The blues, on the other hand, do not make many direct criticisms of the black religious faith. Yet they are clearly indifferent toward God and thus represent an attempt to create meaning out of life without reference to Jesus Christ. They are an expression of black people's recognition of the absurdity of black life in a white world, which regards blackness as nonbeing. They say we are the Lawd's children, I don't say that ain't true, They say we are the Lawd's children, I don't say that ain't true, But if we are the same like each other, ooh, well, well, why do they treat me like they do?
