Brown Guys Must Rise
©2019
Garrett Clevenger
To
the tune of White Bird
A
G Brown folk in
a racist cage
A
G every single
day in pain.
A
G A Brown folk should feel a
rage not alone.
A
G The leaves
blow ‘cross the rich
white road
A
G from the
darkened sky on a bigot’s stage.
A
G A But the brown folk still are locked in their cage. It’s getting
old.
D F
A Brown guys must rise or they will
die.
A
G Brown folk dream of being free with the
A
G white people
they see.
A
G A But the white man just locks up their cage in slavery.
D F
A Brown guys must rise or they will
die.
D F
A Brown guys must rise or they will
die.
Am
Em The sunsets come, the
sunsets go.
F
E The clouds
blow by, the earth turns slow
Am
F and brown guys eyes do always glow.
A
G They must
rise.
A
G They must
rise.
A
G A Brown guys rise.
Am
G
Jam
A
G
Jam
A
G Brown folk in
a racist cage
A
G every single
day in pain.
A
G A Brown folk should feel a
rage not alone.
D F
A Brown guys must rise or they will
die.
D F
A Brown guys must rise or they will
die.
D F
A Brown guys must rise or they will
die.
D F
Brown guys must rise.