[Chorus]
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 1]
Don't give me integration
Give me true communication
Don't give me sorrow
I want equal opportunity to live tomorrow
Give me schools
Then give me better books
So I can read about myself
And gain my true looks

[Chorus]
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 2]
Some of us try as hard as we can
We don't want no sympathy, we just wanna be a man
We've used our sweat and blood
Put out every fire, block up every flood
[Chorus]
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 3]
I'm not gonna, good God, looka here, huh
We got talents we can use
On our side of town
Let's get our heads together
And build it up from the ground
When some of us make money
We forget about our people, ha
Forget about our honeys
Forget about our honey
Look here now, looka here, hey!

Baby, baby, baby
Give it to me, baby
Baby, alright now
Baby, aieeeeeee!

[Saxophone solo]

[Chorus]
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself
[Verse 4]
I'm not gonna tell you what to do
I'm not gonna raise a fuss
But before you make another move
Let's start by taking care of us

[Chorus]
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 5]
Kids, get that education
And don't you make no bar
Cause we gonna get this thing together
And you got to get them all

[Chorus]
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Verse 4]
Looka here, good God, dig it
Kids, get that education
And don't you make no bar
Cause we gonna get this thing together
And we got to get them all
[Chorus]
I don't want nobody to give me nothing
Open up the door, I'll get it myself

[Outro]
Open up the door, open that door
Open that door, open that door
Open that door, open that door
Open up the door, open that door, hey!