I Had To Say It chords by Millie Jackson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Gather round everybody,
everybody clap your hands
Now I never tried this shit before
but I'll do the best I can
Now I got something to say to you, and you might not appreciate it,
but I don't give a damn if you like it or not.
In fact, I don't care if you hate it.
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I ain't trying to start no  shit. I
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ain't trying to raise no sin.
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I'm just trying to say what I got to say
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in a language you understand.
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Now you know my name ain't
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Fatback. I ain't part of
Sugar
Hill.
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I'm just trying to pass this message to
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you to show you how I feel.
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Uh -oh, I think I'm losing him I
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gotta get him back
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What would
Curtis
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Blow do at a time like this?
Say ho!
Ho!
Say ho!
Ho!
Hip hip de hip de hip bop bop de hip
hip de hip de hippity hop
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Fuck
Breakdown!
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Now that I got your attention again
I wanna get right to the point
Hey you over there with the
braids in your hair
Suck up what I did,
George
Say ho!
Here we go
I got your attention again
I wanna speak to you about
White girls on the arms of our
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It's not bad enough they gettin'
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the good thing
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They got the men callin' them honey
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It wouldn't be so bad but every
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time they get one
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They get one that got them honey
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They say they got them
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cause we ain't cool
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All we do is fuss
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They marry them and the court
take the money
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They come back broke to us
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Now we done waited 400 years
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Just to get rid of all the cotton sack
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The white man finally let
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you make some money
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And you fools give it all back
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Now I know you're ready to
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break this record
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And it's the last time you'll play it
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But there's some wo  men
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who think like me
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So damn  it, I had to say it
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She had to say it
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I   had to say it
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She had to say it
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Uh
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Hell, I think I got them now
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Look at the crowd I'm drawing in
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Chugs, I   got them there
There's some
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Pro ball players
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Hey
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They say music soothes the savage beasts,
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give me some music, damn all the hand -clappin',
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give me some music.
Y 'all can stop I guess the
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band got white girls too
Say ho!
Ho!
Ho!
ho!
Ho!
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Now hold on there don't you go  nowhere
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I ain't finished with this mess
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There's a few more things   I'm hold
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in' inside I'd like to get off my chest
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I wanna talk to all you complainers
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Now, let us get this straight
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You tell me you got no
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money for food
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Then why the hell you overweight?
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Now, I know I'm gettin' you angry
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I heard one call me a tramp
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But have you ever noticed the size of these
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people on line for food stamps?
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Now, I've had people
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ask me  for jobs
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But find someone to cut the grass
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If you ask someone to clean your house,
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they'll tell you to kiss their ass
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Now I don't cook, I don't do it to me
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Do the floor,
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then ask them what do you do
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And they look at you and say ho
You ho
They say ho
You ho
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Now I know this song is stupid
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It's my dues, I got to pay it
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So remember before you attack me
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Hell, I had to say it
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She had to say it
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I had to say it
She had to say it
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I had to say it
She had to say it
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I also have to get me
some roller skates
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There's no need for violence
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I'll go quiet
Oh, shit!
Who is this in this butter
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-lickin' white outfit?
I'm the
Grand
Sack
Clown from the
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KKK, and I'm here to make you an
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honorary member of  our organization.
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I see. I'm leaving.
Thank you very much.
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Uh -huh.
I thought this only happened in
Dixie.
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I could have sworn I was...
No. I'm getting the shit out of here.
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Yeah, I am definitely going.
Good night, y 'all.
Good night, y 'all.
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