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