Colored People

(One, two, three, four)

Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir

I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin

I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement

Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin

We've gotta come together

And thank the maker of us all

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

We've got a history so full of mistakes

And we are colored people who depend on a holy grace

(One, two, three, four)

A piece of canvas is only the beginning for

It takes on character with every loving stroke

This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart

By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope

We've gotta come together

Aren't we all human after all?

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

We've got a history so full of mistakes

And we are colored people who depend on a holy grace

Ignorance has wronged some races

And vengeance is the lord's

If we aspire to share this space

Repentance is the cure

(One, two, three, four)

Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man

Should make it easy for you to see

That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones

As a part of our anatomy

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

We've got a history so full of mistakes

And we are colored people who depend on a holy grace

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

(Oh, colored people)

We're colored people, and we all gotta share this space

(Yeah, we've got to come together somehow)

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted world

(Red and yellow, black and white)

We're colored people, every man, woman, boy, and girl

(Colored people, colored people, colored people, colored people, yeah)