Brown baby brown baby
As you grow up
I want you to drink from the plenty cup
I want you to stand up tall and proud
I want you to speak up clear and loud
Brown baby

Brown baby brown baby
As years roll by
I want you to go with your head held high
I want you to live by the justice code
And I want you to walk down the freedom road
Brown baby

Now lie away lie away spleeping
Lie away here in my arms
While your daddy and you mama protect you
And keep you safe from harm
Oh you little brown baby

Brown baby
It makes me glad
That you will have things I have never had
When out of men's hearts all the hate is hurled
You're gonna live in a better world
Brown baby