The Last Poets
Black Wish
Black day is coming
Black day is here

I am a black wish
I am the thought of all things
Thinking or wishing for something to come true
I am the wish in the wishbone
That white people break for good luck
And the next day one of them falls and breaks their neck
I am the wish that makes Walt Disney
Wish upon a star
A star shining like the light of truth
In the darkest night
Wish upon my star, Walt Disney
For I am truth
I am the wish
That makes the white faggot wish
That the [?] he's eating for lunch will follow him home for dinner
I am the wish
That makes the [?] old lady wish
She had the body of Cleopatra
The voice of Billie Holiday
The sexiness of Eartha Kitt
And the [?] of Abbey Lincoln
For then she would be truly beautiful
And her hairdresser would have to wish if she knew for sure
I am the wish that makes George Wallace wish
He can make love to Lola Falana
I am the wish that makes all niggers and negroes
Wish for alligator shoes, white thighs, El Dorados
And wish that they didn't run out of wishes
I am the wish that makes Nina Simone
Wish she knew how it felt to be free
I am the wish all black people are wishing for
I am the wish of freedom
Yes, I am the wish of black freedom
And I wish, and I wish, and I wish
And I wish I know, and I know I wish
And I wish I know, and I know I wish
And I wish and I know and I know and I know
That that wish will come true