Rainbow Man Lyrics - Jeff Bates

I was born in Alabama, but I never knew my Momma 

She gave me away at three months old 

Some folks in Mississippi took me in an' kept me 

An' treated me just like I was their own 

A Holiness preacher man's daughter 

And a hard-working sharecropper father 

An' my Momma was Apache 

My real Daddy? Hell, don't ask me 

Momma says she don't remember him 

An' I'm sure somewhere in my history 

I've got some slave blood in me 

An' 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 an' black an' red and tanned 

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 an' 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 an' black an' yellow an' brown an' red and tanned 

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