Song Description
It seems like when some people been mistreated, the mistreater been one of my kind.
| Song Length |
4:08 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Blues - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Enraged, Incensed |
Subject |
Justice |
Lyrics
WHITE MAN BLUES
I got the white man blues, I had?m all my life.
I got those white man blues, I had?m all my life.
It seems like when some people been mistreated
The mistreater been one of my kind.
Well the migrants do the job most white folks won?t do.
Work in the field from dawn to dusk just pickin? the white man?s food.
Well the white man pay the whiteman one wage, pay the migrants less,
The migrants try to organize they get a call from the INS.
I got the white man blues, I had?m all my life.
I got those white man blues, I had?m all my life.
It seems like when some people been mistreated
The mistreater been one of my kind.
When the Indians signed a treaty, they took the white man?s word.
White man took everything else, didn?t matter who he hurt.
The whiteman say the West be won, don?t care who the loser be.
Say the only good Indian is a dead one but what about the children at Wounded Knee?
The black man came from Africa, chained to a white man?s boat.
Sold that man in Richmond, you know some white man countin? the dough.
The black man gets his freedom, the white man gets the kkk.
Dr. King, he had a dream, ?till some white man took it away, hey . . .
. . . I had?m all my life.
I got those white man blues, I had?m all my life.
It seems like when some people been mistreated
The mistreater been one of my kind.
I got those white man blues
I got those white man blues
I got those white man blues
I got the white man blues
Copyright 1995 by Ned Lucas