Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey

Sly and the Family Stone was an American band originating from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, they were pivotal in the development of funk, soul, R&B, rock, and psychedelic music. Their core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and included Stone's brother and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone, sister and singer/keyboardist Rose Stone, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, drummer Greg Errico, saxophonist Jerry Martini, and bassist Larry Graham. The band was the first major American rock group to have a racially integrated, mixed-gender lineup.Formed in 1966, the group's music synthesized a variety of disparate musical genres to help pioneer the emerging "psychedelic soul" sound. They released a … more »

Year:: 1981
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Don\'t call me n*gger, whitey!
Don\'t call me whitey, n*gger!
Don\'t call me n*gger, whitey!
Don\'t call me whitey, n*gger!

Well I went down across the country,
and I heard some voices rang.
They was talkin\' softly to each other
and not a word could change a thing.

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Funk / Soul

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Written by: SYLVESTER STEWART

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