This little song that i'm singin' about,
 People you know it's [bad word]  If you're black and gotta work for a living,
 This is what they will say to you,
 They says, "if you was white, should be all right,
 If you was brown, stick around,
 But as you's black, hmm brother, get back, get back, get back"
 I was in a place one night
 They was all having fun
 They was all buyin' beer and wine,
 But they would not sell me none
 They said, "if you was white, should be all right,
 If you was brown, stick around,
 But if you black, hmm brother, get back, get back, get back"
 Me and a man was workin' side by side
 This is what it meant
 They was paying him a dollar an hour,
 And they was paying me fifty cent
 They said, "if you was white, 't should be all right,
 If you was brown, could stick around,
 But as you black, hmm boy, get back, get back, get back"
 I went to an employment office,
 Got a number 'n' i got in line
 They called everybody's number,
 But they never did call mine
 They said, "if you was white, should be all right,
 If you was brown, could stick around,
 But as you black, hmm brother, get back, get back, get back"
 I hope when sweet victory,
 With my plough and hoe
 Now i want you to tell me brother,
 What you gonna do about the old jim crow?
 Now if you was white, should be all right,
 If you was brown, could stick around,
 But if you black, whoa brother, get back, get back, get back