Lyrics We People Who Are Darker Than Blue.lrc Curtis Mayfield
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[ar: Curtis Mayfield]
[al: New World Order]
[ti: We People Who Are Darker Than Blue]
[length: 05:03]
[00:07.52]We people who are darker than blue
[00:12.96]Are we gonna stand around this town
[00:17.40]And let what others say come true?
[00:21.99]We’re just good for nothing they all figure
[00:25.65]A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger
[00:29.28]Now we can’t hardly stand for that
[00:35.59]Or is that really where it’s at?
[00:38.25]We people who are darker than blue
[00:45.44]This ain’t no time for segregatin’
[00:49.94]I’m talking ’bout brown and yellow two
[00:54.54]High yellow girl, can’t you tell
[00:58.14]You’re just the surface of our dark deep well
[01:02.68]If your mind could really see
[01:07.14]You’d know your color the same as me
[01:11.61]Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory
[01:18.97]I know you won’t mind if I tell the whole story
[01:27.92]Get yourself together, learn to know your side
[02:16.72]Shall we commit our own genocide
[02:20.34]Before you check out your mind?
[02:26.66]I know we’ve all got problems
[02:29.37]That’s why I’m here to say
[02:32.09]Keep peace with me and I with you
[02:34.78]Let me love in my own way
[03:16.32]Now I know we have great respect
[03:21.72]For the sister, and mother it’s even better yet
[03:27.18]But there’s the joker in the street
[03:32.68]Loving one brother and killing the other
[03:37.10]When the time comes and we are really free
[03:41.60]There’ll be no brothers left you see
[03:46.16]We people who are darker than blue
[03:53.33]Don’t let us hang around this town
[03:56.16]And let what others say come true
[04:01.52]We’re just good for nothing they all figure
[04:06.05]A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger
[04:10.55]Now we can’t hardly stand for that
[04:15.98]Or is that really where it’s at?
[04:18.67]Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory
[04:26.86]I know you won’t mind if I tell the whole story
[04:34.97]Pardon me, brother, I know we’ve come a long, long way
[04:44.86]But let us not be so satisfied for tomorrow can be an
[04:52.12]An even brighter day
[04:55.71]Year of Release: 1997