born in chicago

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i was born in chicago in 1941, i was born in chicago in 1941, well, my father told me, "son, you had better get a gun", well, my first friend went down when i was seventeen years old, well, my first friend went down when i was seventeen years old, well, there's one thing i can say 'bout that boy, he got bold, well, my second friend went down when i was twenty-one years of age, well, my second friend went down when i was twenty-one years of age, well, there is one thing i can say about that boy, he got dead, well, my rules are alright if there's someone left to play the game, well, my rules are alright if there's someone left to play the game, all my friends are going and things just don't seem the same, oh, things just don't seem the same, baby