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lyrics

vrs1: hol(d) my mule | pass me my hammer | made to smite or buil(d) | call her dbl entendre | run wif me | whoa-ah-ay-yah-ah | or get outta my way | whoa-ah-ay-yah-ah | i’d rather meet my maker | whoa-ah-ay-yah-ah | den be in bondage anudda day | whoa-ah-ay-yah-ah | chorus: i’m retchin fo(r) my tubman | call me moses | i’m de new law give(r) | i’m retchin fo(r) my tubman | crook(id)-foot(id) but i’ma deliver(r) | vrs: hol(d) my mule | gimme room | to smote or to buil(d) be a wide work | a bride ready fo(r) her groom | buck wif me | whoa-ah-ay-yah-ah | or sit urself down | whoa-ah-ay-yah-ah | we aint got long to be herr | whoa-ah-ay-yah-ah | so i’m gonna shout right now | whoa-ah-ay-yah-ah | chorus: i’m retchin fo(r) my tubman | call me moses | i’m de new law give(r) | i’m retchin fo(r) my tubman | crook(id)-foot(id) but i’ma deliver(r) | break: look it herr | hey hey look it herr … | bridge: i’m de m.e. | crook(id)-foot(id) | crook(id)-foot(id) | i-chile | my lawd take a minute | work de m.e. | crook(id)-foot(id) | crook(id)-foot(id) | i-chile | i dont think dey heard me say m.e. | crook(id)-foot(id) | crook(id)-foot(id) | i-chile | my lawd work dat m.e. | crook(id)-foot(id) | crook(id)-foot(id) | i-chile | i need me a choir … | special: derr aint nan blk(r) | blk(r) den me … | special-special: derr aint |nan blk(r) | den who | den me | derr aint | nan blk(r) | blk(r) den me … | whoa-ah-ay-yah-ah … |

credits

from tubman., released July 19, 2019
blinkety-blink-blink(s): Tim “Cream” Jones
electric boom-doom-boom: Jeff Harris
upright boom-doom-boom: Junius Paul
bam-bam(s) / bam-bam programmin: Marcus Evans
chutch-house: Justin Dillard
slide: Carlos Pride
harmonica: Billy Branch
thunder & other percussion: JoVia Armstrong
da-di-dah(s): Corey Wilkes (trumpet), Fred Jackson (alto sax), Jeff Livorsi (Trombone)
cosign(r): Maceo Haymes
blkgroun(d) & han(d) clap(s): de funky abolitionist(s) [Marcus Davis & Maceo Haymes on de retchin, Ugochi on de whoah-ah-aye-yah-ah, Tina M. Howell & dr. rev. deac. a. r-rah on de m.e. crook(id)-foot(id) i-chile(s)]
choir & han(d) clap(s): ban(d) all dress(d) in white [Tina M. Howell, Ugochi, Kameco Dodd, Donte Harvey Angela Young, Shana Young, Gozá Parks, Sonshine Wiley, Shana Young, Angela Young]

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