| I’ve had enough of this fooling around
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| Being knocked down and playing the clown
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| This city life was never meant for me
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| I got to get back to the country
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| So I’m gonna spread my wings
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| Fly away
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| I can’t stay another day
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| I’m leaving out of Babylon
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| I’m movin' on
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| Come rally all my people it’s time we move
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| If you’re stuck you got to groove
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| Shake the dust off of your bones
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| You don’t want to be left alone
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| Cause we’ve been tricked and fooled for so long
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| Held captive down in Babylon
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| So listen to your heart it’ll show you the way
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| Don’t get caught up in hearsay
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| I’ve had enough of this fooling around
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| Being knocked down and playing the clown
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| This city life was never meant for me
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| I got to get back to the country
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| Cause every time I go to town I see the police man
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| With his ticket book in his hand
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| He says license, registration, and insurance please
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| He already knows I ain’t got none of these
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| Cause I’m a natural dread just trying to survive
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| Jah knows I ain’t gonna work no 9 to 5
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| But I got to provide for my youths and my wife
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| And make sure that they have a good life
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| But Babylon just won’t let us be
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| Who we really want to be
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| And we been troddin' for so long
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| How many more miles ‘til we’re free?
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| I’m crying from the mountaintop
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| Babylon set my people free
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| Why can’t the heathen see
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| I’ve had enough of this fooling around
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| Being knocked down and playing the clown
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| This city life was never meant for me
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| I got to get back to the country
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| I’ve had enough of this mentality
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| That’s poisoning all humanity
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| It’s rising all around me so I man I must flee
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| I got to get back to the country
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| So I’m gonna spread my wings
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| Fly away
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| I can’t stay another day
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| I’m leaving out of Babylon
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| I’m movin' on |