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Colored People Lyrics

Artist: DC Talk
Album: Jesus Freak

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Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir
I couldn't help but note your 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
And thank the Maker of us all

(chorus)
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

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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,
Aren't we all human after all?

(repeat chorus)

Ignorance has wronged some races
And vengeance is the Lord's
If we aspire to share this space
Repentance is the cure

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Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind 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

(repeat chorus)

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]

Comments/Interpretations

by rj's on 7/13/2008 9:13pm
its a nice song

by Wade Humphres on 4/15/2009 3:56pm
In perfect harmony with the Scriptures

by talent smith on 3/30/2010 8:17am
motivating stuff

by laura on 10/23/2010 11:41pm
Philemon is as true today as any day. God's heart is freedom for all, IS THAT YOUR HEART????

PEACE THRU JESUS

by alex on 12/13/2010 10:51am
its a good song to reprsent the first part of to kill a mockingbird!!!!

by zgme1 on 8/18/2014 8:48am
Did Henry Louis Gates Jr's. COLORED PEOPLE book inspire thiis song?