《Run and Tell That!》歌词

[00:00:00] Run and Tell That! - Corey Reynolds/Danelle Eugenia Wilson/Hairspray Ensemble

[00:00:01] Hey trace my mom's pitching a platter party at our record shop off north avenue

[00:00:05] Want to come ah check it out

[00:00:07] May I also come check it out

[00:00:09] Oh you surely may

[00:00:10] I've never to been to north avenue

[00:00:12] Um would it be safe for ya know us

[00:00:14] Yeah don't worry cracker boy it's cool

[00:00:17] Imagine being invited places by colored people

[00:00:21] It feels so hip

[00:00:22] Well I'm glad you feel that way friends cause not everybody does

[00:00:26] I can't see what people look of me and only see the color of my

[00:00:31] Face

[00:00:31] Yes they do and then there's those who try to hell god's knows

[00:00:35] Who always have to put me in my place

[00:00:39] Now I won't ask you to be color blind cause

[00:00:42] If you pick the fruit girl you're sure to find

[00:00:45] The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice

[00:00:48] I could say it ain't so but darlin' what's the use

[00:00:51] The darker the chocolate the richer the taste and that's where it at

[00:00:56] Now run and tell that

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[00:01:04] I can't see why people disagree each time I tell them what

[00:01:08] I know is true

[00:01:11] And if you come and see the world I'm from I bet your heart is

[00:01:14] Gonna feel it too

[00:01:17] Yeah I could lie but baby let's be bold vanilla can be nice

[00:01:22] But if the truth be told

[00:01:23] The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice

[00:01:26] I could say it ain't so but darlin'

[00:01:29] What's the use the darker the chocolate

[00:01:31] The richer the taste and that's where it's at now run and tell that run

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[00:02:01] Hey you're tracy turnblad you're my favorite dancer on the corny collins show

[00:02:06] This is my sister li'l inez

[00:02:07] Yeah I saw you at the auditions

[00:02:09] Well you're the only one who did cause they kicked me out on my young

[00:02:12] Gifted and black behind

[00:02:14] Tell 'em girl

[00:02:15] I'm tired of covering up all my pride

[00:02:18] So give me a five on the black hand side

[00:02:21] I've got a new way of movin' and I got my own voice

[00:02:24] So how can I help but to shout and rejoice

[00:02:27] Oh the people round here can barely pay their rent

[00:02:31] They're trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents

[00:02:34] But we got a spirit money just can't buy it's deep as a river and

[00:02:38] Soars to the sky

[00:02:42] I can't see the reason it can't be the kinda world where we all

[00:02:46] Get our chance

[00:02:48] The time is now and we can show them how to turn the

[00:02:52] Music up and let's all dance

[00:02:55] Cause all things are equal when it comes to love

[00:02:58] Well that ain't quite true cause when a push comes to shove

[00:03:01] The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice

[00:03:04] I could say it ain't so but darling what's the use

[00:03:08] The darker the chocolate the richer the taste and that's where it's at

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