Curtis Mayfield – Right On For The Darkness lyrics

I am blind and I cannot see.
You are there. Your petty evil don't bother me.
Playing all the clothes you wear.
Laugh at me, pressed and clean, and I don't care.
Right on for the darkness.
Right on for the darkness.

You pity fools, you pity fools,
You better have some sympathy, yeah,
'Cause it's the educated people running the lives of high society
Making up the rules, holding back the schools.
Lot of greed, lot of temptation.
Proof of one thing, we're a hell of a nation.
Right on for the darkness.
Right on, right on.

Right on, right on, right on, right on.
Right on. Right on for the darkness.
Right on for the darkness.

I am blind and I can't seem to understand.
What do we need for justice.
Is there really enough room for demand.
Old man, you know too well us.
You gain all your children's trust.
Right on for the darkness.
Right on for the darkness.
Right on for the darkness.

Right on, right on.
Right on. Right on for the darkness.
Right on.

Well, the message with the tears,
Through their eyes is everyone will see.
I can hear the people's fears,
The world has been a heavy load on me. Oh.
Right on for the darkness.
Right on, right on, right on.
Right on for the darkness.

I am blind and I cannot see.
You are there. Your petty evil don't bother me.
Playing all the clothes you wear.
Laugh at me, pressed and clean, and I don't care.
Right on for the darkness.
Right on for the darkness.
Right on for the darkness.
Oh. Oh. Yeah.

Okay, let's break right here.

(Bass guitar playing)

(Guitar playing)

(Rhythm guitars playing)

(Horn section playing)

(String section playing)

(String section interlude to finale)