Mr. Commissioner

[Intro]
Hold it, hold it everybody hold it the meeting has come to order
Brother Stidham is here to tell you all about it
Tell 'em Brother Stidham

[Verse 1]
Hey Mr. Commissioner, do you know what you're doing?
You're breaking up the numbers racket and driving the poor people around

[Chorus]
Don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough

[Verse 2]
You stay by, stand if you wanna stay in the race
When you cast by, their stand the police raid their piece

[Chorus]
Now, Lord, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner now, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough

[Verse 3]
Now some books went down, they just couldn't stand
But one bunch stuck by, that's the hard done and twenty grand

[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
You're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough

[Verse 4]
Now the little old skipper pays eight dollars for a nickel
They old folks used to catch it boy and sure was tickled

[Chorus]
Man, now don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough

[Instrumental]

[Verse 5]
Knocked out the numbers racket the whole world started to moan
Like what President Roosevelt died they knew something good was gone

[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough

[Verse 6]
Now people have told you and I got plenty witnesses
You can always get you a giggin' man and a bus cab agenda man

[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough

[Instrumental]

[Verse 7]
I wants to knock down the hard down, the twenty grand you couldn't stand
Everybody thought it was gone but the hard done came back

[Chorus]
Now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner man, now, don't you know?
Mr. Commissioner, now, don't you know?
Man, you're knocking the poor people out of a whole lot of dough