Curtis Mayfield Right On For The Darkness Lyrics

I am blind and I cannot see.
You out there, your petty evil don't bother me.
Playing on 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 petty fools, you petty 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 cannot seem to understand.
What do we need for justice.
Is there really enough room to demand.
Old man, you know that you must regain 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 the eyes is everyone will see.
I can hear the people's fears.
The world has got 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 out there, your petty evil don't bother me.
Playing on 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.
(Instrumental break)

(String section interlude to finale)