
Date of issue: 31.12.1971
Record label: A Motown Records Release;
Song language: English
Blackberries |
Fresh from the bush |
The good ship Jesus carried them over the sea |
Tender and ripe |
And so good for business |
Blackberries |
An old saying has long been in use |
‘The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice' |
But the berry’s grown bitter from too much abuse |
And the new berries are strange |
Sold in the southern marketplaces |
Planted in white cotton fields |
Taught with the lash |
To stay in their places |
Blackberries |
Oh, women were raped |
And rapists were paid |
$ 25 per child |
This is the way the heathens were saved |
It kept them from growing up wild |
And then came a war and promises of |
40 acres and a mule |
But sharecropping was a general rule for |
Blackberries |
High distance honey hot house ghettos |
Ready, ready to burst into flame |
Handle with gloves |
To make them more mellow |
Blackberries |
And shipped off to war |
They don’t expect more |
Than they have gotten before |
Used a the tools of those who would rule |
Others on far away shores |
But a long time ago |
A constitution was written to make all people free |
Well, it’s time for beginning revolution |
Blackberries |
An old saying has long been in use |
‘The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice' |
But the berry’s grown bitter from too much abuse |
And the new berries are strange |
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Do Something About It | 1971 |
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Black California | 1971 |
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