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Verse 1
Gm
Speaking as a Black man from America,
which is a racist society
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Gm
No matter how much you hear
it talk about democracy
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Gm
It's as racist as South Africa
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Gm
or as ra cist as Portugal
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Gm
Or as racist as any other
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racialist society on this earth
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The only difference between
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it and South Africa
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South Africa preaches separation
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and practices separation
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America preaches integration and
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practices segregation
This is the only difference
They don't practice what they preach,
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Gm
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whereas South Africa preaches and practices the same thing
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I have more respect for a man who
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Gm
lets me know where he stands
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Gm
Even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up
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like an angel and is nothing but a devil
Verse 2
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Gm
I don't agree with him because I'm not
a follower of Muhammad myself
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Gm
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I think that all people have been
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mistreated in some form or another
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But I don't agree with him,
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I don't follow Muhammad
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I don't think anyone
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should follow one man
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I think they should follow their
own conscience
I think the main problem of most negroes
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is that they feel sorry for themselves
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And I think this keeps them
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back much more
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Than they would be if they didn't feel so
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sorry for themselves
Verse 3
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Gm
If Martin Luther King,
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Roy Wilkins or any of these uh compromising negroes
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Who say exactly what the white man wants
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to hear is interviewed anywhere
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In the country, you don't get anybody
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to offset what they say
But whenever a black man stands up and says
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Gm
something that white people don't like
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Then the first thing that white man does is
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run around and try and find somebody
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Gm
To say something to offset
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what has just been said
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Gm
This is natural, but it is done
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You know what I think?
Verse 4
Gm
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I just
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think you've given up
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Gm
(Given up on what?) On the ideal
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of an integrated America
The dream of Martin Luther King,
I think you've given up
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This is not, I'm not trying
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to be a smart alec now
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I'm telling you honestly that
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I think you've given up
Verse 5
Gm
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You know, it's in teresting how
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Gm
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white folks sit here thinking
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Gm
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That I have a reason to lie to you,
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as though you are so powerful
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Gm
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And you are so wonderful,
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and I am so ashamed of my words
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That I have to twist and turn
Please, you're not dealing
with that kind of man
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You're dealing with a man who means
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what he says and says what he means
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