| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Do you hear me?
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Don’t give me degeneration
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| Give me true communication
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| Don’t give me sorrow
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| I want equal opportunity
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| To live tomorrow
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| Give me schools
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| And give me better books
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| So I can read about myself
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| And gain my truly looks
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Do you hear me now, now?
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Some of us try
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| As hard as we can
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| We don’t want no sympathy
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| We just wanna be a man
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Do you hear me?
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| We got talents we can use
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| On our side of town
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| Let’s get our heads together
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| And get it up from the ground
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| When some of us make money
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| People hear about our people
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| Gotta grab out a honey
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| Forget about honey
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| Do you now, let me hear, hey
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| Come on, I got to have it
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| Come on, I need it
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| I got to have it, come on
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| I got to have it, oh, ha
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| Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
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| Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
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| Play with your bad self
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| Come on, baby
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| Come here
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| Gotta get it
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| Got to get myself together
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| So many things I got to do
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| So many things I got to do
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| I don’t need no help from you
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| Tell everybody, everybody else
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| All of these things, baby
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| I got to do it myself
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| Come on, hey
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| I got to have it
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| I, said I, said I
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| Said I, said I, I
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| With you I’ll sweat and blood
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| To put out any fire and block off every plug
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Do you hear me?
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| I’m not gonna tell
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| You what to do
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| I’m not gonna raise a fuss
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| But before you make another move
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| Let’s start by taking care of us
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Do you hear me?
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Kids get that education
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| And don’t you take no more
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| 'Cause if we gonna get
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| This thing together
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| Then you got to carry the ball
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| Open up the door
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| Open up the door
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| Open up the door
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| Open up the door
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| Hey, hey, hey
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| Hey, hey, hey
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Can you dig the groove?
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| Can you make the move?
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| Can you dig the say?
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| Can you make the pay?
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| Dig the groove?
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| Can you dig it?
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| Tell me, can you dig it?
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| Tell me, can you?
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| Come on now, come on now
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| Come on, come on, come on
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| Come on
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| Come on, all right
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| Come on fly
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| Hey, hey, hey
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| Lord have mercy
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| I got to have it
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| Got to have it
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| I got to have it
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| Don’t need no cupid
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| Don’t be no stupid
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| Come on
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| We, we don’t have time to hate
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| We need all the time we got
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| To try to communicate
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| Come on
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| Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
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| Baby, baby, baby, baby
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| How can I get myself together
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| When you keep on packing your bag?
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| How can I get myself together
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| When you keep on packing your bag?
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| How can I get myself together
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| When you keep on packing your bag?
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| How can I get myself together
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| When you keep on packing your bag?
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| Oh, no, no, no, no
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door
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| I’ll get it myself
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| I’m not gonna tell you what to do
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| I’m not gonna raise a fuss
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| But before you make another move
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| Let’s start by taking care of us
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
 | 
| Open up the door
 | 
| I’ll get it myself
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| Kids get that education
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| And don’t you take no more
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| 'Cause if we gonna get
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| This thing together
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| Then you got to carry the ball
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| I don’t want nobody
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| To give me nothing
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| Open up the door, open
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| Open up the door
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| Open up the door, hit it
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| Open up, here I come
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| Open up and let a man come in
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| Open up, let a man come in
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| Open up, let a man come in
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| Here I come, here I come
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| I’m comin' in any type of weather
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| Comin' 'cause I got myself together
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| Open up, open up, open up, up |