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Al Schvitz - Shades Of Brown Lyrics

[Verse 1]
They say the darkest hour is just before the dawn
In chess, without exception, white moves the first pawn
They called it "Black Tuesday" when the stock market crashed
A fix in 1919 turned the White Sox to Black
Black balled, black magic, executioner's hood
White hatted, white horsed, champion of good
Black knight of Dark Ages on the darkest night
The Pope walks in truth, head to toe in white

[Chorus]
Who started all this bullshit? They were looking for a fight
You didn't have to be there to know that they were white
When we're talking skin tone, let's not fuck around
No one's really black or white, we're all just shades of brown

[Post-Chorus]
Black hearted, black beard on the briny deep
Or the family member you call the black sheep
Days of black plague, you draw your final breath
Heading for heaven while you're dying of Black Death

[Verse 2]
Mankind is preoccupied to keep each other down
Some use superstition, a Bible or a crown
At best it's fear and ignorance, at worst, it's a sin
Not God and country, king or crown, it's the pigment of our skin
Used to reinforce what is wrong or right
It's really just the presence or the absence of light
In the blackest hour, on the blackest day
Isn't mighty white of us, but we gotta say
[Chorus]
Who started all this bullshit? They were looking for a fight
You didn't have to be there to know that they were white
When we're talking skin tone, let's not fuck around
No one's really black or white, we're all just shades of brown

[Post-Chorus]
White when you marry, black when you die
A racial hierarchy, a festering white lie
White stands for innocence, pure and sincere
But if you're talking bigotry it should be crystal clear

[Verse 3]
The new world beckoned, the immigrants came
Homogenized their culture, anglicized their name
When they painted Jesus, blonde with eyes of blue
Not a Nazarene, more a Nazi than a Jew
In the black revolution with their Black Power found
'Til their leaders were all jailed or stomped into the ground
The final step ironic, to nail that coffin tight
The powder of enslavement in their glassine bags of white

[Chorus]
Who started all this bullshit? They were looking for a fight
You didn't have to be there to know that they were white
When we're talking skin tone, let's not fuck around
We're not really black or white, we're all just shades of brown
[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Who started all this bullshit—were they looking for a fight?
You didn't have to be there to know that they were white
But when we're talking skin tone, let's not fuck around
'Cause no one's really black or white, we're all just shades of brown
Who started all this bullshit? They were looking for a fight
You didn't have to be there to know that they were white
When we're talking skin tone, let's not fuck around
No one's really black or white, we're all just shades of brown
Who started all this bullshit—were they looking for a fight?
You didn't have to be there to know that they were white
But when we're talking skin tone, let's not fuck around
'Cause no one's really black or white, we're all just shades of brown
Who started all this bullshit? They were looking for a fight
You didn't have to be there to know that they were white
When we're talking skin tone, let's not fuck around
No one's really black or white, we're all just shades of brown