CURTIS
We people who are darker than blue Are we gonna stand around this town And let what others say come true?
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CURTIS
* WE PEOPLE WHO ARE DARKER THAN BLUE
by: Curtis Mayfield 1970
We people who are darker than blue Are we gonna stand around this town And let what others say come true? We're just good for nothin They all figure, A boyish grown-up shiftless jigger.
Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where it's at. We people who are darker than blue This ain't no time for segregation I'm talking bout brown and yellow too.
High yellow gal, can't you tell You're just the surface of our dark deep well, If your mind could really see You'd know your color is the same as me.
Pardon me brother, as you stand in your glory I know you won't mind, if I tell the whole story.
Now I know we have great respect, for the sisters and mothers That's even better yet, but there's the joker in the street loving one brother and killing the other When the time comes and we're really free, There'll be no brothers left, you see.
We people who are darker than blue, Don't let us hang around this town and let what others say come true. We're just good for nothin, they all figure, A boyish grown-up shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that, or is that really where it's at.
Pardon me brother as you stand in your glory I know you won't mind, if I tell the whole story.
Pardon me brother I know we've come a long long way But let us not be so satisfied For tomorrow can be an even brighter day. COPYRIGHTED 1970 CAMAD MUSIC COMPANY * From the Curtom LP; CRS-8005.
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