Song Lyrics

"We Don t Need No Colour Code"

by Steve Taylor
Album: Meltdown

(Probably a little more drums)

Oh, down in Carolina way lived a man name o' Big B.J.,
B.J. went and got a school founded on Caucasian rule,
Bumper sticker on his Ford says, "Honkies if you love the Lord."

We don't need no colour code, we don't need no colour code,
Take your rules and hit the road, we don't need no colour code,
Judgment day is going down, better burn your cap and gown.

Yeah, you get what I'm saying' (a-ha)
Get this...

White man speak with forked tongue, (ooh)
White supremists eat their young, (ooh)
Bigotry is on the loose, (you got that right)
Ignorance is no excuse, (can I get a witness')
I know Jesus loves that man, even with a Greenville tan. (laughter)

We don't need no colour code, we don't need no colour code,
Take your rules and hit the road, we don't need no colour code,
Judgment day is going down, better burn your cap and gown.

Ow, (ha, ha, ha, ha)
Ahh, sing it...

Marching to Pretoria, (marching to Pretoria)
Colour codes in churches, huh' (colour codes in churches, huh')
Following a fascist creed, (following a what')
Whose translation do you read' (murmurs)
True believers won't be snowed, (true believers won't be snowed)
We don't need no colour code. (we don't need no colour code)

We don't need no colour code, we don't need no colour code,
Take your rules and hit the road, we don't need no colour code,
Judgment day is going down.

We don't need no, (colour code)
We don't need no, (colour code)
Take your rules and hit the road,
We don't need no, (colour code)
We ain't playing dead this time,
This is where we draw the line.


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