Honestly, I don't know why, but this song makes me oddly sad. I think one day while I was listening to it, it hit me just how serious [[and truly heartbreaking) the circumstances were for many Blacks that such a song was even written.

When I listen to this, there's almost something just a bit chilling and eerie to me about it. Considering the difficulties that many Blacks were going through just trying to find decent employment back then. But the backdrop of the Civil Rights struggles that could be connected to this song probably has been mostly lost on anyone listening to this that didn't live through it.