Native Son

Came through snow and driving rain
 I came free and I came chained
 I watched ships pull up on shore
 Worked and played, lived and died
 Valley's deep in mountain side
 Don't say you don't need me anymore
 'Cause I ain't going nowhere
 'Cause I'm right where I belong
 I don't have to love it
 And I don't have to leave it
 Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
 Soldier, sailor, servant, slave
 All the blood and sweat I gave
 I sang songs of home I left behind
 My head's been beaten, my soul's been spent
 My taxes taken, my back's been bent
 And no one ever paid me any mind
 And I ain't going nowhere
 'Cause I'm right where I belong
 I don't have to love it
 And I don't have to leave it
 Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
 Been written out of every book
 Jailed and slandered, robbed and took
 But I always found another way
 Earn in a factory, fought in the streets
 Hunt from the bridges and died to speak
 I brought you everything you have today
 And I ain't going nowhere
 'Cause I'm right where I belong
 I don't have to love it
 And I don't have to leave it
 Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
 Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
 I'm your brother I've been beaten and mistreated
 I'm your daughter, I've been lied to, I've been cheated
 I'm the wife they call now when everything's in pieces
 The forgotten child that you thought you never needed
 I ain't going nowhere
 'Cause I'm right where I belong
 I don't have to love it
 And I don't have to leave it
 Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
 Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son