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There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhood |
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He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard |
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You know he thinks that he's got it so good |
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And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up the evenin' slop |
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And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin', I can remember when |
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you could stop a clock." |
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CHORUS: |
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Oh but ain't that America for you and me |
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Ain't that America somethin' to see baby |
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Ain't that America home of the free |
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Little pink houses for you and me |
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There's a young man in a t-shirt |
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Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station |
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He's got greasy hair, greasy smile |
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He says, "Lord this must be my destination." |
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'Cause they told me when I was younger |
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"Boy you're gonna be president." |
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But just like everything else those old crazy dreams |
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Just kinda came and went |
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Well there's people and more people |
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What do they know know know |
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Go to work in some high rise |
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And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico |
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Ooh yeah |
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And ther's winners and there's losers |
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But they ain't no big deal |
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'Cause the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills, |
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the pills that kill |
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