Dear Mr. Man Chords & Lyrics Artist: Prince

INTRO
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VERSE 1
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 What's wrong with the world today?
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Things just got to get better
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 Sho' ain't what the leaders say
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Maybe we should write a letter
 
CHORUS
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Dear Mr. Man
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We don't understand
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Why poor people keep struggling
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But you don't lend a helping hand
 
VERSE 2
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Matthew 5:5 say,
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The meek shall inherit the earth
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We wanna be down that way
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But you been tripping since the day of you're birth
 
VERSE 3
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Who said that to kill is a sin
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Then started every single war
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That you're people been in?
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Who said that water
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Is a precious commodity
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Then dropped a big old black oil slick
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In the deep blue sea?
 
VERSE 4
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Who told me, Mr. Man
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That working round the clock
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Would buy me a big house in the 'hood
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With cigarette ads on every block
 
VERSE 5
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Who told me Mr. Man
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That I got a right to moan?
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How 'bout this big ol' hole in the ozone?
 
VERSE 6
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What's wrong with the world today
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Things just got to get better
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Dear Mr. Man, we don't understand
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Maybe we should write a letter
 
SOLO
 
VERSE 7
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Listen, ain't no sense in voting
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Same song with a different name
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Might not be in the back of the bus
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But it sho' feel just the same
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Ain't nothing fair about welfare
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Ain't no assistance in AIDS
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Ain't nothing affirmative about you're actions
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Till the people get paid
 
VERSE 8
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You're thousand years are up
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Now you got to share the land
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Section one, the fourteenth Amendment says:
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No state shall deprive any person
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Of life, liberty, or property
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Without due process of law
 
VERSE 9
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Mr. Man,
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We want to end this letter with 3 words
n.c.
"We tired y’all!"
 
OUTRO
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