Chronixx - Black Is Beautiful
Here is a story telled to the children of Africa
We love the children of Africa
Teaching the children
Oh na na na na
La da da da
[Verse 1]
Black eye, black hair, black skin
Black queen stand majestic with the black king
Today I'll sing you a black song
You need to hear about beautiful black things 'cause
Most time we hear about black
We hear about black magic and black witches
Black list, black book, black market
Black Friday, you spend off your black riches
I've never seen a doctor in black
Nor seen a black pill fi cure no black people
But I've seen bush doctors like Tosh and Marley
Resurrect like a real black beatle
Malcolm, Marcus, Martin
When you see Walter Rodney, ask him
How you no hear about Howell often
So when the likkle offspring asking, tell them
[Chorus]
They never told us, that black is beautiful
They never told us, black is beauty
They never told us, that black is beautiful
They never told us
They never told us that black is beautiful
[Verse 2]
You a behave and a gwaan like you never spend 500 years 'pon a farm
The same chain you a wear and a gwaan
Is aneddda black life in Sierra Leone, woy
Dem find out mama earth got gold then
Dem mine out mama earth black soul then
You work hard just fi get a black card
Same card weh you swipe buy back your black gold then
Hol' on, I see nuff faces long
But this is not a racist song
This is a song for the children
Who was never told about where their race is from
They never hear it in dem favourite songs
Everybody calm, a say slavery's done
What a go gwaan when the babies come
And start read 'bout things like
Dogons, black Kemet and Kush
Black kings, black senate and books
Weh teach 'bout pyramids and put
Real significance to we physical looks
So every word weh me say black
In my world everything black
Black white, white black right back
So don't be surprised when me say me king black
'Cause
[Chorus]
They never told us, that black is beautiful
They never told us, black is beauty
They never told us, that black is beautiful
They never told us
They never told us that black is beautiful
Oh no
(..)
[Outro]
Preacher is preaching, good God, things that he preaches
I wonder who taught him to preach
Preacher is teaching, where did he get his degree?
Now it is no mystery, who taught us black history
Ease up
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