Run Charlie Run
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
The niggers are coming!
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
The niggers are coming!
I watch you go to church on Sunday
Then you forget all you learned on Monday
You see your smiling face can't hide
How you hate your brother inside
So I'ma telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
The niggers are coming!
The niggers are coming!
But the greatest wrong you know you've done
Is you passed this sickness onto your son
Your one and only boy
He came into this world with a mind so clean
You took it, molded it, and made it mean!
So I'ma telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
The niggers are coming!
The niggers are coming!
You built this great big beautiful city
But you ran away and left it to die
What a pity
You could have made friends with your neighbor
But you are much too prejudiced to try
Tell me why!
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Oh, don't try to leave what's part of you
'Cause it can't be done, yes, that is true
So God bless the hand that's calling you back, brother, well well
Whether it's gonna be red or black, oh
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
You better keep on running, Charlie
Run, Charlie, run
Run, Charlie, run
You better keep on running, Charlie
Look! The niggers are coming!
The niggers are coming!
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming!
The niggers are coming!
I watch you go to church on Sunday
Then you forget all you learned on Monday
You see your smiling face can't hide
How you hate your brother inside
So I'ma telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
The niggers are coming!
The niggers are coming!
But the greatest wrong you know you've done
Is you passed this sickness onto your son
Your one and only boy
He came into this world with a mind so clean
You took it, molded it, and made it mean!
So I'ma telling you
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
The niggers are coming!
The niggers are coming!
You built this great big beautiful city
But you ran away and left it to die
What a pity
You could have made friends with your neighbor
But you are much too prejudiced to try
Tell me why!
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Oh, don't try to leave what's part of you
'Cause it can't be done, yes, that is true
So God bless the hand that's calling you back, brother, well well
Whether it's gonna be red or black, oh
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
Look! The niggers are coming! (the niggers are coming!)
Run, Charlie, run
You better keep on running, Charlie
Run, Charlie, run
Run, Charlie, run
You better keep on running, Charlie
Credits
Writer(s): Jan Foreman, Maurice C. King
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough/I'll Be There/My Sweet Lord (Medley/Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 31, 1971)
- Temptations 60
- Calling Out Your Name / When We Were Kings / Is It Gonna Be Yes Or No
- Calling Out Your Name / When We Were Kings
- When We Were Kings
- Emperors Of Soul: The Rarities
- Is It Gonna Be Yes Or No (feat. Smokey Robinson) - Single
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) [Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 31, 1971] - Single
- September In The Rain/Autumn Leaves (Medley/Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, September 28, 1969) - Single
- The Best Things In Life Are Free (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, February 2, 1969) - Single
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