Rock N Roll Nigger

[Verse 1: Patti Smith] Baby was a black sheep baby was a whore Baby got big and baby get bigger Baby get something baby get more Baby baby baby was a rock n roll nigga Oh look around you all around you Riding on a copper wave Do you like the world around you Are you ready to behave [Chorus: Patti Smith] Outside of society they're waitin for me Outside of society that's where I want to be Lenny! [Verse 2: Lenny Kaye] Baby was a black sheep baby was a whore You know she got big. Well she's gonna get bigger Baby got a hand got a finger on the trigger Baby baby baby is a rock n roll nigga Outside of society that's where I want to be Outside of society they're waitin for me [Bridge: Patti Smith] Those who have suffered understand suffering And thereby extend their hand The storm that brings harm Also makes fertile blessed is the grass And herb and the true thorn and light [Verse 3: Patti Smith] I was lost in a valley of pleasure I was lost in the infinite sea I was lost and measure for measure Love spewed from the heart of me I was lost and the cost And the cost didn't matter to me I was lost and the cost Was to be outside society [Bridge: Patti Smith] Jimi Hendrix was a nigga Jesus Christ and Grandma too Jackson Pollock was a nigga Nigga nigga nigga nigga Nigga nigga nigga [Chorus: Patti Smith] Outside of society they're waitin' for me Outside of society if you're looking That's where you'll find me Outside of society they're waitin for me