G#m F# E D#
[Verse 1]
G#m F# E D# G#m
What's wrong with the world today?
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Things just got to get better
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Sho' ain't what the leaders say
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Maybe we should write a letter
[Chorus]
G#m F#
Dear Mr. Man
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We don't understand
G#m F#
Why poor people keep struggling
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But you don't lend a helping hand
[Verse 2]
G#m F# E
Matthew 5:5 say,
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The meek shall inherit the earth
G#m F#
We wanna be down that way
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But you been tripping since the day of you're birth
[Verse 3]
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Who said that to kill is a sin
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Then started every single war
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That you're people been in?
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Who said that water
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Is a precious commodity
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Then dropped a big old black oil slick
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In the deep blue sea?
[Verse 4]
G#m F# E
Who told me, Mr. Man
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That working round the clock
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Would buy me a big house in the 'hood
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With cigarette ads on every block
[Verse 5]
G#m F# E D#
Who told me Mr. Man
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That I got a right to moan?
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How 'bout this big ol' hole in the ozone?
[Verse 6]
G#m F# E
What's wrong with the world today
G#m F# E D#
Things just got to get better
G#m F# E D# G#m
Dear Mr. Man, we don't understand
F# E D#
Maybe we should write a letter
[Solo]
[Verse 7]
G#m F#
Listen, ain't no sense in voting
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Same song with a different name
G#m F#
Might not be in the back of the bus
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But it sho' feel just the same
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Ain't nothin' fair about welfare
G#m F# E D#
Ain't no assistance in AIDS
G#m F# E D# G#m
Ain't nothing affirmative about you're actions
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Till the people get paid
[Verse 8]
G#m F#
You're thousand years are up
E D#
Now you got to share the land
G#m F# E D#
Section one, the fourteenth Amendment says:
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No state shall deprive any person
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Of life, liberty, or property
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Without due process of law
[Verse 9]
G#m
Mr. Man,
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We want to end this letter with 3 words
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"We tired y’all!"
[Otro]
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