I WAS BORN IN ALABAMA
BUT I NEVER KNEW
MY MAMA
SHE GAVE ME AWAY
AT THREE MONTHS OLD
SOME FOLKS
IN MISSISSIPPI
TOOK ME IN
AND KEPT ME
AND TREATED ME
JUST LIKE I WAS
THEIR OWN
A HOLINESS
PREACHER MAN'S
DAUGHTER
AND A HARD WORKING
SHARECROPPER FATHER
AND MY REAL MAMA
WAS APACHE
MY REAL DADDY
HELL DON'T ASK ME
MAMA SAYS
SHE DON'T
REMEMBER HIM
AND I'M SURE
SOMEWHERE
IN MY HISTORY
I'VE GOT SOME
SLAVE BLOOD IN ME
AND SOME FOLKS THINK
THAT I LOOK MEXICAN
I NEVER REALLY FIT IN
ANY PLACE
'CAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS
A PART OF ME
TO HATE
I'M THE RAINBOW MAN
THAT'S WHO I AM
I'M A LITTLE WHITE
AND BLACK AND RED
AND TAN
I'VE GOT ALL
THESE DIFFERENT COLORS
IN MY SKIN
I'M THE RAINBOW MAN
WELL I KNOW
YOU MAY DOUBT IT
BUT IF YOU STOP
AND THINK ABOUT IT
THERE'S ONE
COMMON THING
THAT WE'VE ALL GOT
PEOPLE
FROM ALL COUNTRIES
COME HERE
BECAUSE
THEY'RE HUNGRY
FOR WHAT'S COOKIN'
IN AMERICA'S MELTIN' POT
WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT
BUT THE SAME
RED'S THE ONLY COLOR
IN OUR VEINS
AND I'M
THE RAINBOW MAN
LIVIN' IN
A RAINBOW LAND
I'M WHITE AND BLACK
AND YELLOW
AND BROWN AND RED
AND TAN
AND I'M SO PROUD
OF ALL THE COLORS
THAT I AM
I'M THE RAINBOW MAN
ALL THESE COLORS
MAKE ME AMERICAN
I'M THE RAINBOW MAN