Po Man by Milton Wright Lyrics
[Chorus]
You wish you were a poor man
You wish that you would die like me
'Cause win a dime, know I'll be free
I know I'll be free, I'm a poor man
[Verse 1]
You wish you eatin' pig tails
And had to live on collard greens
I know some time that there'll be times
You wish you never seen a meal
You wish you were a poor man
[Verse 2]
You wish that you could laugh
When you will be cryin'
You wish that you could live when you will be dyin'
You wish that you could die like me
When I die, I'll be free
I'm a poor man
Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
I'm a, I'm a, ooh
Ooh
[Verse 3]
You want to want to hеar about cold?
Hey, a king filled his prison room
Just as full as the room could hold
To thе top of his reach on the wall
With every known shape of the stuff
Twisted by himself off his doom
But it wasn't ransom enough, it wasn't enough
It wasn't enough
[Verse 4]
His captors accepted it all
But they didn't let go of the king
They made him send out a call
To his subjects, to gather them more
And the subjects brought all they could bring
Out of ghetto, suburb and shore
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough
[Bridge]
Hey yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
What about, what about
[Verse 5]
And when there was no more to bring
His captors convicted the king
Of once having started a war
A strangled a wretch with a string
'Cause it wasn't enough, oh
He suffered salvation and died
Of being brought down to the real
Now he knows what it means to want
Now he knows just how it feels
To not enough, it wasn't enough
Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
What about (What about)
What about (What about)
Ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
You wish you were a poor man
You wish that you would die like me
'Cause win a dime, know I'll be free
I know I'll be free, I'm a poor man
[Verse 6]
Hey-hey, me-uh need-uh
Need-uh-need-uh--need-uh--need-uh--need-uh
Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
What about, what about
Oh, nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh
Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh
[Outro]
Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh
Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh
You wish you were a poor man
You wish that you would die like me
'Cause win a dime, know I'll be free
I know I'll be free, I'm a poor man
[Verse 1]
You wish you eatin' pig tails
And had to live on collard greens
I know some time that there'll be times
You wish you never seen a meal
You wish you were a poor man
[Verse 2]
You wish that you could laugh
When you will be cryin'
You wish that you could live when you will be dyin'
You wish that you could die like me
When I die, I'll be free
I'm a poor man
Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
I'm a, I'm a, ooh
Ooh
[Verse 3]
You want to want to hеar about cold?
Hey, a king filled his prison room
Just as full as the room could hold
To thе top of his reach on the wall
With every known shape of the stuff
Twisted by himself off his doom
But it wasn't ransom enough, it wasn't enough
It wasn't enough
[Verse 4]
His captors accepted it all
But they didn't let go of the king
They made him send out a call
To his subjects, to gather them more
And the subjects brought all they could bring
Out of ghetto, suburb and shore
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough
[Bridge]
Hey yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
What about, what about
[Verse 5]
And when there was no more to bring
His captors convicted the king
Of once having started a war
A strangled a wretch with a string
'Cause it wasn't enough, oh
He suffered salvation and died
Of being brought down to the real
Now he knows what it means to want
Now he knows just how it feels
To not enough, it wasn't enough
Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
What about (What about)
What about (What about)
Ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
You wish you were a poor man
You wish that you would die like me
'Cause win a dime, know I'll be free
I know I'll be free, I'm a poor man
[Verse 6]
Hey-hey, me-uh need-uh
Need-uh-need-uh--need-uh--need-uh--need-uh
Oh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay
What about, what about
Oh, nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh
Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh
[Outro]
Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh
Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh