasure
    I was lost in the infinite sea
    I was lost, and measure for measure
    love spewed from the heart of me
    I was lost, and the cost
    and the cost didn't matter to me
    I was lost, and the cost
    was to be outside society

    Jimi Hendrix was a nigger
    Jesus Christ and Grandma, too
    Jackson Pollock was a nigger
    Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger
    Nigger, nigger, nigger

    Outside of society, they're waitin' for me
    Outside of society, if you're looking
    that's where you'll find me
    Outside of society, they're waitin' for me
    Outside of society

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    Composition: Lenny Kaye and Patti Smith

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