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Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash
Just who do you think I am?
You raise my taxes, freeze my wages
And send my son to Vietnam

You give me second class houses
And second class schools
Do you think that all colored folks
Are just second class fools?

Mr. Backlash
I'm gonna leave you
With the backlash blues

When I try to find a job
To earn a little cash
All you got to offer
Is your mean old white backlash

But the world is big
Big and bright and round
And it's full of folks like me
Who are black, yellow, beige and brown

Mr. Backlash
I'm gonna leave you
With the backlash blues

Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash
Just what do you think I got to lose
I'm gonna leave you
With the backlash blues
You're the one will have the blues
Not me, just wait and see
Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash   Just who do you think I am?   You raise my taxes, freeze my wages   And send my son to Vietnam      You give me second class houses   And second class schools   Do you think that all colored folks   Are just second class fools?      Mr. Backlash   I'm gonna leave you   With the backlash blues      When I try to find a job   To earn a little cash   All you got to offer   Is your mean old white backlash      But the world is big   Big and bright and round   And it's full of folks like me   Who are black, yellow, beige and brown      Mr. Backlash   I'm gonna leave you   With the backlash blues      Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash   Just what do you think I got to lose   I'm gonna leave you   With the backlash blues   You're the one will have the blues   Not me, just wait and see