It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I'm not making a lot of money now either!.

You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave..

Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody..

There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, been a long time coming But I know a ….

It's been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come.

If I could just touch the hem of His garment I know I'll be made whole.

I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since..

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money..

Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop..

Don't know much about history Don't know much biology..

Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang..

Another fella told me, he had a sister who looked just fine. Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance to a cat name of Frankens….

I don't know what's up there / Beyond the sky.

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die. ‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there, beyond the sky..

Don't know much about history, don't know much biology, don't know much about a science book, don't know much about the French I took..

I say, as a singer grows older, his conception grows a little deeper, because he lives life and he understands what he is trying to say a little more….

Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms..