My People lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

My people are not your people

And your people are not my people

And my people are not your people

Oh no

I loved you because I was lonely

Wondering and also lost

And in order to have a good future

I was searching to find my past

Wherever thou goest I would go

But I found out your greatest seeing is to know

My people are not your people

And your people are not my people

And my people are not your people

Oh no

I knew you when I was a drifter

Suffering with no connection

You knew me more than I knew myself

But you would point me in my direction

I was in the dark, you were in the light

Now I can tell day from night

My people are not your people

And your people are not my people

And my people are not your people

Oh no

And my people are just my people

Oh yea

My people are not your people

And your people are just your people

And my people are just my people

I don't wanna mix with your people

My people ain't your people