(Uhh, man, we gon' bust out this one-string Diddley Bow, now. It's gon' bark at you. Know what I'm sayin'?)
[Verse 1]
The thing I'm tryin' to be, is just bein' me
The things I wanna hold onto, is the things I got for free
One man to do their thing, one man who wanna sing
Why you wanna [?], oh no, just don't take it away
(Yessir. Come on, man, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout.)
[Verse 2]
The things that money buy, is just the things that money buy
But the things that's really worth it, well, they make me feel alright
When I get to, get to sang, when I get [?] thing
[?] get to play [?] don't take it away
[Chorus]
Don't take it away
Hear what I say
Don't take it away
Hear what I say
(Hey, man, don't take it away. It's all I've got y'all
It's all I've got. Don't take it away
It's my soul we're talkin' 'bout here. It's what I do
It's my soul, Lord.)
(Yeah, this is it up here, right here. Now I remember [?].)
[Verse 3]
See, the thing I'm tryin' to be, is just bein' me
The things I wanna hold onto, is the things I got for free
One man to do their thing, one man who wanna sing
Why you wanna [?], oh no, just don't take it away
[Chorus]
Don't take it away
Hear what I say
Don't take it away
Hear what I say
(Don't take it away
It's all I got
Don't take it away
It's all I got.)