Racism chords by Mighty Sparrow

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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really love this country
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It's really very nice
You don't have to remind me
I know it's paradise
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Notwithstanding its goodness
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and chances to advance
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It hurts me to see so much bigotry
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and racial intolerance
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The military service, if and the police
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City hall, highest office
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Straight to the hall of justice
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No money there lending
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The bad money redlining
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If somehow you get money
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Landlords say no vacancy
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There is no wisdom
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In Zionism and tribalism
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There is nothing to gain from racism
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Diversified in culture
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and many have been haste
This land has much to offer
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to every creed an d race
But the mongers want to prosper
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and succeed as a whole
By keeping the negro
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and the latino class
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on the totem pole
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So they hide in the bushes, racism
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And they burn down your churches,
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Put the hood on their faces,
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On your law -abiding crosses,
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It was bad in the old days,
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Now it works in many ways, racism
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Don't forget the election,
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How the mama got shattered,
Fanaticism!
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Racism!
Parasitism!
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Racism! Idiotism! Racism!
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There is nothing to gain from ra
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cism!
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For years they've violated
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the black man's civil rights
Wickedly subjugating with malice,
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and spite
Look the law states very clearly,
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do not discriminate
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But some playin' duns using ignorance
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and continue to segregate
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Rosa Parks didn't like it, Racism
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Malcolm X used to fight it,
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Marcus Garvey didn't play no, Racism
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Martin Luther King said no, Racism
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We all know the pain of, Racism
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We all know the strain of, Racism
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A tired complain about, Racism
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It's a game for the insane, Racism
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It's degradation, Racism
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Abomination, Racism
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Filled with revulsion,
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there is nothing to gain from ra cism
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Look, nobody is perfect
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There's weakness and there's strong
So in spite of all this conflict,
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we can't put this nation down
And the Jews who survived the Holocaust
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and slavery dead and gone
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So keep the faith in Martin Luther King
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and we shall overcome
Narrow -mindedness is
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Racism
Unscrupulousness is
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Racism
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Sanctimoniousness is Ra cism
Self -righteousness is indeed
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Racism
We gotta right all the wrongs
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Racism
We gotta stand up strong
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Racism
We must unite and fight out
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Racism
In an effort to wipe out
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Racism
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Too much frustration, Racism
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With segregation, Racism
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Displeasentation, Racism
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There is nothing to gain from ra cism
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