Integration (Insert) Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Em]Speaking as a Black man from America,
which is a racist society
[D]No matter how[Em] much you hear
it talk about democracy
[D]It's as rac[D#]ist as [Em]South Africa
or as [D]ra cist as Por[Em]tugal
Or as racist [D]as any [Em]other
racialist society [B]on this earth
[Em]The only difference between
it and South [D]Africa
South [Em]Africa preaches separation
and practices [Bb]separation
[Em]America prea[D]ches integration and
[Em]practices segregation
This is the only difference
They don't practice what they preach,
whereas [D#]South Africa preaches and prac[Em]tices [E]the same thing
I have more re[Em]spect for a man who
lets me know [D]where he [Em]stands
Even if he's wrong, [D#]than the one who comes [Em]up
like an angel and is nothing but [Bb]a devil

[Verse 2]
[D#]I don't ag[Em]ree with him because I'm not
a follower of Muhammad myself
I think [D#]that [Em]all peopl[D#]e have been
mistreated in some [E]form or an[D]other
[Bb]But [Em]I don't agree[E] with him,
[D#]I don't follow Muhammad
I [Em]don't think anyone
should follow one [D#]man
I think they [Em]should follow their
own conscience
I think the main problem of most negroes
is [Bb]that they feel [Em]sorry for themselves
And I think this [E]keeps them
[Em]back much more
[E]Than they [Em]would be if they didn't feel so
sorry for them[Bb]selves[Em]

[Verse 3]
If Mar[E]tin Luther [Em]King,
[D]Roy Wilkins or any of [Em]these uh comprom[A]ising negroes
Who say [E]exactly [Em]what the white man [E]wants
[D#]to hear [B]is interviewed [Em]anywhere
In the country, you [D]don't get any[D#]body
to off[Em]set what they say
But whenever a black man stands up and says
something [Bb]that white [Em]people don't like
Then the first thing that white [Bb]man does [D#]is
run around [Em]and try and find somebody
[D#]To say something [Em]to offset
[B]what has jus[Em]t been said
This is natural, but it [E]is done[Em]
You [Bb]know what I think?

[Verse 4]
[Em]I ju[Bb]st
[Em]think you've given [Bb]up[Em]
[E](Gi[Em]ven up on what?) On the ideal
[D]of an integ[Em]rated America
The dream of Martin Luther King,
I think you've given up
This is not, [Em]I'm not trying
to be a smart [D]alec now
I'm telling [Em]you honestly that
I think you've given [Em]up

[Verse 5]
You know, it's [Em]in teresting ho[Bb]w
[D#]white [Em]folks [Bb]sit here [D#]think[Em]ing
[D]That I have [Em]a reason to lie [D#]to you,
[Em]as though you are so powerful
[D]And[Em] you are [D]so wonderful[Bb],
and I [Em]am so ashamed [D]of my words
[Em]That I have [D]to t[Bb]wist and turn
Please, you're not dealing
with that kind of man
[Em]You're dealing with a man who means
[Em]what he says and says what he means