Backlash Blues - Nina Simone/Langston Hughes

LANGSTON HUGHES, NINA SIMONE

Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash
Just who do you think I am?
You raise my taxes, freeze my wages
And send my son to Vietnam

You give me second class houses
And second class schools
Do you think that all colored folks
Are just second class fools?

Mr. Backlash
I'm gonna leave you
With the backlash blues

When I try to find a job
To earn a little cash
All you got to offer
Is your mean old white backlash

But the world is big
Big and bright and round
And it's full of folks like me
Who are black, yellow, beige and brown

Mr. Backlash
I'm gonna leave you
With the backlash blues

Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash
Just what do you think I got to lose
I'm gonna leave you
With the backlash blues
You're the one will have the blues
Not me, just wait and see

Trivia about the song Backlash Blues - Nina Simone/Langston Hughes by Nina Simone

On which albums was the song “Backlash Blues - Nina Simone/Langston Hughes” released by Nina Simone?
Nina Simone released the song on the albums “Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972” in 1998 and “The Greatest Hits” in 2003.
Who composed the song “Backlash Blues - Nina Simone/Langston Hughes” by Nina Simone?
The song “Backlash Blues - Nina Simone/Langston Hughes” by Nina Simone was composed by LANGSTON HUGHES, NINA SIMONE.

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