The Staple Singers - Why Am I Treated So Bad?

Song of the Civil Rights Movement 1967
Why Am I Treated So Bad
Song by Mavis Staples



(My friend, you know this whole world is in a bad condition
just the other day I saw a group of little chil'ren trying to ride a school bus
but them being of a different nationality, they weren't allowed to ride the bus
and I imagine, if you had asked them about this matter, they would have a word just to say...)

Why, am I treated so bad?
Why, am I treated so bad?
You know I'm all alone as I sing this song,
Hear my call, I've done nobody wrong
But I'm treated so bad

I'm gonna walk out in the master lane
Things I do, they seem to be in vain
You may be blind, you may be lame,
walk on out in the master lane
Though you treat me so bad

Ooh ... ooh...ooh....
you made me blind, you may be lame
walk on out in the master lane
Though you treat me so bad