Native Son - The Devil Makes Three

Came through snow and driving rain

I came free and I came chained

I watched ships pull up on shore

Worked and played, lived and died

Valleys deep in mountainside

Don’t say you don’t need me anymore

'Cause I ain’t going nowhere

'Cause I’m right where I belong

I don’t have to love it

And I don’t have to leave it

Ain’t no stranger here, I am your native son

Soldier, sailor, servant, slave

All the blood and sweat I gave

I sang songs of home I left behind

My head’s been beaten, my soul’s been spent

My taxes taken, my back’s been bent

And no one ever paid me any mind

And I ain’t going nowhere

'Cause I’m right where I belong

I don’t have to love it

And I don’t have to leave it

Ain’t no stranger here, I am your native son

Been written out of every book

Jailed and slandered, robbed and took

But I always found another way

Earn in a factory, fought in the streets

Hung from the bridges and died to speak

I brought you everything you have today

And I ain’t going nowhere

'Cause I’m right where I belong

I don’t have to love it

And I don’t have to leave it

Ain’t no stranger here, I am your native son

Ain’t no stranger here, I am your native son

I’m your brother I’ve been beaten and mistreated

I’m your daughter, I’ve been lied to, I’ve been cheated

I’m the one they call now when everything’s in pieces

The forgotten child that you thought you never needed

I ain’t going nowhere

'Cause I’m right where I belong

I don’t have to love it

And I don’t have to leave it

Ain’t no stranger here, I am your native son

Ain’t no stranger here, I am your native son