Hence 'seems they don't want to know you no more. The song itself is a bit oblique unless you know the story behind it: Lee Thompson wrote it about his parents' response to his sister (white) becoming pregnant by her boyfriend (black). Don't Call me Nigger, Whitey Sly and the Family Stone.Damn Right I Am Somebody Fred Wesley & the JB's (1974).Colorado Kool-Aid Johnny Paycheck (also recorded by Red Sovine).Some stay dry while others feel the pain. About fighting drunken racists: 'I never trusted you lot, and why don't you go back to Africa'. 'It don't matter if you're black or white.' A protest song about the death of anti-apartheid protester Steve Biko while in police custody. About the killing of Matthew Shepard (Specifically this is about homophobia, but it fits this category well) About the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Greatest Liberal and Leftist Songs Anti- racism Īlso see wp:Category:Songs against racism and xenophobia 2.3 Songs that actually Celebrate Rationality.2.2.1 A Few Songs on the Conservapedia list.2 Greatest 'Conservative' Songs, So-called.1.18 Addiction, Intoxication, and Better Living Through Chemistry.1.15 Religious Hypocrisy, Televangelism and Related Hysteria.1.14.16 Bob 'Zimmerman' Dylan (cp:Bob Dylan).1.1.1 Aboriginal and Somewhat Aboriginal.
