Just listen to this song, I'm singing, brother, you know it's true. If you're black and got to work for a living, here's whate people will say:
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Now if you're white you're all right. And if you're brown stick around. But if you're black, oh, brother, get back, get back, get back.
I was in an employment office, got a number and fell in line. They called every number, but never did call mine.
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Me and a man were working side by side, that is what it meant: He was getting a dollar an hour, I was only making fifty cents.
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Writer(s): William Lee Conley Broonzy
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