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