We People Who Are Darker Than Blue-Curtis Mayfield

[00:00.00]We People Who Are Darker Than Blue -Curtis Mayfield [00:07.970]We people who are darker than blue [00:14.00]Don't let us stand around this town [00:18.280]And let what others say come true [00:22.660]We're just good for nothing [00:25.110]They all figure [00:27.210]A boyish grown up shiftless jigger [00:32.300]Now we can't hardly stand for that [00:36.420]Or is that really where it's at [00:40.680]We people who are darker than blue [00:47.230]They got no time for segregating [00:51.100]I'm talking `bout brown and yellow too [00:55.570]High yellow gal can't you tell [00:59.770]I'm just the surface of our [01:02.140]Dark deep well [01:04.950]If your mind could really see [01:08.430]You'd know your color same as me [01:11.620]Pardon me brother [01:16.950]As you stand in your glory [01:21.700]I know you won't mind [01:25.60]If I tell the whole story [03:15.298]Now I know [03:17.298]We have great respect [03:20.568]For the sister and the mother [03:25.478]It's even better yet [03:29.778]But there's the joker in the street [03:34.258]Loving one brother and [03:36.158]Killing the other [03:37.338]When the time comes and [03:41.298]We are really free [03:43.558]There'll be no brothers left you see [03:48.358]We people who are darker than blue [03:53.478]Don't let us hang around this town [03:58.768]And let what others say come true [04:03.238]We're just good for nothing [04:05.748]They all figure [04:07.828]A boyish grown up shiftless jigger [04:09.728]Now we can't hardly stand for that [04:16.977]Or is that really where it's at [04:21.267]Pardon me brother [04:24.497]As you stand in your glory [04:28.747]I know you won't mind [04:31.577]Now I know [04:36.877]We have great respect [04:38.607]For the sister and the mother [04:41.437]It's even better yetIf I tell the whole story