C5 G5 Bb5 F5 Everybody got the right to speak their mind, so don't shoot me for saying mine. F5 A5 D5 Bb5 Everybody talk about racial equality, F5 A5 D5 Bb5 'Cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes. F5 C5 D5 But if I told you that God was black? What would you think of that? F5 C5 F5 I bet you wouldn't believe it. F5 A5 D5 Bb5 There's a self-made prophet living right next to me, F5 A5 D5 Bb5 He said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free. F5 C5 D5 Bb5 F5 C5 F5 He looked at me with his evil eye and prophesied. And he really believed it. F5 A5 D5 A5 D5 He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire. F5 C5 C5 And he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word. F5 A5 D5 Bb5 Everybody talk about racial equality. F5 A5 D5 Bb5 But I'm the only honky living on an all black street. F5 C5 D5 Bb5 They knock me down 'cos they brown and I white. C5 G5 Bb5 F5 Everybody got the right to speak their mind, so don't shoot me for saying mine. F5 A5 D5 Bb5 F5 A5 D5 Bb5 F5 A5 D5 Bb5 Everybody talk about racial equality, F5 A5 D5 Bb5 Yeah, everybody talk about equal rights. F5 C5 D5 But white's white, black's black and that's that. Bb5 F5 C5 F5 And that's the way you should leave it. F5 A5 D5 A5 D5 Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire. F5 C5 C5 A Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world. F5 A5 D5 Bb5 Everybody got to show a little give and take. F5 A5 D5 Bb5 Everybody got to live with a little less hate. F5 C5 D5 Bb5 Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out. Bb5 F5 Everybody got the right to speak their mind, so don't shoot me for saying mine.
