I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get It Myself)

Lyrics

[Hook] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, huh, I'll get it myself I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, huh, I'll get it myself Do you hear me? I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself [Verse 1] Don't give me integration Give me true communication I don't give me sorrow I want equal opportunity to live tomorrow Give me schools Snd give me better books So I can read about myself And gain my true looks [Hook] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, huh, I'll get it myself Do you hear me now now I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, huh, I'll get it myself [Verse 2] Some of us try As hard as we can We don't want no sympathy We just want to be a man [Hook] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, huh, I'll get it myself Do you hear me? I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself [Verse 3] We got talents we can use On our side of town Let's get our heads together And build it up from the ground When some of us make money We forget about our people, huh, ha Gonna forget about our honey Forget about our honey Do you know, look at here, hey Come on, I got to have it Come on, I need it I got to have it Come on, I got to have it [Sax solo] Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy Play with your bad self Come on, baby, come here come here Got to get myself together So many things I got to do So many things I got to see I don't need no help from you Tell everybody, mighty hell All of these things, baby, ha I got to do it myself, come on Hey! I gotta have it I, said I, said I, said I, said I, I [Hook] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself [Verse 4] We've used our sweat and blood Put out every fire, and block up every flood [Hook] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself Do you hear me? I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, huh, I'll get it myself [Verse 5] I'm not gonna tell you what to do I'm not gonna raise a fuss But before you make another rule Let's start by taking care of us [Hook] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, huh, I'll get it myself Do you hear me? I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, huh, I'll get it myself [Verse 6] Kids, get that education And don't you take no bar Cause we're gonna get this thing together And you got to get them all [Hook] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, open up the door Open up the door, open up the door Open up the door, hey hey hey hey hey hey hey I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, huh, I'll get it myself Ha! [Outro] Can you dig the groove? Can you make the move? Can you dig the same? Can you make me play? Can you dig the groove?