I got things to do and places to go
When I'll be back I just don't know
I love my country, my love is strong
But you know damn well that it's done me wrong
I'm a bluesman, I was born to be
My greatest love is to be free
A bluesman that's what I am
If you don't like it I don't give a damn
From Jamestown to foreign shores
I built your country and I fought your wars
I cam home and my reward
Were chain gangs and the ghetto floor
I am going to tell you, stay out of my way
You just might end up DOA
You talk the talk, but you can't walk the walk
And I don't really care to hear you b**h and squawk
I'm a bluesman, I was born to be
My greatest love is to be free
I ain't gonna let you forget my name
You wanna play but you don't know my game
Mother to father, father to son
The only way that the blueblood runs
I'm a bluesman black flesh and bones
I ain't no pretender to the throne
Rope lash and fire, blood sweat and tears
A legacy of six hundred years
I'm a bluesman, I was born to be
My greatest love is to be free
A bluesman that's what I am
If you don't like it I don't give a damn