John Legend, The Roots - I Can`t Write Left Handed

"I can't write left-handed. Would you please write a letter to my mother? Tell her to tell-tell her to tell the family lawyer. Yeah I'm trying to get a deferment for my younger brother. Tell the Reverend Harris to pray for me. Lord, lord, lord. Said I ain't gonna live Ain't gonna live to get much older. Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't I ain't never seen, Bless his heart, ain't never done nothing to, He done shot me in my shoulder Oh, in my shoulder Lord, lord, yeah Boot camp we had classes, yeah, yeah You know we talked about fighting-fighting everyday, yeah And looking through rosy rosy colored glasses, oh yeah I must admit it seemed exciting anyway. Something they overlooked to tell me, yeah The bullets look better, I must say Brother-brother when they're not coming at you, yeah Than going out the other way So please call up the Reverend Harris. (call up the Reverend Harris) Tell him to ask the Lord to do Some good things for me, yeah yeah yeah yeah Tell him I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live to get much older, yeah Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't I ain't never seen Bless his heart I ain't never done nothing to, He done shot me in my shoulder. In my shoulder Shot me in my shoulder, yeah yeah Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't I ain't never seen Bless his heart I ain't never done nothing to, He done shot me in my shoulder. In my shoulder, Lord in my shoulder Lord they shot me in my shoulder Oh Lord, Lord I can't write left handed. Oh Lord Oh Lord, Yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah Oh Lord Oh Lord Yeah yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah In my shoulder Shot me in my shoulder They shot me in my shoulder I can't I can't Lord, yeah yeah Yeah, oh yeah, Oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord Yeah

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"I can't write left-handed. Would you please write a letter to my mother? Tell her to tell-tell her to tell the family lawyer. Yeah I'm trying to get a deferment for my younger brother. Tell the Reverend Harris to pray for me. Lord, lord, lord. Said I ain't gonna live Ain't gonna live to get much older. Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't I ain't never seen, Bless his heart, ain't never done nothing to, He done shot me in my shoulder Oh, in my shoulder Lord, lord, yeah Boot camp we had classes, yeah, yeah You know we talked about fighting-fighting everyday, yeah And looking through rosy rosy colored glasses, oh yeah I must admit it seemed exciting anyway. Something they overlooked to tell me, yeah The bullets look better, I must say Brother-brother when they're not coming at you, yeah Than going out the other way So please call up the Reverend Harris. (call up the Reverend Harris) Tell him to ask the Lord to do Some good things for me, yeah yeah yeah yeah Tell him I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live to get much older, yeah Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't I ain't never seen Bless his heart I ain't never done nothing to, He done shot me in my shoulder. In my shoulder Shot me in my shoulder, yeah yeah Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't I ain't never seen Bless his heart I ain't never done nothing to, He done shot me in my shoulder. In my shoulder, Lord in my shoulder Lord they shot me in my shoulder Oh Lord, Lord I can't write left handed. Oh Lord Oh Lord, Yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah Oh Lord Oh Lord Yeah yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah In my shoulder Shot me in my shoulder They shot me in my shoulder I can't I can't Lord, yeah yeah Yeah, oh yeah, Oh Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord Yeah

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