Ninety Six Degrees in the Shade

by Third World

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Ninety six degrees in the shade
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Real hot, in the shade
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Said it was ninety six degrees in the shade
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Ten thousand soldiers on parade 
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Taking I and I to meet a big fat boy
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Sent from overseas the Queens employ
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Excellency before you I come 
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With my representation
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You know where I’m coming from
  
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You caught me on the loose fighting to be free
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Know you show me a noose on the cotton tree
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Entertainment for you   martyrdom for me
 
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Ninety six degrees in the shade 
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Real hot, in the shade
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Ninety six degrees in the shade
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Real hot, in the shade
  
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Some may suffer and some may burn
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But I know that one day my people will learn
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As sure as the sun shines way up in the sky
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Today I stand here a victim, the truth is I will never die 
 
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Ninety six degrees in the shade 
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Real hot, in the shade 
 
(Repeat last two lines three more times fading the last one.)