I AM A MAN

These hands have been bruised
My soul’s been misused
All my life I been paying the dues
We take the garbage off the streets
But is that all you think of me?
What you should see, when you look at me
Is I am a man
My feet, are worn and tired
We’ve been working overtime
Yes we have
And we unionize but
When Jim don’t pay me right
Sleepless nights

I just can’t get no peace
I am a man
So we march in your streets
I am a man
We refuse to clean
I am a man
Up in the land of the free
I am I am
I can’t get no peace
I am a man
So we march in your streets
I am a man
We refuse to clean
I am a man
In the land of the free
I am I am

Let me break it down to you like this
No I can’t change my skin
But you can change your heart
I’m not invisible
We’re all the same under God
We're the same under God
We live, we work in danger every day
I don’t know how much more I can take
See I, and you can’t, we can’t, they can’t
Things can’t remain the same!

I am a man
I am a man
And I'm doing all I can
I am a man
I am I am
I can’t get no peace
I am a man
That's why we're marching
In your streets right now
I am a man
We refuse to clean
I am a man
In the land of the free
I am I am

I am a man
I am a man

I am