I Took My Baby On A Saturday Bang Boy Is That Girl With You Yes We're One And The Same
Now I Believe In Miracles And A Miracle Has Happened Tonight
But, If You're Thinkin' About My Baby It Doesn't Matter If You're Black Or White
They Print My Message In The Saturday Sun I Had To Tell Them I Ain't Second To None
And I Told About Equality An It's True Either You're Wrong Or You're Right
But, If You're Thinkin' About My Baby It Doesn't Matter If You're Black Or White
I Am Tired Of This Devil I Am Tired Of This Stuff I Am Tired Of This Business Sew When The Going Gets Rough I Ain't Scared Of Your Brother I Ain't Scared Of No Sheets I Ain't Scared Of Nobody Girl When The Goin' Gets Mean
[L. T. B. Rap Performance Protection For Gangs, Clubs And Nations Causing Grief In Human Relations It's A Turf War On A Global Scale I'd Rather Hear Both Sides Of The Tale See, It's Not About Races Just Places Faces Where Your Blood Comes From Is Where Your Space Is I've Seen The Bright Get Duller I'm Not Going To Spend My Life Being A Color
[Michael] Don't Tell Me You Agree With Me When I Saw You Kicking Dirt In My Eye
But, If You're Thinkin' About My Baby It Doesn't Matter If You're Black Or White
I Said If You're Thinkin' Of Being My Baby It Doesn't Matter If You're Black Or White
I Said If You're Thinkin' Of Being My Brother It Doesn't Matter If You're Black Or White
It's Black, It's White It's Tough For You To Get By It's Black, It's White
It's Black, It's White It's Tough For You To Get By It's Black, It's White
We met as soul mates on Parris Island We left as inmates from an asylum And we were sharp, as sharp as knives And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives
We came in spastic like tameless horses We left in plastic as numbered corpses And we learned fast to travel light Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight
We had no home front, we had no soft soap They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope We dug in deep and shot on sight And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might
We had no cameras to shoot the landscape We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes And it was dark, so dark at night And we held on to each other Like brother to brother We promised our mothers we'd write
And we would all go down together We said we'd all go down together Yes we would all go down together
Remember Charlie, remember Baker They left their childhood on every acre And who was wrong? And who was right? It didn't matter in the thick of the fight
We held the day in the palm of our hand They ruled the night, and the night Seemed to last as long as six weeks...
...On Parris Island We held the coastline, they held the highlands And they were sharp, as sharp as knives They heard the hum of our motors They counted the rotors And waited for us to arrive
And we would all go down together We said we'd all go down together Yes we would all go down together
This is my home The land of my mother The place I play With sisters and brothers
The trees are rooted In the ground beneath take away the violence Give the earth back its peace
This is our world Our common salvation It knows no borders It servers no nation
The some sun shines equally On those beneath Take away the violence Give the earth back its peace
There's fire in the ground In the space between the trees In the forests and fields On pathwaysin dreams
The stars are whispering To the ground beneath Take away the darkness Give the earth back its peace
Who painted the green grass red with danger Who coloured the big sky blue with sorrow A strong wind carrying fear and anger Came and went and stole tomorrow
This is my home The land of my mother The place I play With sisters and brothers
The trees are rooted In the ground beneath Take away the violence Give the earth back its peace
The some sun shines equally On those beneath Take away the darkness Give the earth back its peace
Like trees we're rooted In the ground beneath Take away the violence Give the earth back its peace