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Which Side Are You On? (Civil Rights Version)
The Freedom Voices & Len Chandler
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Come all you bourgeois black men
With all your excess fat
A few days in the county jail
Will sure get rid of that
Won't you tell me now
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
I wanna know now
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
Come all you freedom fighters
A story I will tell
Locked down in prison
In a lonesome jail cell
You better tell me now
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
I wanna hear you now
You really better tell me
Which side are you on
Come all you Uncle Toms
Take that hanky from your head
Forget your fears and shed a tear
For the life of shame you've led
And then tell me
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
I wanna know now
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
Don't fall for Mr. Charlie
Don't listen to his lies
'Cause the colored folk
We ain't got a chance
Unless we organize
Everybody now
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
You need not join the picket line
If you can't stand the blows
But join your dimes with dollars
Or be counted with our foes
You better tell me now
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
I really wanna know now
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
Come all you high-tone college grads
Pronounce your final G's
But don't forget your old grandma
She's still scrubbing on her knees
You better tell me now
Which side are you on, boy
I wanna know now
Which side are you on
You really better tell me
Which side are you on, boy
Well, well, well
Which side are you on
Have you heard about the paddywagon
That Big Red likes to drive
If you stand up for your rights
He'll take you for a ride
Everybody now
Which side are you on, boy
I really wanna know now
Which side are you on
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Which side are you on
Yeah
Which side are you on
I heard that the Ku Klux Klan
Just up and dyed their sheets
And now they sing "Oh freedom"
Every time they meet
What's happening now
Everybody now
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
I really wanna know now
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
You really better tell me
Which side are you on, boy
I wanna know now
Which side are you on
I wanna know, boy
Which side are you on, boy
Which side are you on
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