Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash


Just who do you think I am?

You raise my taxes, freeze my wages


And send my son to Vietnam




You give me second class houses


And second class schools


Do you think that all colored folks

Are just second class fools?





Mr. Backlash

I'm gonna leave you


With the backlash blues




When I try to find a job


To earn a little cash


All you got to offer

Is your mean old white backlash





But the world is big

Big and bright and round


And it's full of folks like me


Who are black, yellow, beige and brown




Mr. Backlash


I'm gonna leave you

With the backlash blues





Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash

Just what do you think I got to lose


I'm gonna leave you


With the backlash blues

You're the one will have the blues


Not me, just wait and see


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