Colored People

<p>1, 2, 3, 4<br/><br/>[Verse 1: Kevin Max]<br/>Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir<span><br/>I couldn&#x27;t help but note your shade of melanin<br/>I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement<br/>&#x27;Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin<br/><br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>We&#x27;ve gotta come together<br/>And thank the Maker of us all<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>We&#x27;re colored people, and we live in a tainted place<br/>We&#x27;re colored people, and they call us the human race<br/>We&#x27;ve got a history so full of mistakes<br/>And we are colored people who depend on a holy grace<br/>1, 2, 3, 4<br/><br/>[Verse 2: Kevin Max]<br/>A piece of canvas is only the beginning for<br/>It takes on character with every loving stroke<br/>This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist&#x27;s heart<br/>By God&#x27;s design, we are a skin kaleidoscope<br/><br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>We&#x27;ve gotta come together<br/>Aren&#x27;t we all human after all?<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>We&#x27;re colored people, and we live in a tainted place<br/>We&#x27;re colored people, and they call us the human race<br/>We&#x27;ve got a history so full of mistakes<br/>And we are colored people who depend on a holy grace<br/><br/>[Bridge]<br/>Ignorance has wronged some races<br/>And vengeance is the Lord&#x27;s<br/>If we aspire to share this space<br/>Repentance is the cure<br/><br/>1, 2, 3, 4<br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man<br/>Should make it easy for you to see<br/>That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones<br/>As a part of our anatomy<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>We&#x27;re colored people, and we live in a tainted place<br/>We&#x27;re colored people, and they call us the human race<br/>We&#x27;ve got a history so full of mistakes<br/>And we are colored people who depend on a holy grace<br/><br/>We&#x27;re colored people, and they call us the human race<br/>(Oh, colored people)<br/>We&#x27;re colored people, and we all gotta share this space<br/>(Yeah we&#x27;ve got to come together somehow)<br/>We&#x27;re colored people, and we live in a tainted world<br/>(Red and yellow, black and white)<br/>We&#x27;re colored people, every man, woman, boy, and girl<br/>(Colored people, colored people, colored people, colored people, yeah)