[ti:Rainbow Man] [ar:Jeff Bates] [al:Rainbow Man] [00:03.34]Rainbow Man--Jeff Bates [00:15.28]I was born in Alabama, but I never knew my Momma. [00:21.53]She gave me away at three months old. [00:27.47]Some folks in Mississippi took me in an' kept me, [00:33.59]An' treated me just like I was their own. [00:39.59]A Holiness preacher man's daughter, [00:45.40]And a hard-working sharecropper father. [00:51.34]An' my Momma was Apache, my real Daddy? Hell, don't ask me. [00:57.90]Momma says she don't remember him. [01:03.03]An' I'm sure somewhere in my history, I've got some slave blood in me. [01:09.75]An' some folks think I look Mexican. [01:16.28]I never really fit in any place, [01:21.59]'Cause there's always a part of me to hate. [01:27.65]I'm the rainbow man. [01:33.85]That's who I am. [01:40.28]I'm a little white an' black an' red and tanned. [01:45.28]I've got all these different colors in my skin. [01:51.71]I'm the rainbow man. [01:56.72] [02:04.28]Well, I know you may doubt it, but if you stop an' think about it, [02:09.91]There's one common thing that we've all got. [02:14.78] [02:16.28]People from all countries come here because they're hungry, [02:21.66]For what's cookin' in America's meltin' pot. [02:28.24]We're all different but the same. [02:34.36]Red's the only color in our veins. [02:40.19]And I'm the rainbow man. [02:45.75]Livin' in a rainbow land. [02:49.44] [02:51.87]I'm white an' black an' yellow an' brown an' red and tanned. [02:57.75]And I'm so proud of all the colors that I am: [03:04.32]I'm the rainbow man. [03:09.12] [03:09.87]All these colors make me American, [03:16.37]I'm the rainbow man.