Key: G minor
Verse 1
which is a racist society
Eb
Fm
No matter how much you hear
it talk about democracy
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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
Fm
Eb
America preaches integration and
This is the only difference
They don't practice what they preach,
E
Fm
F
whereas South Africa preaches and practices the same thing
Eb
Fm
lets me know where he stands
E
Fm
Even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up
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,
own conscience
I think the main problem of most negroes
B
Fm
is that they feel sorry for themselves
F
Fm
Than they would be if they didn't feel so
B
Fm
sorry for themselves
Verse 3
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Fm
If Martin Luther King,
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Fm
Bb
Roy Wilkins or any of these uh compromising negroes
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Fm
F
Who say exactly what the white man wants
E
C
Fm
to hear is interviewed anywhere
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E
In the country, you don't get anybody
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
E
Fm
To say something to offset
C
Fm
what has just been said
F
Fm
This is natural, but it is done
Verse 4
Fm
B
I just
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B
Fm
think you've given up
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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
Verse 5
Fm
B
You know, it's in teresting how
E
Fm
B
E
Fm
white folks sit here thinking
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Fm
E
That I have a reason to lie to you,
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
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