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We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
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Curtis Mayfield
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We people who are darker than blue
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Are we gonna stand around this town
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And let what others say come true?
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We're just good for nothing they all figure
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A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger
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Now we can't hardly stand for that
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Or is that really where it's at?
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We people who are darker than blue
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This ain't no time for segregatin'
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I'm talking 'bout brown and yellow two
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High yellow girl, can't you tell
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You're just the surface of our dark deep well
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If your mind could really see
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You'd know your color the same as me
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Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory
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I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story
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Get yourself together, learn to know your side
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Shall we commit our own genocide
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Before you check out your mind?
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I know we've all got problems
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That's why I'm here to say
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Keep peace with me and I with you
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Let me love in my own way
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Now I know we have great respect
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For the sister, and mother it's even better yet
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But there's the joker in the street
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Loving one brother and killing the other
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When the time comes and we are really free
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There'll be no brothers left you see
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We people who are darker than blue
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Don't let us hang around this town
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And let what others say come true
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We're just good for nothing they all figure
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A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger
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Now we can't hardly stand for that
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Or is that really where it's at?
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Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory
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I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story
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Pardon me, brother, I know we've come a long, long way
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But let us not be so satisfied for tomorrow can be an
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An even brighter day
We People Who Are Darker Than Blue
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