I was born and raised in the ghetto
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Talk with me and you'll know
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I wasn't satisfied with living on the side
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I started looking around for a possibility
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But listen to my story, of what became of me
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I met a businessman
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Who said he got some friends back East
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Said, "Why don't you come along?
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Well we could help you atleast"
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"Make you into a big star
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By playing your guitar"
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But the joke was on me
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They left me flat to see
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Yes I know, I'll make out alright
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Think I'll do alright
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Struggling for recognition, identity and respect
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I got a lot of promises, they told me not to fret
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Said, "We will stand by you
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If the going gets rough"
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But when I started sinking
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They didn't even bluff
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Yes I know, I'll make out alright
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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I think, I'll do alright
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'Bout a year has come and gone
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And left me standing here
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Thinking how it could have been
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'Cause still I ain't nowhere
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They surely took me for a ride
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Trampled on my pride
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But I'll hold my head up high
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Got no more tears to cry
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Yes I know, I'll make out alright
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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I think, I'll do alright
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Yes I know I'll make out alright
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Think, I'll do alright
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Yes I know, I'll make out alright
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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Where my music's playing all night
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Going back West
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(Going back West)
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I think, I'll do alright
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Going Back West
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| Jimmy Cliff |
