Artist: The Roots & John Legend Album: Wake Up! Song: I Can't Write Left Handed Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash [John Legend] I can't write left handed Would you please write a letter, ah to my mother? Tell her to tell, tell her to tell, tell her to tell the family lawyer I'm trying to get, a deferment, for my younger brother Tell the Reverend Harris, to pray for me, mmm Lord yeah Cause I ain't gonna live, ain't gonna live to get much older Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't, I ain't never seen Bless his heart I ain't never done nothin to He done shot me in my shoulder, yeah, in my shoulder [John Legend] Boot camp we had classes, yeah yeah yeah You know we talked about fighting, fighting every day And lookin through rosy, rosy colored glasses I must, ad-mit, it seemed exciting, well anyway Yeahhh yeahh somethin that they Somethin that they overlooked to tell me The bullets look better, I must say Brother~!! Brother when they're not comin at you But goin out, the other wayyyy So please, pleeeeease, call up the Reverend Tell him to ask the Lord to do some good things for me, yeah And I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live, I ain't gonna live I ain't gonna live to get much older, yeah yeah Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't, I ain't never seen Bless his heart I ain't never done nothin to He done shot me in my shoulder Shot me in my shoulder [John Legend] Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain't, I ain't never seen Bless his heart I ain't never done nothin to He done shot me in my shoulder Shot me in my shoulder He shot me in my shoulder Mmm yeah, shot me in, my shoulder Dagnabbit, done shot me in my shoulder Mmmm, hey heyyy, oh Lord, yeah yeah Oh Lord, I can't write left handed Oh Lord Lord, ooh oh Lord Lord Oohhhhhhh Lord [John Legend] Yeahahhhhyeahhhhh yeah Done shot me in my shoulder Done shot me in my shoulder Yeah he done shot me in my shoulder He done shot me in my shoulder Strange little man over here in Vietnam Yeah yeah yeahhh