Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me

There ain't a man alive today

Who doesn't want to have the world in his hand

And everything to go his way

And abuse what he don't understandSome people never can be satisfied

Less they push somebody else around

But I can't give no aid or take no side

I just watch them drag each other downBecause some folks is even whiter than me

Some folks is even blacker than me

I got myself caught in the middle somewhere

And that's just where I want to beI'm talking 'bout the outside

Talking 'bout the inside too

I'm talking 'bout the outside

I'm talking 'bout the inside, talking 'bout the inside tooI spent a lot of time alone

And when I'm gone, you won't remember my name

But I ain't never been nobody's boss but my own

And I hope that you can say the sameAnd I feel just like everyone around

I like to sing my songs of change like a crooner

But if we was all to live another mile uptown

I think wed like to get it changed a whole lot sooner'Cause some folks is even whiter than me

Some folks is even blacker than me

I got myself caught in the middle somewhere

And I don't know where I want to beI'm talking 'bout the outside

Talking 'bout the inside too

I'm talking 'bout the outside

Talking 'bout the inside too