Tonalité : C minor
Verse 1
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You know,
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I always enjoy playing Washington, D .C.
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It makes me feel not
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only a mom's friend,
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close to the seat of government,
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provides me with
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an opportunity to deliver,
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for example, this open letter
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pressed into my hands
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by a man on my street.
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If I'm not mistaken,
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I once read back
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during that short spell
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I spent in school
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where every slave set free
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was supposed to get for slaving
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40 acres an d a mule.
Now, ain't no tellin' how much work
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was done by my ancestors
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under slavery's rule,
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but sure as hell the totals got to run
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at least forty acres and a mule.
Now, I'm not sayin' this
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to see folks sweat,
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cause I'm not bitter,
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Neither am I cruel,
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but ain't nobody paid for slavery yet.
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I bought my 40 acres
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an d my mule.
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We had a promise. That was taken back.
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And when we hollered,
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it was, hey, she be cool.
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Well, me, I'm being rowdy,
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hot, and black.
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I want my 40 acres and my mule
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Don't tell me not to get myself upset
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Don't look at me like
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I'm some kind of ghoul
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Just answer quietly when do I get
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I got now 40 acres and my mule
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No thanks,
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I'll take my own self out to lunch
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No thanks,
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I'll dig me my own swimming pool
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and play around with my own bunch.
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Try and get 40 acres in on me,
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cause in terest gotta go on,
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just like rent.
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I may be crazy, but I ain't no fool.
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100 years of debt at 10 % per year,
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per 40 acres and per mule,
now add that up.
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Ooh, look at that.
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The one they all call Great Grandma Jewel.
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Just pay me that
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and call the whole thing square.
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Yes, Lord,
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it's Marty Akers and I'm you!
Mmm. applause
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I'm only serious. audience laughter
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