Black Messiah

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Everybody got the right to speak 
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their mind, so don't shoot me for
saying mine.
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Everybody talk about racial 
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equality,
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'Cos everybody's equal in the 
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good Lord's eyes.
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But if I told you that God was 
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black? What would you think of that?
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I bet you wouldn't believe it.

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There's a self-made prophet living
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 right next to me,
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He said the Black Messiah's gonna 
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come and set the whole world free.
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He looked at me with his evil eye 
and prophesied.   And he really
believed it.

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He said a Black Messiah is 
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gonna set the world on fire.
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And he's no liar, 'cos he has truly 
heard the word.
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Everybody talk about racial 
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equality.
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But I'm the only honky living on 
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an all black street.
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They knock me down 'cos they 
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brown and I white.

C                 G
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Everybody got the right to speak 
their mind, so don't shoot me for
saying mine.
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Everybody talk about racial 
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equality,
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Yeah, everybody talk about equal 
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rights.
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But white's white, black's black 
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and that's that.
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   And that's the way you should 
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leave it.

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Don't want no Black Messiah to 
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come and set the world on fire.
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A Black Messiah is gonna come and 
rule the world.
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Everybody got to show a little 
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give and take.
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Everybody got to live with a 
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little less hate.
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Everybody gotta work it out, we 
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gotta sort it out.

Bb                           F
Everybody got the right to speak 
their mind, so don't shoot me for
saying mine.