I was always told that you had to have the balls to breakdown Now I'm older I'm not too sure I was once told that you had to have a high to lowdown An expert told me back in the war Open hearted surgery never works So eat your words or hide them in the dirt Raise up the anchor baby, why do we have to get way down? Way down Raise up the anchor baby, why do we have to get way down? I was always told that you had to have the balls to breakdown Now I'm older I'm not too sure I was once told that you had to have a high to lowdown An expert told me back in the war Open hearted surgery never works So eat your words or hide them in the dirt Raise up the anchor baby, why do we have to get way down? Way down Raise up the anchor baby, why do we have to get way down? 'Cause I don't need nobody to know me I don't want nobody to know I don't see nobody to show me