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God Made Us All

by Lord Invader

on Calypso in New York (2000)

spoken:
Pete Seeger
You might be interested to hear about the next song which we - Mr. Grant, the Lord Invader, is going to sing. He came round to one of our hootenannies down at Irving Plaza about a month ago, and he saw us there and he came backstage and he said, "Boys this is fine, I wish I could be with you guys and what can I do?" And here we all were singing and we said, "Well, it's your business to make up songs, how about making up a song?' So he said, "All right, I'll do that.' And next day he walked into the office of People's Songs and he sang us this song

Lord Invader
This is a very interesting number ladies and gentlemen and it's entitled "God Made Us All. I thank you.

If you are a Negro you can plainly see
That you're bound to suffer misery and tyranny
If you are a Negro you can plainly see
That you're bound to suffer misery and tyranny
But we all should be race conscious and always be
Living in unity and tranquillity

For God made us all, and in him we trust
Nobody in this world is better than us

We are not against the White people in any way
For they made us what we are today
We must offer thanks to Abraham Lincoln
Queen Victoria and Booker T. Washington
We are now living in a world of civilization
And yet there is so much discrimination

For God made us all, and in him we trust
Nobody in this world is better than us

Now listen what I am outlining to you
Negroes fought in World Wars One and Two
Some lose their lives, others lose they hand
We fought gallantly for the United Nation
So if we Negroes are good enough to fight
I don't see why we can't have our equal right

For God made us all, and in him we trust
Nobody in this world is better than us

Yes we ought to unite with one another
As the scripture say, to love thy neighbor
I If you are a Jew or an Italian
A Negro or a subject of Great Britain
This is what I want you to realize
Six feet of earth make us all of one size

For God made us all, and in him we trust
Nobody in this world is better than us

Yes I heard this speaking of democracy
That is only diplomacy and hypocrisy
It is about time this should be cut out
The way they treat the Negroes down South
In my opinion it is a burning shame
Like they want to bring back slavery again

For God made us all, and in him we trust
Nobody in this world is better than us