Song Lyrics

I'm a
Colored spade, a nigra, a black nigga
A jungle bunny, Jigaboo coon, pickaninny mau mau
Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima, Little Black Sambo
Cotton pickin', swamp guinea, junk man, shoeshine boy
Elevator operator, table cleaner at Horn & Hardart
Slave voodoo zombie
Ubangi lipped, flat nose, tap dancin'
Resident of Harlem

And president of
The United States of Love
I said, President of
The United States of Love

Shit

And for dinner at the White House
You're gonna feed him?

Watermelon
Hominy grits
An' shortnin' bread
Alligator ribs
Some pig tails (so you say)
Some black eyed peas (so you say)
Some chitlins (so you say)
Some collard greens (ooh)

And if you don't watch out
The boogie man will get ya
Booooooooo!
Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo!

So you say

Galt Macdermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni

The duration of Act 1. Colored Spade is 1:12 minutes and seconds.