Claudette

When a white woman got on the bus
The driver stopped it and told Claudette to get up to get up
Get up stand up get up stand up now
You got to take your shit to the back

You got to
Shake your shit to the back
He said to
Take your shit to the back
He told her
Shake your shit to the back
He said to
Take your shit to the back

But she didn’t move at all
She wouldn’t behave at all

Never play with fire
Spilled salt left shoulder toss
The devil is a liar
Look left look right before you cross
And riding the bus if whitey’s around
You get up so they can sit down oowee

Driving on a long trip
Coffee can in tow
Without it you learn quick
There’ll be no other place to go
Cause every stop every store
Whitey only on the door oowee
Don’t get that confused baby

And oh
If I have to if I have to go
Let me go out fighting so they know
To never try
Or even think twice
And take this advice

Do not fuck with colored people
They do not give up
Do no fuck with colored people
You will run out of luck
Do not fuck with colored people
They do not give up
Do no fuck with colored people
You will run out of luck
Or they might fuck you up

Don’t play with a toy gun
Ever in the street
In a store you don’t run
They might mistake you for a thief
And if it’s dark and you see a cop
And he tells you to stop you stop
You listen to me

You you could get pulled over
In the middle of the day
Just act how you supposed to
And they should send you on your way
She got out of the car, put her in jail
She dead’s before she can make bail
Explain that to me

And oh if they take me if I got to go
Then let me go down swinging so they know
That no one’s forgot
Can’t turn back the clock
So you better not

Do not fuck with colored people
They do not give up
Do no fuck with colored people
You will run out of luck
Do not fuck with colored people
They do not give up
Do no fuck with colored people
You will run out of luck
Or they might fuck you up

Don’t ever
Take your shit to the back
Don’t ever
Shake your shit to the back
Don’t ever
Take your shit to the back
Don’t ever
Shake your shit to the back