I got things to do and places to go
When I'll be back I just don't know
I love my country my love is strong
But you know d**n well that you done me wrong
Well I'm a a bluesman I was born to be
My greatest love is to be free
I'm a a bluesman that's what I am
If you don't like it I don't give a d**n
From Jamestown to foreign shores
I built your country and I fought your wars
I came home and my reward
Were chain gangs and the ghetto floor
Cause I'm a a bluesman I was born to be
My greatest love is to be free
Well I'm a a bluesman that's what I am
If you don't like it I don't give a d**n
I'm going to tell you stay out my way
You just might end up DOA
You talk the talk but you can't walk the walk
And I don't really care to hear you b***h and squawk
Cause I'm a a bluesman
I was born to be
My greatest love is to be free
Harp solo
I ain't gonna let you forget my name
You wanna play but you don't know my game
Mother to father father to son
The only way that the blueblood runs
Cause I'm a a bluesman black flesh and bone
I'm no pretender to the throne
Rope lash and fire blood sweat and tears
A legacy of six hundred years
A bluesman I was born to be
My greatest love is to be free
I'm a bluesman that's what I am
If you don't like it I don't give a d**n
