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[Verse 1]
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I wasn’t born behind a wall to keep me in
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Don’t need no holy book to tell me good from sin
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Ain’t got a problem with my neighbor or his wife
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I took the open road to get me through this life

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[Verse 2]
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I never messed around with drugs or drink a lot
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Don’t chase no skirt around the rainbow parking lot
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I keep my weapons safe and loaded by my bed
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This is the way I live and I have no regrets

[Pre-Chorus]
      Am          C
And I mind my own business
         G                       D
I’m just telling you this so you know where I stand
      Am        C
Yes I do my own business
      D                           C
And I ain’t gonna change wouldn’t do me no good
       D                        C
I have been here too long is it not understood

[Chorus]
G                     D
When all that we know isn’t all we should know
Em                        C
You can follow like sheep or trust in yourself
Em                                  C
No god                      No religion
G                                   Am
Nobody                      To roll over me
Em        C                    D            G
I’m free, that’s me and that’s the way it’s gonna be

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[Verse 3]
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Don’t trust my government and those who make the laws
Em           G            D            C
If they want peace why do they start a war
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And all this preachin’ ‘bout what is right and what is wrong
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Have made this simple man to write this protest song

[Pre-Chorus]
      Am          C
And I mind my own business
         G                       D
I’m just telling you this so you know where I stand
      Am        C
Yes I do my own business
      D                           C
And I ain’t gonna change wouldn’t do me no good
       D                        C
I have been here too long is it not understood

[Chorus]
G                     D
When all that we know isn’t all we should know
Em                        C
You can follow like sheep or trust in yourself
Em                                  C
No god                      No religion
G                                   Am
Nobody                      To roll over me
Em        C                    D            G
I’m free, that’s me and that’s the way it’s gonna be

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[Outro]
      Am          C
And I mind my own business
         G                       D
I’m just telling you this so you know where I stand
      Am        C
Yes I do my own business
      D                           C
And I ain’t gonna change wouldn’t do me no good
       D                        C
I have been here too long is it not understood


G                     D
When all that we know isn’t all we should know
Em                        C
You can follow like sheep or trust in yourself
Em                                  C
No god                      No religion
G                                   Am
Nobody                      To roll over me
Em        C                    D            G
I’m free, that’s me and that’s the way it’s gonna be


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