I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself

Do you hear me? I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself Don't give me degeneration

Give me true communication

Don't give me sorrow

I want equal opportunity

To live tomorrow Give me schools

And give me better books

So I can read about myself

And gain my truly looks I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself

Do you hear me now, now? I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself Some of us try

As hard as we can

We don't want no sympathy

We just wanna be a man I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself

Do you hear me? I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself We got talents we can use

On our side of town

Let's get our heads together

And get it up from the ground When some of us make money

People hear about our people

Gotta *** out a honey

Forget about honey

Do you now, let me hear, hey Come on, I got to have it

Come on, I need it

I got to have it, come on

I got to have it, oh, ha Lordy, Lordy, Lordy

Lordy, Lordy, Lordy Play with your bad self

Come on, baby

Come here

Gotta get it Got to get myself together

So many things I got to do

So many things I got to do

I don't need no help from you Tell everybody, everybody else

All of these things, baby

I got to do it myself

Come on, hey I got to have it

I, said I, said I

Said I, said I, I I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself With you I'll sweat and blood

To put out any fire and block off every plug I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself

Do you hear me? I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself I'm not gonna tell

You what to do

I'm not gonna raise a fuss

But before you make another move

Let's start by taking care of us I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself

Do you hear me? I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself Kids get that education

And don't you take no more

'Cause if we gonna get

This thing together

Then you got to carry the ball I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

Open up the door Open up the door

Open up the door

Open up the door

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself Can you dig the groove?

Can you make the move?

Can you dig the say?

Can you make the pay? Dig the groove?

Can you dig it?

Tell me, can you dig it?

Tell me, can you? Come on now, come on now

Come on, come on, come on

Come on Come on, all right

Come on fly

Hey, hey, hey Lord have mercy

I got to have it

Got to have it

I got to have it Don't need no cupid

Don't be no stupid

Come on We, we don't have time to hate

We need all the time we got

To try to communicate Come on

Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy

Baby, baby, baby, baby How can I get myself together

When you keep on packing your bag ?

How can I get myself together

When you keep on packing your bag? How can I get myself together

When you keep on packing your bag?

How can I get myself together

When you keep on packing your bag? I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself

Oh, no, no, no, no I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself I'm not gonna tell you what to do

I'm not gonna raise a fuss

But before you make another move

Let's start by taking care of us I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door

I'll get it myself Kids get that education

And don't you take no more

'Cause if we gonna get

This thing together

Then you got to carry the ball I don't want nobody

To give me nothing

Open up the door, open

Open up the door Open up the door, hit it

Open up, here I come

Open up and let a man come in

Open up, let a man come in

Open up, let a man come in Here I come, here I come

I'm comin' in any type of weather

Comin' 'cause I got myself together

Open up, open up, open up, up