Black Or White

Black or white

Michael Jackson

(loud guitar riff...banging on door)

"HEY!"

"What?"

[00:28.18]"TURN IT OFF."

"Dad, this is the best part!"

"No!"

"IT'S TOO LATE FOR THIS. TURN IT OFF!"

"Dad, this is the best part! Come on!"

"NO. TURN IT OFF NOW!"

"No, this is the---I wanna listen to it, okay?"

(father screaming over the music as the kid turns it up...banging on door...you hear a tape being put in)

"Yeah, right. Too late? Sure. Eat this." (music changes and song starts)

[01:11.40]Ow!

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

[02:02.00][03:07.00]But if you're thinkin' about my baby

[02:04.00][03:08.00][03:16.00][03:25.00]It don't matter if you're black or white

They print my message in the saturday sun

I had to tell them I ain't secound to none

And I told about equality

And it's true

Either you're wrong or you're right

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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

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

Don't tell me you agree with me

When I saw you kicking dirt in my eye

I said if you're thinkin' of being my baby

I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother

[03:47.00]yea yea yea now

[03:57.00][04:01.00]It's black it's white

[04:03.00]It's tough for them to get by

It's black it's white whoo