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House Negro Blues

Corey Harris
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House negro rude Made for master's food Livin' in master's house Can't do what master do Wearin' master old clothes Eatin' his scraps too House negro rude House negro rude House negro blues You still got to pay your dues House negro rude Got to pay your black folk dues Blues, blues, blues, blues House negro blues House negro rude Thought you was so special This shouldn't happen to you If it was a field negro Wouldn't be no news House negro rude Made for master's food Livin' in master's house But can't do, can't do what master do House negro blues Well, you got to pay your dues House negro blues Got to pay them black folk dues House negro rude Blues, blues, blues, blues House negro rude I'ma tell you one thing Master sure do hate When a, when a field negro Forget who really own the master gates Field negro get the last He gon' take it 'til he dies House negro get the last Them lashes gonna make him cry House negro blues You got to pay your dues House negro rude You got to pay your black folk dues House negro blues Blues, blues, blues, blues House negro rude House negro rude Thought that master love him House negro blues House negro rude When he found out House negro blues It was just a lie House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude Blues, blues House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude House negro rude Blues, blues House negro rude