Black Is Black

Now from A Tribe Called Quest
 And i'm here tonight with The Jungle Brothers
 And we're about to get into this thing called
 Black is Black is Black is Black
 Yeah, uh-huh! aah, baby!
 Said yeah! ah hah!
 Black is Black is Black is Black
 In America today, i have to regret to say
 Something, Something is not right
 And it deals with Black and White
 Tell me Mike G is it me?
 Nah, it's just society
 Filled with propagander, Huh!
 Why do we meander, Huh?
 In a zone with hate for peace
 All of this B.S must cease
 All i am is one Black man
 In a mighty big White hand
 Brother Brother, Sister Sister
 If you're Miss or if you're Mister
 Listen please to this fact
 Black is Black is Black is Black
 Black is Black is Black is Black
 Black is Black is Black is Black
 Way back when in '68
 When brothers didn't have it great
 They fought back with civil rights
 That scarred the soul, it took the sight
 The common foe you plainly see
 On the streets or on T.V
 Segregation was the king
 Vietnam was full in swing
 Martin Luther had to shout
 "Let's get out, get out, get out!"
 The situation sort of changed
 But what really makes matters strange
 Is our foe is well disguised
 We don't know where our fate lies
 Still and all we cannot lack
 The fact that Black is Black is Black
 Black is Black is Black is Black
 Black is Black is Black is Black
 Judged by both my race and colour
 Don't you know we need each other?
 I need you and you need me
 And if not now you soon will see
 My light complexion has no meaning
 If you think so you're still dreaming
 Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
 There's no time for us to break up
 Black is Black not Blue or Purple
 Being Black is like a circle
 Round and round we all will go
 Where we end up i don't know
 Listen to me if you will
 Your fantasies will get you killed
 Reality is what is real
 Reality is Black is Black
 I try, try to tell my people
 We all are one, created equal
 Before we master, we must plan
 Is that so hard to understand?
 Today's the day we get together
 To try to change and make things better
 If not where will we be tomorrow?
 Drowning in the pool of sorrow
 Daylight shines but still few see
 That we must fight for unity
 In a picture that's fixed as Black and White
 Why's it both that have to fight?
 Uplift the race, uplift the race
 See my soul and not my face
 All for one and one for all
 Black is Black, That's right y'all