I don't want nobody tellin me what to do
It's true I don't need anyone around here telling me what to do
I don't want no man tellin me what to say or smoke
I don't need any man telling me what to say
And I wish that man would get off my back
He's held me down too long
And I don't need no man like that around
I remember one time you knocked me down
To the ground that's why I say
I didn't know then what I know now mama you
When I visit my baby we're not alone
You're there you listen
When I talk to my baby on the telephone
When I write her a letter you read it through
Checkin me out you've even heard us
Making love and I don't want you to
I had a dream when I was a boy
The were clear and poor
And all that I could hear and see
Were the waves of the ocean and the spray in the breeze
Long ago and far away before all the rest
I had a dream that I still loved the best
And to the place where the man ain't found
I'm going
I'm going I'm going where the man ain't found
Yes I am
Yes I am yes I am
Going I'm going where the man ain't found
I'd like to go where the man ain't found
If the man ain't found he won't find me if I do something wrong