Mr. Backlash
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Mr. Backlash
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Just who do think I am
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You raise my taxes
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freeze my wages
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And send my son
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to Vietnam
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You give me
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second class houses
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And second class schools
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Do you think
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that alla colored folks
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Are just second class fools
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Mr. Backlash
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I'm gonna leave you
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With the backlash blues
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<Interlude>
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When I try to find a job
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To earn a little cash
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All you got to offer
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Is your mean
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old white backlash
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But the world is big
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Big and bright and round
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And it's full of folks like me
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Who are black, yellow
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beige and brown
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Mr. Backlash
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I'm gonna leave you
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With the backlash blues
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<Interlude>
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Mr. Backlash
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Mr. Backlash
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Just what do you think
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I got to lose
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I'm gonna leave you
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With the backlash blues
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You're the one
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will have the blues
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Not me, just wait and see
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Backlash Blues
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| Nina Simone |
