Ministers of religion
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have visited me many times
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to talk about it
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They say to me
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I gotta leave it I gotta leave it
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It's a bad habit
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for a man
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But when I try to leave it
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my friends keep telling me
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I'm a fool amongst fools
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Chorus:
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Now I'm a slave, a slave
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I'm a slave
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I'm a liquor slave
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I'm a slave, a slave, slave
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I'm a slave
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Just a liquor slave
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I have lost my dignity
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I had before trying
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to please everybody
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Some say to me
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yo yo
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I look better when I'm drunk
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Some say no no no
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I look bad you know
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Sometimes I cry
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I cry but my crying
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never helps me none
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Chorus:
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'Cos now I am a slave, a slave
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I'm a slave
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I'm just a liquor slave
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I am a slave, a prisoner
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I'm a slave
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Just a liquor slave
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Every night when I'm
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coming back home
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My wife gets worried
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'cos she knows
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Shes got double trouble
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coming home
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Sometimes I cry
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I cry lord I cry
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But my crying
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never helps me
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Chorus: (till fade)
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Slave
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| Lucky Dube |
