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Big Bill Broonzy: Black, Brown and White

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Uploaded on Jan 23, 2009

This little song that I'm singin' about,
People, you all know that it's true,
If you're black and gotta work for livin',
Now, this is what they will say to you,
They says: "If you was white,
You's alright,
If you was brown,
Stick around,
But if you's black, oh, brother,
Get back, get back, get back."

I was in a place one night,
They was all havin' fun,
They was all buyin' beer and wine,
But they would not sell me none.
They said: "If you was white,
You's alright,
If you was brown,
You could stick around,
But as you's black, hmm, hmm, brother,
Get back, get back, get back."

I went to an employment office,
I got a number and I got in line,
They called everybody's number,
But they never did call mine.
They said: "If you was white,
You's alright,
If you was brown,
You could stick around,
But as you's black, hmm, hmm, brother,
Get back, get back, get back."

Me and a man was workin' side by side,
Now, this is what it meant:
They was payin' him a dollar an hour,
And they was payin' me fifty cent.
They said: "If you was white,
You'd be alright,
If you was brown,
You could stick around,
But as you's black, oh, brother,
Get back, get back, get back."

I helped win sweet victories,
With my plow and hoe,
Now, I want you to tell me, brother,
What you gonna do 'bout the old Jim Crow?
Now, if you is white,
You's alright,
If you's brown,
Stick around,
But if you's black, oh, brother,
Get back, get back, get back.

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  • HaloedG

    What do you mean @FO HIGGz?

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  • cutemango101

    my favorite history teacher showed me this song! idk how old you are you have to love it! -hint, 16 years old (;

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  • HaloedG

    Thanks! Subscribe and I will make a new blues playlist

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  • RelentlezZSPARKY

    My history books brought me here! :p

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    Thanks! Subscribe and I will make a new Blues playlist.

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  • cjunderwood98

    Black oh brother go back

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  • FO HIGGz

    this is Social Darwinism

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  • friskvind

    In the text is missing :

    I helped built this country

    And I fought for it, too

    Now I guess that you can see

    What a black man have to do...

    Says, "if you was white, You're all right,

    If you was brown, stick around,

    But as you's black, hmm brother, get back, get back, get back"

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  • jamesbmelton

    Thumbs up if you're white and LOVE this song!!

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  • redkakkarot

    Great song !! Love it !! But he forgot the yellow's. ^_^

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  • potatoepeter1

    100%

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  • Katie C

    My English teacher showed the class this, it's such a great song and so catchy!

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