Backlash Blues - Nina Simone

Artist: Nina Simone
Album: Sings The Blues
Label: RCA
Year: 2006
Song Title: Backlash Blues
Duration: 02:29
Track #: 06


Backlash Blues

Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash
Just who do 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 a 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.

(guitar solo)

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.