Colored Spade

[MsJollycholly]

I remember playing this album in my bedroom in 1969 and trying NOT to let my dad hear these lyrics or he would have gone apes-t!!! Today, almost every song is full of profanity whereas THIS song was trying to convey a message, as the whole HAIR play tried to do.

[DobermansRock]

Damn and 40 years later we still have ignorance from black people. Fucking racists.

[owlie1961]

Terrible song .

[purplegriffin]

i did this song in kareoke and the looks on peoples faces was priceless. giant black guy busting out a song from his childhood people need to relax a little.

[shortypingi]

I love this song, but I'm always scared to sing it out load because if someone doesn't know Hair.. they'll think I'm racist...And I'm not!!! Lol

[soapytiger]

It's the last line that sums it up. 

[blackheartedwolf1]

Thank u for uploading the original- I love the end- and President of the United States of Love. I love how this movie is about love and equality.

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

I would love to play thus loud in Harlem..........in fact I think I may

[theyankeeswin714]

@NIggaCollege I think you ment porch monkey.

[FunnyGuy656]

haha does anyone remember when howard played this during black jeopardy

[theyankeeswin714]

@FunnyGuy656 Buck Wheaties won .

[aspenrebel]

@Seasass.....what the hell are "various "ethnic" whites"? OK, first of all, I should have written "......was sung BY Black people!!!!" OK, Seasass, start filling up the page then, let's see what you come up with. I bet you can't come up with 25% the number that are in that song. Further, how come any "supposed" derogatory slang term for White people is, in fact, NOT derogatory, insulting, offensive, or hurtfull at all? At least not to me. But you say one thing to a Black person, and BAMM!!

[aspenrebel]

@tubian323....then turn out the lights!!

[aspenrebel]

this song cracks me up!!! Always has, since I was a kid. Now how come it's not possible to come up with nearly as many words for White people? Hummmm? Let's see now, you have Honky, Whitey, Redneck, Whitebread, Whiteboy, Cracker, and ,...ummmm......ummmm???? Geee, I don't know.

But remember, this song was song BY Black people!!!

[Seasass]

@aspenrebel I bet if you thought of all of the words for various "ethnic" whites, you could fill up the page.

[AllTheCloudsArePink]

Nah! Nobody thinks this is what...putting down on blacks? It's called tounge in cheek, people, and it's a classic way to deal with the crap in life. They are making FUN of racism! Lol! It's HAIR for goodness sake!! (:

[tntxoxo1]

people, I just signed on with google/youtube. I ain't no young dude no more but what I see is " swordmaster10" is playing some pretty cool shit.

[BluntObject1234]

It;'s hilarious how today's neo-hippies get offended over this stuff.

[dahsuerk]

The original is best.  No fake hippies decades later.

[Seasass]

@dahsuerk The originals weren't real hippies either. The theater culture was freer than the mainstream culture of the time (as it is in any time), but the cast members were professionals, including the likes of Melba Moore and Diane Keaton. Rado and Ragni were a couple of relatively old (36 and 32) actors who had a vision of bringing the counterculture to the Broadway stage and succeeded brilliantly, thanks to Galt McDermot's music and their own painstaking field work among NYC's real hippies.

[tubian323]

I saw a documentary about the KKK the other day and I couldn't help but think of this song, a group of people full of such fear because of the skin color of other people.

[HEBisreal]

This is not racest this just  sterotypes

[RialtoWolf]

This was the most racial song I've heard in awhile lol...Good resource for "black" jokes

[penrod59]

I didn't know Bach was still alive. I also didn't know he was a pedantic whiner.

[skyguykillsdanny]

lolz this song makes me laugh

[topsy420]

Lovable Sambo

[scubawrestler]

I love the original cast recording.

Thanks for posting.

One small correction to the text of the lyric:

"Some Chittlin's" rather than "chili" , which are pig enrtails and were commonly served in original "Soul Food". They can still be found today in some truly authentic style kitchens.

My long time friend Will Swenson is currently playing on Broadway as Burger.

This show is as viable and worthwhile today as it was in 1968!

[FrenchToastPro]

:D haha

[limeginger]

what a song - damn.

I believe the 2nd line is:

a niggra

If you listen to his pronunciation closely you can hear it. That word was the term of choice for many people in the South, even as late as the 1960s, for Black people. They thought it was the polite alternative for the other n-word.

[Senorcaiman]

This is my favorite song of all time. Thanks.

[jthegeek]

I Find It Sad That An Entire Generation And Those That Follow Them Won't Even Understand What this Song Meant.. It Will Be Taken Literally And Not In The Context For Which It Was Written.. The Importance Of This Musical Is Lost To Those Who Refuse To Notice That History in All Forms Is Being Erased And Replased With Sound Bites And The Next "HOT" Trend.. "What A Piece Of Work Is Man" .........Hmmmm? I Agree..

[DobermansRock]

Hair was a bit Liberal for my world. The end was cool though.

[penrod59]

Dob, I'm no political Liberal in the current definition (and in my opinion wrong definition; to me, liberal means protecting individual liberties) of the word, but the music in this play is excellent. Looked at your site. If you're a veteran, thanks.

[casestudyification]

@jthegeek I've Been Trying To Figure Out The Point Of This Song Since I Was Twelve. I'm Forty Six Now. Maybe You Could Clue Me In.

[nuver1]

if you say that means you did not undestood the message of Hair !

please try again !

[KirikJenness]

LOL @ the fucking niggers!

[jabbadu431]

Did they cut out the part about being degenerate leeches on society?

[bluricane]

@jabbadu431 how about the part where u should go kill ur self?

[jabbadu431]

@bluricane What happened to that "President of the United States of Love" part? Yeah, I thought it was a lie as well. LOL

[ericthut22]

omg ahahahah wtf hillaryous