Ode To A Black Man

Album: Solo In Soho (1980)
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  • If you see Stevie Wonder tell him I hear
    If you hear Stevie Wonder tell him I see
    I don't want no songs for plants
    I want songs for me

    I don't want no songs for plants
    I want liberty living in the city
    If you see the doctor tell him he's king, Dr. Martin Luther
    If you see the doctor tell him he's still king, you too Muhammed Ali

    But this bad black boy won't be blown away by anything
    Yes this bad black boy won't be blown away by anything
    There are people in this town
    That try to put me down

    They say I don't give a damn
    But the people in this town
    That try to put me down
    Are the people in the town

    That could never understand a black man
    Don't take it no more
    Don't take it no more
    Don't take it no more

    There are people in the town
    That try to put me down
    They say I don't give a damn, damn
    But the people in the town that try to put me down

    Are the people in the town that could never understand a black man
    Don't take it no more
    If you see Robert Johnson, you too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe
    Now tell him I hear

    If you see Malcom tell him I'm next, vexed
    If you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix
    If you see my brothers tell them it's clear
    I've been living on the wrong side

    Now I hear
    Don't take it no more
    I don't take it no more
    Mr. Joshua Nkomo

    Don't take it no more
    Jomo Kenyatta, oh no
    Don't take it no more
    Haile Selassi, Rastafarian

    Don't take it no more
    Professor Longhair
    Don't take it no more Writer/s: PHILIP PARRIS LYNOTT
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 1

  • Alpha from Washington, DcWow! When you refer to his upbringing, "comfortable" in what way? Unless you grew up as an Afro in a Euro community I doubt seriously you can judge exactly how comfortable the brother was. Also "doing what he damn well pleased" is a far cry from the fact that he was a drug addict, which by the way is a disease. And unless you've spoken with Stevie Wonder directly you probably shouldn't claim to know what he would or wouldn't take to kindly about. The line was funny but apparently was beyond your sense of humor. This so called "song fact" is nothing but opinion with the only exception being the amount of time the song lasts. What does "inspite of the title" mean anyway?
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