Black Messiah

(with a reggae beat)

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cos 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

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 prophesied
And he really believes it

He said a Black Messiah is gonna to set the world on fire
And he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word
Everybodies talking about racial equality
But I'm the only honky living on an all black street
They knock me down 'cos they're brown and I white

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
You hear everybody talking about equal rights
But white's white, black's black and that's the way we should leave it

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 gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine

A buddy taped some stuff off vinyl for me and included this song as a surprise. Made me laugh out loud! In a small touch of irony, the singer was recently shot during a robbery by guess who?

Black Messiah

(with a reggae beat)

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cos 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

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 prophesied
And he really believes it

He said a Black Messiah is gonna to set the world on fire
And he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word
Everybodies talking about racial equality
But I'm the only honky living on an all black street
They knock me down 'cos they're brown and I white

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
You hear everybody talking about equal rights
But white's white, black's black and that's the way we should leave it

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 gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine

A buddy taped some stuff off vinyl for me and included this song as a surprise. Made me laugh out loud! In a small touch of irony, the singer was recently shot during a robbery by guess who?

What year did it come out,and on what album?

Info I get is 1978 Arista recording. To hear the first stanza see: http://search.songsearch.com/scripts/itemdetail.taf?dist=dom&cb=63467797262 and click on the song title. Check out "Live Life" too. Just tastes, but you'll get the drift.