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Artist: Lightnin' Hopkins
Canonical path: /lightnin-hopkins/my-black-name
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My Black Name
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My Black Name
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I can hear my black name ringing, oh hurryin' down the line
I can hear my black name ringing, oh hurryin' down the line
Whoa she got another man now, little girl won't pay me no mind
You know that woman said that she loved me, but now I believe she was lyin'
Yes she said that she loved me, but now I believe she was lyin'
Whoa, I don't believe she love me no more Spider*,
I believe I'm driving away my turn
Whoa, that woman done quit me, and I'm just about to lose my mind
That black woman done quit me, and I'm just about to lose my mind
Whoa yeah, my black name was ringing, oh hurrying down the line
* (Spider Kilpatrick, the drummer)
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