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I'm your nephew, yes it's true oh can't you hear me Uncle Sam
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Can I sit upon your bended knee just like the other man?
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Didn't I die in Vietnam and didn't I march in Birmingham?
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I'm your nephew, yes it's true oh can't you hear me Uncle Sam
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VERSE 1:
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Didn't I sail the water against my every will?
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Didn't I fetch that water when your bucket needed a refill?
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Where was all the water when the fire was burning up the cross?
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I'm your nephew too it's true oh hear me, Mr Boss
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CHORUS
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VERSE 2:
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Didn't I get all A's in school, yes I did now Uncle Sam
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My books did not have covers on 'em still I did the best I can
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Now how come I can't get no job, I just don't understand
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Don't you love me anymore, why can't you tell me Uncle Sam
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CHORUS
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RAP:
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I've lived the life a citizen's supposed to
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So why I gotta be the illegitimate nephew
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Remember me, Uncle Sam? I fought your war
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And went all out not knowing what I was fighting for
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Sam? Why'd you let them rape my great grandmother?
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Then go to the oak tree and hang her brother
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When Abe was slaving there wasn't a fuss
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So where was you when they was in my yard burning the cross?
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Do you love me or what, Uncle Sam, what is it?
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You wanna maim me, you claim the grand wizard?
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Let that pass and marched for a just cause
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Then got uncivilized rights with unenforced laws
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Passed your curriculum got a diploma
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And can't get a job 'cause my skin has colour
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You say things have changed between now and then
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Now, I wanna know the difference between me and him?
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CHORUS
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Uncle Sam
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| Tevin Campbell |
