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Intro 1
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You know I read in the paper the
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other day,
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about all the progress we done made.
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after all the dues we done paid.
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and you can get that in our school.
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Of course, have to act responsible and
don't socialize with a crazy militant fool.
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it sure is good to be free.
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who do they think they're kidding with that jazz?
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say practice the golden rule, said son you
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mess around and lose your cool.
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That night I was walking home feeling good,
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praying like a son of a gun, when a cop yelled
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I said, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Officer, you must not have heard.
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I'm free.
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Listen, I was just thinkin'.
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with that jive?
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here next.
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That's where a brother will own a big factory,
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and then we'll all be well -fixed
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Now, I know it's hard to figure out how it helps me and you,
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but, hell, try
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It sure is good to be free
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But you know something,
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Ooh, I think they're foolin' with that jive.
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all them politicians downtown, they got a committee
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They're gonna figure out how stop all
on the problem too.
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Say, come here boy, grab this rifle here,
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we're going, but we ain't gonna be gone long.
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All us free
Americans gonna save them good
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guys from them damn
Vietcongs.
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I say, ooh, ooh, ooh,
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sure is good to be free
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They think they jivin' with
Outro 1
that jive
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