| Song | We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue |
| Artist | Curtis Mayfield |
| Album | Give It Up |
| 作词 : Mayfield | |
| We people who are darker than blue | |
| Are we gonna stand around this town | |
| And let what others say come true? | |
| We're just good for nothing they all figure | |
| A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger | |
| Now we can't hardly stand for that | |
| Or is that really where it's at? | |
| We people who are darker than blue | |
| This ain't no time for segregatin' | |
| I'm talking 'bout brown and yellow two | |
| High yellow girl, can't you tell | |
| You're just the surface of our dark deep well | |
| If your mind could really see | |
| You'd know your color the same as me | |
| Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory | |
| I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story | |
| Get yourself together, learn to know your side | |
| Shall we commit our own genocide | |
| Before you check out your mind? | |
| I know we've all got problems | |
| That's why I'm here to say | |
| Keep peace with me and I with you | |
| Let me love in my own way | |
| Now I know we have great respect | |
| For the sister, and mother it's even better yet | |
| But there's the joker in the street | |
| Loving one brother and killing the other | |
| When the time comes and we are really free | |
| There'll be no brothers left you see | |
| We people who are darker than blue | |
| Don't let us hang around this town | |
| And let what others say come true | |
| We're just good for nothing they all figure | |
| A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger | |
| Now we can't hardly stand for that | |
| Or is that really where it's at? | |
| Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory | |
| I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story | |
| Pardon me, brother, I know we've come a long, long way | |
| But let us not be so satisfied for tomorrow can be an | |
| An even brighter day |
| zuò cí : Mayfield | |
| We people who are darker than blue | |
| Are we gonna stand around this town | |
| And let what others say come true? | |
| We' re just good for nothing they all figure | |
| A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger | |
| Now we can' t hardly stand for that | |
| Or is that really where it' s at? | |
| We people who are darker than blue | |
| This ain' t no time for segregatin' | |
| I' m talking ' bout brown and yellow two | |
| High yellow girl, can' t you tell | |
| You' re just the surface of our dark deep well | |
| If your mind could really see | |
| You' d know your color the same as me | |
| Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory | |
| I know you won' t mind if I tell the whole story | |
| Get yourself together, learn to know your side | |
| Shall we commit our own genocide | |
| Before you check out your mind? | |
| I know we' ve all got problems | |
| That' s why I' m here to say | |
| Keep peace with me and I with you | |
| Let me love in my own way | |
| Now I know we have great respect | |
| For the sister, and mother it' s even better yet | |
| But there' s the joker in the street | |
| Loving one brother and killing the other | |
| When the time comes and we are really free | |
| There' ll be no brothers left you see | |
| We people who are darker than blue | |
| Don' t let us hang around this town | |
| And let what others say come true | |
| We' re just good for nothing they all figure | |
| A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger | |
| Now we can' t hardly stand for that | |
| Or is that really where it' s at? | |
| Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory | |
| I know you won' t mind if I tell the whole story | |
| Pardon me, brother, I know we' ve come a long, long way | |
| But let us not be so satisfied for tomorrow can be an | |
| An even brighter day |