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If you’ve ever been mistreated

Then you know just what I'm talking about

If you’ve ever been mistreated people

Then you know just what I'm talking about

I worked five long years for one man

And he had the nerve to put me out

I’ll tell you what I did now

I got a job as a maid, scrubbing’ floors like a slave

Five long years, I worked hard and I, I gave him all my pay

I think I been mistreated

You know just what I'm talking about

I worked, I worked five long years for one man

And he had the nerve to put me out

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I finally learned a lesson, took a long, long time ago

The next man that I marry

Is gon’ have to work and bring ME the dough

I been mistreated

You know just what I'm talking about

I worked five long years for one man

And he had the nerve to put me out

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Transcribed from the album “Bold Sister: The Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings (1997), 07OCT2021 caj