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