Key: C major
Verse 1
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Oh, Nanahoy, yeah
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Nanahoy, Nanahoy,
I'm coming to tell you
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A good man is never honored
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in his own land
That is the living truth, well
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A good man is never honored in his own land
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In Rochester, respect the rules
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A good man is never
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That is the living truth, Lord
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A good man is never
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In branches that respect the rules
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The Christ that crucifies
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He was be trayed by the scribes
and the pharisees
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John the Baptist got his head cut off
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Think you know God's story
but you don't know our blood
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That is the living truth, well
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A good man is never honored
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in his own land
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The branches not respect the root
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A good man is never
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honored in his own land
That is the living truth, yes
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A good man is never
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The branches not respect the root
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Took Marcus Garvey,
Malcolm X
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Never got the respect
that was due to them
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They was sabotage man,
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Now their legacies have been celebrated
by those hypocrites
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A good man is never other
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than his own man
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A good man is never
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other than his own man
The branches that respect the roots
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A good man is never
that is the living truth, well
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A good man is never honored
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in his own land,
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branches not respecting roots
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Many great men and their philosophies
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were condemned by society
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The truth is a fact and
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they were only a threat
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to the status quo, lord
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A good man is never
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honored in his own mind,
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that is the living truth, yeah
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A good man is never honored
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in his own mind,
branches not respect the roots
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A good man is never
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honored in his own mind,
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that is the living truth, yeah
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A good man is never honored
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in his own mind,
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Weh nothing, no, no, yeh, yeh
So I'm a coming,
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The Christ get crucified
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He was be trayed by the scribes
and the Pharisees
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John the Baptist got his head cut off
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You think you know the whole story
but you don't know a flaw
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The ghost man is never honored
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in his own way
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A good man is never honored
The branches not respect the roots
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A good man is never honored
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in his own land
That is the living truth, yeah
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A good man is never honored
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in his own land
The branches not respect the roots
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Look, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X,
and Martin Luther King
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Never got the respect that
was due to them
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must be trained and shot to death
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Now their legacies have been celebrated
by those hypocrites
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Lord a good man is never honored
That is the living truth, Lord
The branches that respect the roots
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A good man is never honored
That is the living truth, yeah
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Old man, he's never older
Rage and there is fighting in rooms
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He's never older than his old man
Oh Lord, they're gunning down
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Oh Lord, they're burning down
Oh Lord, they're squeezing down
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He's never older than his man
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You
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