Arrested Development "Mr. Wendal" (Live in Brooklyn,NY
Arrested Development performing "Mr. Wendal"One of My Favorite Songs of all-time.just let this sink in...Here, have a dollar, in fact no brotherman here, have twoTwo dollars means a snack for me, but it means a big deal to youBe strong, serve God only, know that if you do, beautiful heaven awaitsThat's the poem I wrote for the first time I saw a man with no clothes, no money, no plateMr.Wendal, that's his name,no one ever knew his name cause he's a no-one Never thought twice about spending on a ol' bum,until I had the chance to really get to know oneNow that I know him, to give him money isn't charityHe gives me some knowledge, I buy him some shoesAnd to think blacks spend all that money on big colleges,still most of y'all come out confused[CHORUS:]Go ahead, Mr.Wendal (2x)Mr.Wendal has freedom,a free that you and I think is dumbFree to be without the worries of a quick to diss societyfor Mr.Wendal's a bumHis only worries are sicknessand an occasional harassment by the police and their chaseUncivilized we call him,but I just saw him eat off the food we wasteCivilization, are we really civilized, yes or no ?Who are we to judge ?When thousands of innocent men could be brutally enslavedand killed over a racist grudgeMr.Wendal has tried to warn us about our waysbut we don't hear him talkIs it his fault when we've gone too far, and we got too far, cause on him we walkMr.Wendal, a man, a human in flesh,but not by lawI feed you dignity to stand with pride,realize that all in all you stand tall[CHORUS]Mr.Wendal, Lord, Mr.Wendal