The Kinks — Black Messiah

[Verse 1: Ray Davies] Everybody got the right to speak their mind So don't shoot me for saying mine Everybody talking about racial equality 'Cause everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes But if I told you that God was black What would you think of that? I bet you wouldn't believe it [Verse 2] There's a self-made prophet living right next to me He said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied And he really believed it [Verse 3] He said the Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire And he's no liar, 'cause he has truly heard the word Everybody talking about racial equality But I'm the only honky living on an all black street They knock me down 'cause they brown and I white Like you wouldn't believe it [Verse 4] They say a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire A Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world Everybody talking about racial equality Everybody talking about equal rights But white's white, black's black, and that's that Everybody got the right to speak their mind So don't shoot me for saying mine [Verse 5] Everybody talking about racial equality Yeah, everybody talking about equal rights But white's white, black's black, that's that And that's the way you should leave it [Verse 6] Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire A Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world Everybody got to show a little give and take Everybody got to live with a little less hate Everybody got to work it out, we gotta sort it out Everybody got the right to speak their mind So don't shoot me for saying mine