Lyrics and translation Alton Ellis - Black Man's World - aka "Black Man, White Man"
When
the
black
man's
word
was
spoken,
yes
Quand
la
parole
de
l'homme
noir
était
prononcée,
oui
And
the
white
folks
thought
it
was
a
token,
ooh
Et
les
Blancs
pensaient
que
c'était
un
jeton,
ooh
We
have
suffered
our
whole
lives
through
Nous
avons
souffert
toute
notre
vie
Doing
things
that
you're
not
supposed
to
do,
no
Faire
des
choses
que
tu
n'es
pas
censé
faire,
non
We
were
beaten
'til
our
backs
were
black
and
blue
On
nous
battait
jusqu'à
ce
que
nos
dos
soient
noirs
et
bleus
Oh
I,
I
was
born
a
loser
Oh,
je
suis
né
perdant
Oh
I,
I
was
born
a
loser
Oh,
je
suis
né
perdant
Because
I'm
a
black
man
Parce
que
je
suis
un
homme
noir
I
was
living
in
my
own
land
Je
vivais
dans
ma
propre
terre
I
was
moved
because
of
white
man's
plan
J'ai
été
déplacé
à
cause
du
plan
de
l'homme
blanc
Now
I
am
living
in
a
white
man's
land
Maintenant
je
vis
dans
la
terre
de
l'homme
blanc
We
don't
want
no
war
or
fighting,
oh
no
Nous
ne
voulons
ni
guerre
ni
combats,
oh
non
All
we
need
is
love
and
some
living,
ooh
Tout
ce
dont
nous
avons
besoin,
c'est
de
l'amour
et
de
la
vie,
ooh
We
must
try
and
live
with
each
other
Nous
devons
essayer
de
vivre
les
uns
avec
les
autres
Knowing
that
we
were
made
by
our
Father
Sachant
que
nous
avons
été
faits
par
notre
Père
We
have
suffered
our
whole
lives
through
Nous
avons
souffert
toute
notre
vie
Oh
I,
I
was
born
a
loser
Oh,
je
suis
né
perdant
Oh
I,
I
was
born
a
loser
Oh,
je
suis
né
perdant
Because
I'm
a
black
man
Parce
que
je
suis
un
homme
noir
I
was
living
in
my
own
land
Je
vivais
dans
ma
propre
terre
I
was
moved
because
of
white
man's
plan
J'ai
été
déplacé
à
cause
du
plan
de
l'homme
blanc
And
now
I
am
living
in
a
white
man's
land
Et
maintenant
je
vis
dans
la
terre
de
l'homme
blanc
Hey
man
Hé
mec
Oh
oh
oh
well,
yeah
yeah
Oh
oh
oh
bien,
ouais
ouais
Yeah,
yeah,
yeah
Ouais,
ouais,
ouais
Still
I'm
living
Je
vis
toujours
I've
got
to
keep
on
the
going
Je
dois
continuer
à
avancer
Oh
oh
Oh
oh
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Album
Be True to Yourself - The Godfather of Lover's Book (Anthology 1965-1973) date of release
20-09-2004
1
Don't Trouble People
2 You Made Me So Very Happy
3 Black Man's World - aka "Black Man, White Man"
4 I'll Be Waiting
5 It's Your Thing
6 (Lord) Deliver Us
7 Back to Africa
8 Working On a Groovy Thing
9 Hey World
10 True Born African
11 What Does It Take to Win Your Love
12 (If I) Don't Care
13 Play It Cool - aka "Rock On Time"
14 Be True (To Yourself)
15 (Baby) I'm Trying
16 Wonderful World
17 Big Bad Boy
18 You Are Mine
19 All That We Need Is Love
20 I Don't Know Why (Truly)
21 Alphabetically Yours
22 I See My Future in You
23 Alton's Official Daughter
24 Harder and Harder
25 Diana
26 Breaking Up
27 Why Birds Follow Spring
28 My Willow Tree
29 I Can't Stop Now
30 My Time is the Right Time
31 Bye Bye Love
32 La La Means I Love You
33 Something You've Got
34 Wide World
35 You Said It Again (AKA "I'll Make It Up to You")
36 Dance Crasher
37 The Preacher
38 Blessings of Love
39 Shake It
40 Girl I've Got a Date
41 How Can I
42 Cry Though
43 Rock Steady
44 Duke of Earl
45 All My Tears (Come Rolling)
46 Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
47 If I Could Rule the World
48 Oowee Baby (Baby I Love You)
49 Tonight (AKA "Feeling Inside")
50 Keep On Yearning
51 If I Had the Right
52 Better Get Your Heads Together (AKA "I'll Take Your Hand")
2 You Made Me So Very Happy
3 Black Man's World - aka "Black Man, White Man"
4 I'll Be Waiting
5 It's Your Thing
6 (Lord) Deliver Us
7 Back to Africa
8 Working On a Groovy Thing
9 Hey World
10 True Born African
11 What Does It Take to Win Your Love
12 (If I) Don't Care
13 Play It Cool - aka "Rock On Time"
14 Be True (To Yourself)
15 (Baby) I'm Trying
16 Wonderful World
17 Big Bad Boy
18 You Are Mine
19 All That We Need Is Love
20 I Don't Know Why (Truly)
21 Alphabetically Yours
22 I See My Future in You
23 Alton's Official Daughter
24 Harder and Harder
25 Diana
26 Breaking Up
27 Why Birds Follow Spring
28 My Willow Tree
29 I Can't Stop Now
30 My Time is the Right Time
31 Bye Bye Love
32 La La Means I Love You
33 Something You've Got
34 Wide World
35 You Said It Again (AKA "I'll Make It Up to You")
36 Dance Crasher
37 The Preacher
38 Blessings of Love
39 Shake It
40 Girl I've Got a Date
41 How Can I
42 Cry Though
43 Rock Steady
44 Duke of Earl
45 All My Tears (Come Rolling)
46 Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
47 If I Could Rule the World
48 Oowee Baby (Baby I Love You)
49 Tonight (AKA "Feeling Inside")
50 Keep On Yearning
51 If I Had the Right
52 Better Get Your Heads Together (AKA "I'll Take Your Hand")
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