Southern man better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last!
Now your crosses are burnin fast
Southern Man

I saw cotton and I saw black
Big white mansions
And little shacks
Southern man when will you pay them back?
I heard screamin and bullwhips crackin
How long?   How long?

Lilly-Belle your hair is
Golden brown
I've seen your black man
Comin round
Swear by God I'm gonna
Cut him down!
I heard screamin and bullwhips crackin
How long?

I'm gonna give you til the morning comes
I'm only waiting til the morning comes