The price you got to pay to be free chords by Cannonball Adderley
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Yes, ladies and gentlemen,
we wish to introduce now
for the first time,
making a professional recording
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with our group, the son of Nat Adderley,
who is not really a junior,
but he prefers to have his own identity,
so he refers to himself as Nat Adderley Jr.
so that his father won't get
any credit
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for what he's doing.
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Let me let you know
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how a young black American, 15 years old,
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feels about life in the United States
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for himself today.
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Here's a tune composed
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by Nat Adderley Jr.
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that's called,
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and what is it called?
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The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free,
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Interlude 1
y 'all. Check it.
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And Massel
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Lincoln was the
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president way back when
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Talking about emancipation
He didn't want to give me
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my freedom then
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They put me on probation
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And here it is a century later
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Just shut down our great
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emancipator
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You wonder why I'd give
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my life to get together
This bullshit nation
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How much longer will it be?
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Oh, the price you got to pay to be free
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Yeah I've
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been in this jail cell oh so long,
how much time must I serve?
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Tell me Mr. President,
are you gonna give me
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what I want
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and what I deserve?
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Cause if you're not, just tell me true,
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cause I'm go ing to fight until you do,
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yeah,
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but then you're gonna call me a militant.
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And God damn,
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you got your nerve, yes you do
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How much longer will it be?
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Hey, hey, hey, yeah
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Good God, the price you got to pay to be fake
Interlude 2
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You try
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to help this thing along
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Then believe me I'm not angry at you
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But if you not just think
before you do me wrong
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Would you dig it if I did it to you?
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Wrong is wrong and right is right
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So let's stand on up and fight
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And I'll be able to do all the things
I've ever wanted to do
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And it's not gonna be too long
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We're coming on strong, yes we are,
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and we're not gonna hesitate.
We're gonna fight this thing
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before it's too late.
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We're moving up, can't you see?
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Uh, the price you got to
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pay to be free.
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Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -o h -oh -oh
-oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh.
Matt Adderley Jr.,
Matt Adderley Jr.,
ladies and gentlemen.
The price you got to pay to be free
Cannonball adderley
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