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[Verse 1]
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If you see Stevie Wonder tell him I hear
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If you hear Stevie Wonder tell him I see
G#mF#mG#mE
I don't want no songs for plants, I want songs for me
G#mF#mG#mE
I don't want no songs for plants, I want liberty, I'm living in the city
[Verse 2]
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If you see the doctor tell him he's king, Dr. Martin Luther
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If you see the doctor tell him he's still king, you too Muhammed Ali
G#mF#mG#mE
But this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything
G#mF#mG#mE
Yes this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything
[Chorus]
G#mC#m
There are people in this town that try to put me down
F#mA
They say I don't give a damn, damn
G#mC#m
But the people in this town that try to put me down
F#mG#mA
Are the people in the town, that could never understand a black man
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Don't take it no more
[Instrumental]
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Don't take it no more
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Don't take it no more
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[Chorus]
G#mC#m
There are people in this town that try to put me down
F#mA
They say I don't give a damn, damn
G#mC#m
But the people in this town that try to put me down
F#mG#mA
Are the people in the town, that could never understand a black man
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Don't take it no more
[Verse 3]
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If you see Robert Johnson, tell him I hear, you too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe
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If you see Malcolm, tell him I'm next, vexed
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If you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix
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If you see my brothers tell them it's clear
G#mF#mG#mE
I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear
G#mF#mG#mE
I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear
[Outro]
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Don't take it no more, I don't take it no more
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Mr. Joshua Nkomo, don't take it no more
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Jomo Kenyatta, oh no, don't take it no more
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Haile Selassi, Rastafarian, don't take it no more
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Professor Longhair, don't take it no more