Oscar Brown, Jr. "Brother Where Are You?"

Brother, where are you? Brother, where are you? Where oh where are you? Brother, where are you? Brother, where are you? Where oh where are you? A small boy walked down a city street And hope was in his eyes As he searched the faces of the people he'd meet Or one he could recognize Brother, where are you? They told me that you came this way Brother, where are you? They said you came this way Brother, where are you? Brother, where are you? The eyes of the people who pa*sed him by Were cold and hard as stone The small boy whimpered and began to cry Because he was all alone Brother, where are you? They told me that you came this way Brother, where are you? They said you came this way Where are you? Brother, where are you? Don't you know I need you now (Boots Rap) I'm calling out from the top Of a ten foot pile of knots They call us cool If you smile or not And if you dial the cops I'm gonna try to shot See it's a violence plot Tell the judge 'I give a f what kind of file I got' I'm trying to calculate my damages From a lifetime of manmade savages Bad food canisters Fast food managers And school principals Who really prison wooden chips Dough to the mo' Flush my load in the commo' But it never was Never is You believe in lined lie images Of front line scrimmages Support the crime bills of the president Now it's a sacrileges Attack the kids And get the older generation Just to back the pigs So when I whisper as I leave the line of where I was Brother, can you join the brawl? Where are you? Now there are many Who will swear it's true That brother all we are And yet it seems there are very few Who will answer a brother's call Oh brother, where are you? They told me that you came this way Brother, where are you? They said you came this way Where are you? Where are you? Brother, where are you? Oh brother Brother, where are you? Where are you? Brother, where are you? Brother, where are you? Where are you?