Tonalité : G minor
Verse 1
Cm
Speaking as a Black man from America,
which is a racist society
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Cm
No matter how much you hear
it talk about democracy
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B
Cm
It's as racist as South Africa
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Cm
or as ra cist as Portugal
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Cm
Or as racist as any other
G
racialist society on this earth
Cm
The only difference between
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it and South Africa
Cm
South Africa preaches separation
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and practices separation
Cm
Bb
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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Cm
C
whereas South Africa preaches and practices the same thing
Cm
I have more respect for a man who
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Cm
lets me know where he stands
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Cm
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
B
Cm
I don't agree with him because I'm not
a follower of Muhammad myself
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Cm
B
I think that all people have been
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Bb
mistreated in some form or another
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Cm
C
But I don't agree with him,
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I don't follow Muhammad
Cm
I don't think anyone
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should follow one man
Cm
I think they should follow their
own conscience
I think the main problem of most negroes
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Cm
is that they feel sorry for themselves
C
And I think this keeps them
Cm
back much more
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Cm
Than they would be if they didn't feel so
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Cm
sorry for themselves
Verse 3
C
Cm
If Martin Luther King,
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Cm
F
Roy Wilkins or any of these uh compromising negroes
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Cm
C
Who say exactly what the white man wants
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G
Cm
to hear is interviewed anywhere
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B
In the country, you don't get anybody
Cm
to offset what they say
But whenever a black man stands up and says
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Cm
something that white people don't like
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B
Then the first thing that white man does is
Cm
run around and try and find somebody
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Cm
To say something to offset
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Cm
what has just been said
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Cm
This is natural, but it is done
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You know what I think?
Verse 4
Cm
F#
I just
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F#
Cm
think you've given up
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Cm
(Given up on what?) On the ideal
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Cm
of an integrated America
The dream of Martin Luther King,
I think you've given up
Cm
This is not, I'm not trying
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to be a smart alec now
Cm
I'm telling you honestly that
Cm
I think you've given up
Verse 5
Cm
F#
You know, it's in teresting how
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Cm
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Cm
white folks sit here thinking
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Cm
B
That I have a reason to lie to you,
Cm
as though you are so powerful
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Cm
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And you are so wonderful,
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Bb
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
Cm
You're dealing with a man who means
Cm
what he says and says what he means
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