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Ah'm a Nigger Man

by Scatman Crothers

I'm the minstrel man
I'm the cleaning man
I'm the pole man
I'm the shoeshine man
I'm a nigga man
Watch me dance

I've got the devil in me
It's the man you see
Got the devil in me
It's the man you see
Walk on niggers, walk on
Walk on niggers, walk on

Walk on niggers, walk on
Walk on niggers, walk on
Walk on niggers, walk on
Walk on niggers, walk on

I've been waitin' on the welfare line
Unemployment line
The gas line
Since 9
Now I'm waitin' on the pawnshop line

Walk on niggers, walk on
Walk on niggers, walk on
I've got the devil in me
It's the man you see
Put that devil in me
It's the man you see
Walk on niggers, walk on
Walk on niggers, walk on

I've been shot on
Pushed on
Passed on
Gassed on
Red, white, and blued on
Now, I'm waitin' to turn on

Walk on niggers, walk on
Walk on niggers, walk on

I've got the devil in me
It's the man you see
Put that devil in me
It's the man you see

Walk on niggers, walk on
Walk on niggers, walk on

I'm a natural blackface
Part of my race
And up my sleeve
I'm holdin' an ace
That I won't die in disgrace
If I stop dancin'
And don't let you blow me anymore in the wind
Because I refuse to come

I'm the minstrel man
The cleaning man
The pole man
I'm the shoeshine man
I'm a nigga man
Watch me dance

I've got the devil in me
It's the man you see
I've got the devil in me
It's the man you see
Walk on niggers, walk on
Walk on niggers, walk on