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Backlash Blues is a track by Nina Simone, taken from the album “The Greatest Hits”, released May 19, 2003 on RCA Camden. It runs 2:28. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside My Baby Just Cares for Me, I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free, Ain't Got No - I Got Life (From the Musical Production "Hair") (Live). Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Backlash Blues
- Artist
- Nina Simone
- Release
- The Greatest Hits
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 2:28
- Release date
- May 19, 2003
- Record label
- RCA Camden
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songMr. 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?
Oh, 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 who'll have the blues
Not me, just wait and see
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