Racketeer Blues - Lonnie Johnson

If you’ve got over fifteen grand’s, better split it ninety-nine different ways

If you’ve got over fifteen grand’s, you better split it ninety-nine different

ways

'Cause the racketeer

Has got no certain place to dig your grale

When they demand your money, you’ve got to give it up with a smile

When they demand your money, you’ve got to give it up with a smile

And if you refuse, they’ll read about you in a short little while

When the gang is out to get you, it don’t do no good to run

When the gang is out to get you, it don’t do no good to run

It’s true you can dodge a log but you can’t dodge them slugs out the machine gun

You slave hard for your money, just to give it to some other one

You work hard for your money, just to give it to some other one

And if you refuse, the answer will be from a racketeer’s gun

When the gang is out to get you, they’ll follow you everywhere

When the gang is out to get you, they’ll follow you everywhere

You can even move towards hell …

Find you there