CG
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
BbF f g g# (single notes)
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
FA7DmDm/CBb
Everybody talking about racial equality
FA7DmDm/CBb
'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.
FCDmDm/CBb
But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that
FCF
I bet you wouldn't believe it.
F6A7DmDm/CBb
There's a self made prophet living right next to me
FA7DmDm/CBb
he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.
FCDmDm/CBb
He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied
FCF f g g# a
and he really believed it.
A7DmA7Dm
He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
FCC7F
and he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word.
FA7DmDm/CBb
Everybody talking about racial equality
FA7DmDm/CBb
but I'm the only honky living on an all black street
FCDmDm/CBb
they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.
CG
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
BbF f g g#
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
FA7DmDm/CBbFA7DmDm/CBbFA7DmDm/CBb
Everybody talking about racial equality
FA7DmDm/CBb
you hear everybody talking about equal rights.
FCDmDm/CBb
But white's white, black's black and that's that
FCF f g g# a
and that's the way you should leave it.
A7DmA7Dm
Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire
FCC7C13F
a Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
FA7DmDm/CBb
Everybody got to show a little give and take
FA7DmDm/CBb
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
FCDmDm/CBb
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.
CG
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
BbF
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
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