Colored People - Remastered 2013

One, one, one, one, one
 Two, two, two, two
 Three, three, three, three
 Four, four, four, four
 Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir
 I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin (shade of melanin)
 I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement
 'Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin
 We've gotta come together (come together)
 And thank the Maker of us all
 We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
 We're colored people, and they call us the human race
 We've got a history so full of mistakes
 And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
 One, one, one, one
 Two, two, two, two
 Three, three, three, three
 Four, four, four, four
 A piece of canvas is only the beginning for
 It takes on character with every loving stroke
 This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart
 By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope
 We've gotta come together (come together)
 Aren't we all human after all?
 We're colored people and we live in a tainted place
 We're colored people and they call us the human race
 We've got a history so full of mistakes
 And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
 Ignorance has wronged some races
 And vengeance is the Lord's
 If we aspire to share this space
 Repentance is the cure, oh yeah
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 Well, just a day in the shoes of a colorblind man
 Should make it easy for you to see
 That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
 As a part of our anatomy
 We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
 We're colored people, and they call us the human race
 We've got a history so full of mistakes
 And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
 We're colored people, and they call us the human race
 (Oh, colored people)
 We're colored people and we all gotta share this space
 (Yeah, we've got to come together somehow)
 We're colored people, and we live in a tainted world
 
 (Red and yellow, black and white)
 We're colored people, every man, woman, boy, and girl
 (Colored people, colored people, colored people, colored people, yeah)