Run Charlie Run - The Temptations

Run, Charlie, run

Look, the niggers are coming

Uh, the niggers is coming?!

Run, Charlie, run

Look, the niggers are coming

The niggers is coming?!

I watch you go to church on Sunday

But you forget all you learned on Monday

Well, you see your smiling face can’t hide

Well well well, how you hate your brother inside

So I’ma telling you

Run, Charlie, run

Look!

The niggers is coming!

(The niggers is coming?!)

Run, Charlie, run

Look!

The niggers are coming!

The niggers is coming?!

But the greatest wrong you know you’ve done

Is to pass this sickness onto your son

Your one and only boy

He came into this world with a mind so clean

You took it, molded it, and made it mean

So I’ma telling you

Run, Charlie, run

Look!

The niggers are coming!

The niggers is coming?!

(Don't stop, don’t stop now)

Run, Charlie, run

Look!

The niggers are coming!

The niggers is coming?!

You built this great big beautiful city

But you ran away and left it to die — oh, what a pity

You could have made friends with your neighbors, yeah

But you are much too prejudiced to try;

tell me why

Run, Charlie, run

Look!

The niggers are coming!

The niggers is coming?!

Run, Charlie, run

Look!

The niggers are coming!

The niggers is coming?!

Oh, don’t try to leave what’s part of you

'Cause it can’t be done, yes, that is true

So God bless the hand that’s calling you back, brother, well well

Whether it’s gonna be red or black, oh

Run, Charlie, run

Look!

The niggers is coming!

The niggers is coming?!

Run, Charlie, run

Look!

The niggers are coming!

The niggers is coming?!

Run, Charlie, run

Well, now, you better keep on running, Charlie

Run, Charlie, run

Run on, run on now

Run, Charlie, run

Well well, you better keep on running, well

Run, Charlie, run

Run run run run, try again, y’all

Run, Charlie, run

Hey hey hey, you better keep on running

Run, Charlie, run