Intro
Em Bm (x2)
[Verse 1]
Em
Look, black is beautiful, black is excellent
Am
Black is pain, black is joy, black is evident
D
It's workin' twice as hard as the people you know you're better than
D#m B
'Cause you need to do double what they do so you can level them
Em
Black is so much deeper than just African-American
Bm
Our heritage been severed, you never got to experiment
Am G
With family trees, 'cause they teach you 'bout famine and greed
B
And show you pictures of our fam on their knees
Em
Tell us we used to be barbaric, we had actual queens
D
Black is watchin' child soldiers gettin' killed by other children
C
Feelin' sick, like, "Oh shit, this could have happened to me"
B
Your mummy watchin' tellin' stories 'bout your dad and your niece
C
The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice
G
B kid dies, the blacker the killer, the sweeter the news
B
And if he's white you give him a chance, he's ill and confused
Em
If he's black he's probably armed, you see him and shoot
[Verse 2]
Em
Look, black is growin' up around the barbershop
Bm
Mummy sayin', "Stay away from trouble, you’re in yard a lot"
Am G
Studying for ages, appreciatin' the chance you got
B
'Cause black is in your blood, and you ain't even got the heart to stop
Em
Black is steppin' in for your mother because your father's gone
D
And standin' by your children when you haven't proven karma wrong
C
Black is doin' all of the above then goin' corner shoppin'
G
Tryna help a lady cross the road to have her walkin' off
Em
Black is growin' up around your family and makin' it
D
Then being forced to leave the place you love because there's hate in it
C
People say you fake the shit, never stayed to change the shit
B
But black is bein' jealous, you'd be dead if you had stayed in it
C
Black is strugglin' to find your history or trace the shit
G
You don't know the truth about your race 'cause they erasin' it
B
Black has got a sour fuckin' flavour, here's a taste of it
Em
But black is all I know, there ain't a thing that I would change in it
[Verse 3]
Em
Look, black ain't just a single fuckin' colour, man there's shades to it
Em
Her hair's straight and thick but mine's got waves in it
B
Black is not divisive, they been lyin' and I hate the shit
C
Black has never been a competition, we don't make this shit
E
Black is deadly
E B
Black is when you're freezin' in your home and you can't get sleep but never feelin' empty
F#m
'Cause you got 20 cousins in your country living stress-free
B
Walkin' for their water, daughter wrapped inside a bed sheet
Em
Black is distant, it's representin' countries that never even existed while your grandmother was livin'
B
Black is my Ghanaian brother readin' into scriptures
C
Doin' research on his lineage, findin' out that he's Egyptian
Em
Black is people namin' your countries on what they trade most
B
Coast of Ivory, Gold Coast, and the Grain Coast
F#m
But most importantly to show how deep all this pain goes
B
West Africa, Benin, they called it slave coast
Em
Black is so confusin', 'cause the culture? They're in love with it
C
They take our features when they want and have their fun with it
F#m
Never seem to help with all the things we know would come with it
G F#
Loud in our laughter, silent in our sufferin'
C
Black is bein' strong inside and facing defeat
Am
Poverty made me a beast, I battled the law in the streets
B
We all struggled, but your struggle ain't a struggle like me
Well how could it be when your people gave us the odds that we beat?
Em
I mean, fuckin' hell, what about our brothers that are stuck in jail?
D
That couldn't bust a bell, they held a bird and gotta live with it
C
Black is bein' guilty until proven that you're innocent
B
Black is sayin', "Free my fucking niggas stuck inside in prison cells"
C
They think it's funny, we ain't got nothin' to say to them
G
Unconditional love is strange to them; it's amazin' 'em
F#m
Black is like the sweetest fuckin' flavour, here's a taste of it
Em
But black is all I know, there ain't a thing that I would change in it
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