Intro:
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Pardon me, your epidermis is showing
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I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
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I tip my hat to the colourful arrangement
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Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin
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We gotta come together, and thank the maker of us all
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We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
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We're colored people, and they call us the human race
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We've got a history so full of mistakes
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And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
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A piece of canvas is only the beginning
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It takes on character with every loving stroke
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This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart
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By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope
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We gotta come together, aren't we all human after all?
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We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
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We're colored people, and they call us the human race
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We've got a history so full of mistakes
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And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
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Ignorance has wronged some races
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And vengeance is the Lord's
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If we aspire to share this space
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Repentance is the cure
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Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man
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Should make it easy for you to see
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That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
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As a part of our anatomy
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We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
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We're colored people, and they call us the human race
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We've got a history so full of mistakes
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And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
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