The Mandingo Lyrics

Keep on

They call me Mandingo

So they can work me hard

But yesterday

Yesterday

Yesterday

My people

They call me king

Mansa

Our king

They say you don't need Ndamanso

We gave you god

They gave me god

I laugh

So I don't cry

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Don't you know you're royalty

They don't know

I be Mansa

I be Mansa

I be Mansa

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

And I'll be Mansa

I'll be Mansa

I'll be Mansa

I'll be Mansa

Mansa the king

Mansa your king

Not your boy

Not your gal

Not your buck

Not your wench

Not your slave

Not your coon

Not your shine

Not your spade

Not your jigaboo

Not your jungle bunny

Not your mammy

Not your pickaninny

Not your tar baby

Not your colored

Not your citizen

You can't have my soul

They can't have my soul oh

Can't have my soul

Can't have my soul oh

They will bleed

Just like we

Don't you know you're royalty

Because they don't want you to see

Don't you know you're royalty

They no live in harmony

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

Call me Mandingo

I'll be Mansa

I'll be Mansa

I'll be Mansa

I'll be Mansa

I'll be Mansa

Call me Mandingo

You can call me Mandingo

You can call me Mandingo

But I'll be Mansa

King

King

King

King

King

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Six one

Two hundred and sixty pounds

Do you think I was built for anything

Other than revolution

Evolution

I'm ready

Keep on