The Blues: Get Back - Big Bill Broonzy

This little song that I’m singin' about

People you all know is true

If you black and gotta work for a livin' now

This is what they been sayin' to you

They said if you white, you’s alright

If you is brown, stick around

But if you’s black, oh brother

Get back, get back, get back…

I was in a place one night

They was all havin' fun

They was all buyin' beer and wine

But they would not sell me none

They said if you white, you’s alright

If you is brown, you can stick around

But if you’s black, mm mm brother

Get back, get back, get back…

I went to an employment office

I got a number and I got in line

They called everybody’s number

But they never did call mine

They said if you white, you’s alright

If you is brown, you can stick around

But if you’s black, mm mm brother

Get back, get back, get back…

Me and a man was working side by side

And this is what it meant

They was payin' him a dollar an hour

But they was payin' me fifty cent

They said if you was white, you’d be alright

If you is brown, you could stick around

But if you’s black, whoa brother

Get back, get back, get back…

I helped win sweet victories

With my plow and hoe

Now, I want you to tell me, brother

Whatchu gonna do about the ol' Jim Crow

Now, if you’s white, you’s alright

If you is brown, stick around

But if you black, whoa brother

Get back, get back, get back…