The Mandingo
Keep on
They call me Mandingo
So they can work me hard
But yesterday
Yesterday
Yesterday
My people
They call me king
Mansa
Our king
They say you don't need Ndamanso
We gave you god
They gave me god
I laugh
So I don't cry
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Don't you know you're royalty
They don't know
I be Mansa
I be Mansa
I be Mansa
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
And I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
Mansa the king
Mansa your king
Not your boy
Not your gal
Not your buck
Not your wench
Not your slave
Not your coon
Not your shine
Not your spade
Not your jigaboo
Not your jungle bunny
Not your mammy
Not your pickaninny
Not your tar baby
Not your colored
Not your citizen
You can't have my soul
They can't have my soul oh
Can't have my soul
Can't have my soul oh
They will bleed
Just like we
Don't you know you're royalty
Because they don't want you to see
Don't you know you're royalty
They no live in harmony
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
Call me Mandingo
You can call me Mandingo
You can call me Mandingo
But I'll be Mansa
King
King
King
King
King
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Six one
Two hundred and sixty pounds
Do you think I was built for anything
Other than revolution
Evolution
I'm ready
Keep on
They call me Mandingo
So they can work me hard
But yesterday
Yesterday
Yesterday
My people
They call me king
Mansa
Our king
They say you don't need Ndamanso
We gave you god
They gave me god
I laugh
So I don't cry
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Don't you know you're royalty
They don't know
I be Mansa
I be Mansa
I be Mansa
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
And I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
Mansa the king
Mansa your king
Not your boy
Not your gal
Not your buck
Not your wench
Not your slave
Not your coon
Not your shine
Not your spade
Not your jigaboo
Not your jungle bunny
Not your mammy
Not your pickaninny
Not your tar baby
Not your colored
Not your citizen
You can't have my soul
They can't have my soul oh
Can't have my soul
Can't have my soul oh
They will bleed
Just like we
Don't you know you're royalty
Because they don't want you to see
Don't you know you're royalty
They no live in harmony
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
Call me Mandingo
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
I'll be Mansa
Call me Mandingo
You can call me Mandingo
You can call me Mandingo
But I'll be Mansa
King
King
King
King
King
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Six one
Two hundred and sixty pounds
Do you think I was built for anything
Other than revolution
Evolution
I'm ready
Keep on
Credits
Writer(s): Yusef Assaan
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