Mr. Commissioner by Arbee Stidham Lyrics
[Intro]
Hold it, hold it everybody hold it the meeting has come to order
Brother Stidham is here to tell you all about it
Tell 'em Brother Stidham
[Verse 1]
Hey Mr. Commissioner, do you know what you're doing?
You're breaking up the numbers racket and driving the poor people around
[Chorus]
Don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Verse 2]
You stay by, stand if you wanna stay in the race
When you cast by, their stand the police raid their piece
[Chorus]
Now, Lord, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner now, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Verse 3]
Now some books went down, they just couldn't stand
But one bunch stuck by, that's the hard done and twenty grand
[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
You're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Verse 4]
Now the little old skipper pays eight dollars for a nickel
They old folks used to catch it boy and sure was tickled
[Chorus]
Man, now don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
Knocked out the numbers racket the whole world started to moan
Like what President Roosevelt died they knew something good was gone
[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Verse 6]
Now people have told you and I got plenty witnesses
You can always get you a giggin' man and a bus cab agenda man
[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Instrumental]
[Verse 7]
I wants to knock down the hard down, the twenty grand you couldn't stand
Everybody thought it was gone but the hard done came back
[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
Hold it, hold it everybody hold it the meeting has come to order
Brother Stidham is here to tell you all about it
Tell 'em Brother Stidham
[Verse 1]
Hey Mr. Commissioner, do you know what you're doing?
You're breaking up the numbers racket and driving the poor people around
[Chorus]
Don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Verse 2]
You stay by, stand if you wanna stay in the race
When you cast by, their stand the police raid their piece
[Chorus]
Now, Lord, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner now, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Verse 3]
Now some books went down, they just couldn't stand
But one bunch stuck by, that's the hard done and twenty grand
[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
You're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Verse 4]
Now the little old skipper pays eight dollars for a nickel
They old folks used to catch it boy and sure was tickled
[Chorus]
Man, now don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
Knocked out the numbers racket the whole world started to moan
Like what President Roosevelt died they knew something good was gone
[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Verse 6]
Now people have told you and I got plenty witnesses
You can always get you a giggin' man and a bus cab agenda man
[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough
[Instrumental]
[Verse 7]
I wants to knock down the hard down, the twenty grand you couldn't stand
Everybody thought it was gone but the hard done came back
[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough