We People Who Are Darker Than Blue [London Sessions]

We people who are darker than blue

don't let us hang around this town

And let what others say come true

We're just good for nothing they all figure

A boyish grown up shiftless jigger

Now we can't hardly stand for that

Or is that really where it's at?

We people who are darker than blue

We've got no time for segregating

I'm talking about brown and yellow too

I a white girl can't U tell

I'm just the surface of our dark deep well

If your mind could really see

You'd know your colour's same as me

Pardon me brother

As U stand in your glory

I know U won't mind

If I tell the whole story

Now I know we have great respect

For the sister and the mother

It's even better yet

But there's the joker in the street

Loving one brother and killing the other

When the time comes and we are really free

There'll be no brothers left to see