I Want to Be Black

I'm so white, you're so black Once I go black now I'm never going back I'm so white, you're so black I wanna be at where you are at I'm so white, you're so black My skin color is a minor setback I'm so white, and you're so black I wanna trade From the palest gray to the darkest day From the whitest light to the blackest night I wanna be black like Malcolm X I wanna be black I really mean it I wanna be black like MLK I wanna be black like Morgan Freeman Set me free I'm so white, you're so black Once I go black now I'm never going back I'm so white, you're so black I wanna be at where you are at I'm so white, you're so black My skin color is a minor setback I'm so white, and you're so black I wanna trade From the palest gray to the darkest day From the whitest light to the blackest night I wanna be black like Malcolm X I wanna be black, I really mean it I wanna be black like John Amos I wanna be black like Morgan Freeman Set me free I will practice every day Won't be an embarrassment I'll get those subtleties down All the way please let me in To your club because I want to change From the palest gray to the darkest day From the whitest light to the blackest night. I wanna be black, why can't you see? I wanna be black, I really mean it I wanna be black like MLK I wanna be black like Morgan Freeman Set me free From the whitest light to the blackest night