11 acessos
Intro:
D-A-G 4X
D A G D A G
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Bm G Em
Pardon me, your epidermis is showing
Bm G Em
I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
Bm G Em
I tip my hat to the colourful arrangement
Bm G Em
Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin
C G A
We gotta come together, and thank the maker of us all
D A G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D A G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D A G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D A G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
A
Bm G Em
A piece of canvas is only the beginning
Bm G Em
It takes on character with every loving stroke
Bm G Em
This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart
Bm G Em
By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope
C G A
We gotta come together, aren't we all human after all?
D A G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D A G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D A G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D A G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
Bm Bm4
Ignorance has wronged some races
Bm Bm9
And vengeance is the Lord's
Bm Bm4
If we aspire to share this space
Em G-A
Repentance is the cure
D A G D A G
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D
Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man
A G
Should make it easy for you to see
D
That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
A G
As a part of our anatomy
D A G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D A G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D A G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D A G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
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