I Want To Be Black

I’m so white 
You’re so black 
Once I go black 
I never go back 
I’m so white 
You’re so black 
I wanna be at where you are at 
I’m so white 
You’re so black 
My skin color a minor setback 
I’m so white 
You’re so black 

I wanna change 
From the palest gray 
To the darkest day 
From the whitest lie 
To the blackest night 

I wanna be black like Malcolm X 
I wanna be black 
I really mean it 
I wanna be black like MLK 
I wanna be black like Morgan Freeman 

Set me free 

I’m so white 
You’re so black 
Once I go black 
I never go back 
I’m so white 
You’re so black 
I wanna be at where you are at 
I’m so white 
You’re so black 
My skin color a minor setback 
I’m so white and you’re so black

I wanna change 
From the palest gray 
To the darkest day 
From the whitest lie 
To the blackest night 

I wanna be black like Malcolm X
I wanna be black 
I really mean it 
I wanna be black like John Amos
I wanna be black like Morgan Freeman 
Set me free

I will practice everyday 
Won’t be an embarrassment 
I’ll get those subtitles down 
All the way 
Please let me in 
To your club 
Because 
I wanna change 
From the palest gray 
To the darkest day 
From the whitest lie 
To the blackest night 

I wanna be black like Malcolm X
I wanna be black 
I really mean it 
I wanna be black like MLK 
I wanna be black like Morgan Freeman 

Set me free 

From the whitest lie 
To the blackest night