Why's it both that have to fight? Uplift the race, uplift the race
Your fantasies will get you killed
Something, something is not right
Way back when in '68 when brothers didn't have it great
And we're about to get into this thing called
In a zone with hate for peace, all of this B.S must cease
Reality is what is real, reality is black is black
See my soul and not my face, all for one and one for all
Brother, brother, sister, sister, if you're miss or if you're mister
I try, try to tell my people, we all are one, created equal

But what really makes matters strange is our foe is well disguised
Black is black, is black, is black
And it deals with black and white
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Before we master, we must plan, is that so hard to understand?
To try to change and make things better
We don't know where our fate lies, still and all we cannot lack
Black is black, is black, is black

Black is black, is black, is black
Don't you know we need each other?
Martin Luther had to shout, "Let's get out, get out, get out"
The situation sort of changed
Segregation was the king, Vietnam was full in swing
Black is black, is black, is black
In a picture that's fixed as black and white
Black is black, is black, is black
Listen please to this fact
Where we end up I don't know, listen to me if you will

If you think so you're still dreaming
Black is black, is black, is black
The fact that black is black, is black
Said yeah, ah hah
Daylight shines but still few see that we must fight for unity
Black is black, is black, is black
My light complexion has no meaning
Tell me Mike G, is it me? Nah, it's just society
Black is black not blue or purple

There's no time for us to break up

Yeah, uh, huh, aah, baby
All I am is one black man in a mighty big white hand

I need you and you need me and if not now you soon will see
They fought back with civil rights

Filled with propagander, huh, why do we meander, huh?
Being black is like a circle, round and round we all will go
That scarred the soul, it took the sight
Today's the day we get together
Judged by both my race and color
In America today, I have to regret to say

Black is black, that's right y'all
If not where will we be tomorrow? Drowning in the pool of sorrow
The common foe you plainly see on the streets or on T.V