Ode To A Black Man Lyrics - Singles - Philip Lynott

If you see Stevie Wonder, tell him I hear 

If you hear little Stevie Wonder, tell him I see 

I don't want no songs for plants, I want songs for me 

I don't want no songs for plants, I want liberty 

I'm livin' in the city 

If you see the doctor, tell him he's king 

(Dr. Martin Luther) 

If you see the doctor, tell him he's still king 

(You too, Muhammed Ali) 

But this bad black boy 

Won't be blown away by anything 

Yes, this bad black boy 

Won't be blown away by anything 

There are people in this town that try to put me down 

They say, "I don't give a damn" 

([Incomprehensible]) 

But the people in this town that try to put me down 

Are the people in the town 

That could never understand a black man 

Don't take it no more 

Don't take it no more 

Don't take it no more 

There are people in this town that try to put me down 

They say, "I don't give a damn, damn" 

But the people in this town that try to put me down 

Are the people in the town 

That could never understand a black man 

Don't take it no more 

If you see Robert Johnson, tell him I hear 

(You too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe) 

If you see Malcom, tell him I'm next, vexed 

If you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix 

If you see my brothers, tell them it's clear 

I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear 

I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear 

Don't take it no more 

Don't take it no more 

Mr. Joshua Nkomo 

He don't take it no more 

Jomo Kenyatta, oh no 

He don't take it no more 

Haile Selassi, Rastafarian 

Don't take it no more 

Professor Longhair 

Don't take it no more