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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Broadway Cast
Broadway Cast
Performer
Lamont Washington
Lamont Washington
Vocals
Hair Ensemble
Hair Ensemble
Vocals
Galt MacDermot
Galt MacDermot
Conductor
Hair Band (1967)
Hair Band (1967)
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Galt MacDermot
Galt MacDermot
Composer
Gerome Ragni
Gerome Ragni
Lyrics
James Rado
James Rado
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andy Wiswell
Andy Wiswell
Producer
Rick Rowe
Rick Rowe
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm a colored spade, a nigra, a black ****
A jungle bunny, jigaboo, coon, pickaninny, mau mau
Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima, Little Black Sambo
Cotton pickin', swamp guinea, junk man, shoeshine boy
Elevator operator, table cleaners at Horn and Hardart
Slave, voodoo zombie, Ubangi-lipped
Flat-nosed tap dancer, resident of Harlem
And president of
The United States of Love
Said president of
The United States of Love
[Verse 2]
Shit
[Verse 3]
Man, if you ask him to dinner, you're gonna feed him
[Verse 4]
Watermelon, hominy grits, and shortnin' bread
Alligator ribs, some pig tails
[Verse 5]
So you say
[Verse 6]
Some black eyed peas
[Verse 7]
So you say
[Verse 8]
Some chitlins
[Verse 9]
So you say
[Verse 10]
Some collard greens
[Verse 11]
So you say
[Verse 12]
And if you don't watch out
This boogie man will get you
Boo
Yeah, boo
[Verse 13]
So you say
Written by: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado
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