Tonalité : D major
Verse 1
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Your father is an African,
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your mother may be Norwegian
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You passed me,
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wouldn't say goodnight,
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feeling you were really white
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Your skin may be a little pink,
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and that's the reason why you think
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The decomplexion of your face
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can hide you from the negro race.
No, you can never get away from the fact,
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if you're not white,
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you're considered black.
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You jut along the thoroughfare,
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you shake your waist like Fred Astaire,
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And when you see me passing by,
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you watch me with a crooked eye.
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And yet you speak to Mr. B,
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who does not want your company.
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In every way you endeavor to
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show yourself superior.
No, you can never get away from the fact,
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if you're not quite
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you considered black.
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Em
Your negro hair is obvious
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You make it more conspicuous
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You use all sorts of Vaseline
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To make out you a European
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You speak with ex aggeration,
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to make the greatest im pression,
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that you were taught apparently,
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at Cambridge University.
No, you can never get away
from the fact,
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if you're not white,
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you're considered black.
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You hate the name of Africa,
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the land of your great -grandfather,
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the country where you can 't be wrong,
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the home where you really belong.
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You'd rather be amongst the whites
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than stick up for your father's rights
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And very of ten frown your face
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to think you're from the negro race
No, you can never get away from the fact
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if you're not white
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you're considered black
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