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