I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open up the Door I’ll Get It Myself) (Live at Augusta, GA/1969)

Lyrics

[Chorus] 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 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 1] Don't give me integration Give me true communication Don't give me sorrow I want equal opportunity to live tomorrow Give me schools Then give me better books So I can read about myself And gain my true looks [Chorus] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself [Verse 2] Some of us try as hard as we can We don't want no sympathy, we just wanna be a man We've used our sweat and blood Put out every fire, block up every flood [Chorus] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself [Verse 3] I'm not gonna, good God, looka here, huh 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, ha Forget about our honeys Forget about our honey Look here now, looka here, hey! Baby, baby, baby Give it to me, baby Baby, alright now Baby, aieeeeeee! [Saxophone solo] [Chorus] 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] I'm not gonna tell you what to do I'm not gonna raise a fuss But before you make another move Let's start by taking care of us [Chorus] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself [Verse 5] Kids, get that education And don't you make no bar Cause we gonna get this thing together And you got to get them all [Chorus] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself [Verse 4] Looka here, good God, dig it Kids, get that education And don't you make no bar Cause we gonna get this thing together And we got to get them all [Chorus] I don't want nobody to give me nothing Open up the door, I'll get it myself [Outro] Open up the door, open that door Open that door, open that door Open that door, open that door Open up the door, open that door, hey!