Get Back-Big Bill Broonzy

[ti:Get Back] [ar:Big Bill Broonzy] [al:Key to the Highway: The Best of Big Bill Broonzy, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Get Back - Big Bill Broonzy [00:09.19]This little song that I'm singin' about [00:13.09]People you all know that it's true [00:15.54] [00:17.08]If you're black and gotta work for livin' [00:19.99]Now this is what they will say to you [00:23.19]They says: If you was white [00:26.09]You's alright [00:27.75]If you was brown [00:30.01]Stick around [00:31.69]But if you's black oh brother [00:37.26]Get back get back get back [00:40.72] [00:44.49]I was in a place one night [00:46.97] [00:47.85]They was all havin' fun [00:50.31] [00:51.75]They was all buyin' beer and wine [00:54.78]But they would not sell me none [00:57.90]They said: If you was white [01:00.77]You's alright [01:02.29]If you was brown [01:04.64]You could stick around [01:06.11]But as you's black hmm hmm brother [01:11.60]Get back get back get back [01:14.63] [01:18.28]I went to an employment office [01:21.14]I got a number I got in line [01:25.93]They called everybody's number [01:29.09]But they never did call mine [01:31.98]They said: If you was white [01:35.01]You's alright [01:36.54]If you was brown [01:38.67]You could stick around [01:40.35]But as you's black hmm hmm brother [01:45.71]Get back get back get back [01:48.77] [01:52.52]Me and a man was workin' side by side [01:55.42] [01:56.36]Now this is what it meant: [02:00.03]They was payin' him a dollar an hour [02:02.92]And they was payin' me fifty cent [02:05.84]They said: If you was white [02:08.77]You'd be alright [02:10.41]If you was brown [02:12.48]You could stick around [02:14.10]But as you's black oh brother [02:19.64]Get back get back get back [02:22.77] [02:26.64]I helped win sweet victories [02:30.05]With my plow and hoe [02:34.07]Now I want you to tell me brother [02:37.11]What you gonna do 'bout the old Jim Crow [02:39.83]Now if you is white [02:42.71]You's alright [02:44.28]If you's brown [02:46.50]Stick around [02:48.17]But if you's black [02:50.37]Hmm hmm brother [02:52.88] [02:53.48]Get back get back get back