Very Best Of Impressions lyrics

If you had a choice of color
Which one would you choose my brothers
If there was no day or night
Which would you prefer to be right
How long have you hated your white teacher
Who told you, you love your black preacher
Do you respect your brother's woman friend
And share with black folks not of kin
People must prove to the people
A better day is coming for you and for me

Never liked nobody
That's been mean to me
I've got a heart full of stone
And I hate the misery
Then you came along
Into my life
Destroying my mind
Mounting up the toil and strife
But I'm a fool for you
I'm a fool for you
But I'm a fool for you
I'm a fool for you
Guess I'll always be
And I claim it famously
'Cause I'm a fool for you
It's a doggone shame
Knowin' you don't love me

You Must Believe Me
The Impressions
(Curtis Mayfield)

Chorus:
[2,3: And] you must belie-ie-ieve me
No matter what the people might say
You must belie-ie-ieve me
Darlin', it just didn't happen that way
No, no, it just didn't happen that way

Verse 1:
You've come home with somethin' on your mind
Darlin', tell me, why are you cryin'
You say be serious, no time for fun