Randy Newman - Rednecks Lyrics
Last night I saw lester maddox on a tv showWith some smart-ass new york jewAnd the jew laughed at lester maddoxAnd the audience laughed at lester maddox tooWell, he may be a fool but hes our foolIf they think theyre better than him theyre wrongSo I went to the park and I took some paper alongAnd thats where I made this songWe talk real funny down hereWe drink too much and we laugh too loudWere too dumb to make it in no northern townAnd were keepin the niggers downWe got no-necked oilmen from texasAnd good ol boys from tennesseeAnd colleges men from lsuWent in dumb - come out dumb tooHustlin round atlanta in their alligator shoesGettin drunk every weekend at the barbecuesAnd theyre keepin the niggers downChorusWere rednecks, rednecksAnd we dont know our ass from a hole in the groundWere rednecks, were rednecksAnd were keeping the niggers downNow your northern niggers a negroYou see hes got his dignityDown here were too ignorant to realizeThat the north has set the nigger freeYes hes free to be put in a cageIn harlem in new york cityAnd hes free to be put in a cage in the south-side of chicagoAnd the west-sideAnd hes free to be put in a cage in hough in clevelandAnd hes free to be put in a cage in east st. louisAnd hes free to be put in a cage in fillmore in san franciscoAnd hes free to be put in a cage in roxbury in bostonTheyre gatherin em up from miles aroundKeepin the niggers downChorus
