Cotton Comes to Harlem
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1:16:07
Down south
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we sweat and strained
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we were the prisoners
of cotton

1:16:15
prisoners of cotton
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but when cotton
come to harlem

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here comes cotton
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we kicked cotton's ass
1:16:22
we kicked cotton's ass
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whoa, down south
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cotton was king
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a black man's life
meant not a damn thing

1:16:32
a black man
not a damn thing

1:16:33
so when cotton
come to harlem

1:16:35
here comes cotton
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oh, I kicked
cotton's ass

1:16:39
we kicked cotton's ass
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oh, what is cotton
doing here?

1:16:46
Whoa, we gonna make him
disappear

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know that we don't
need him to remind us

1:16:55
the bad old days
are far behind us

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south
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that's where
it all began

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it looked like cotton
was the man

1:17:06
cotton was the man
1:17:07
whoa, if cotton
come to harlem

1:17:09
here comes cotton
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think I'll boot
cotton's butt

1:17:13
we'll boot
cotton's butt

1:17:15
I'll boot his butt
1:17:21
whoo!
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Ha.
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Whoa
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this is black country
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it's cotton,
it's cotton

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no, it's our territory
1:17:40
it's cotton,
it's cotton

1:17:41
there'll be no more
new mama

1:17:43
or uncle tom
1:17:45
hey, little bo-weeble
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best be gone
1:17:49
down south
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cotton was boss
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a human life
was no great loss

1:17:56
life was
no great loss

1:17:57
whoa, if cotton
come to harlem


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