DC Talk - Colored People lyrics

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Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir
I couldn't help but note
Your shade of melanin
I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement
'Cause, I see the beauty in
The tones of our skin

We've gotta come together
And thank the Maker of us all

We're colored people
And we live in a tainted place
We're colored people
And they call us the human race
We've got a history so full of mistakes
And we are colored people who
Depend on a holy grace

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A piece of canvas is only the beginning for
It takes on character with
Every loving stroke
This thing of beauty is the
Passion of an artist's heart
By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope

We've gotta come together
Aren't we all human after all?

We're colored people
And we live in a tainted place
We're colored people
And they call us the human race
We've got a history so full of mistakes
And we are colored people who
Depend on a holy grace

Ignorance has wronged some races
And vengeance is the Lord's
If we aspire to share this space
Repentance is the cure

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Well, just a day in the shoes
Of a color blind man
Should make it easy for you to see
That these diverse tones do more
Than cover our bones
As a part of our anatomy

We're colored people
And we live in a tainted place
We're colored people
And they call us the human race
We've got a history so full of mistakes
And we are colored people who
Depend on a holy grace we're colored people
And they call us the human race
(Oh, colored people) we're colored people
And we all gotta share this space
(yeah we've got to come together somehow)
We're colored people
And we live in a tainted world
(Red and yellow, black and white)
We're colored people, every man, woman, boy
And girl
(Colored people, colored people, colored
People, colored people, yeah)