Lou Reed
I Wanna Be Black [Live: Take No Prisoners]
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!

Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!

Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!

Yeah, I wanna be black man
Yeah I wanna be let's see
Stormy Monday!
The man was just too overcome
Suck my dick

One
I wanna be black
Let's see
Hey man
I wanna be black

I wanna be like Martin Luther King
And get myself shot in the spring
And lead a whole generation, too
And fuck up the jews (fuck up the jews)

Hey! You're talking 'bout my people
If I got a people...
Hey Louie you got a people?
[?] dick white boy
So what's wrong with you dirty jealous man?
Fuck you
I never said I was tasteful
I'm not tasteful
So
One, one, one
Hey! I wanna be black
Let's see
I'm gonna look up a jive ass name
Nah, too white
Hey, I'll check with the girls
Is that alright?
(Huh, huh, ooh yeah, alright yeah)
It's hard to find a n***a these days
Woo
James Brown
(WOO)
André Previn
(Ooh)
He's french
(Ohh..)

I wanna be black man
Like Malcom X
And I can't speak hex
So President John Kennedy's tomb
And have a big prick too
Hey! I don't wanna be a fucked up
Middle class college student no more
I just wanna have myself a stable of foxy little

I wanna be black
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!
Yeah, yeah!
I wanna be black!

Don't fuck with me like that!