Black Messiah Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[A]Everybody [F#m]got th[E]e right
to speak their mind
[G]So don't shoot me
[D]for saying mine
Everybody [F#]talking about
racial equal[Bm]ity[G]
[D]'Cause everybody's equ[F#]al in
the good Lord's [Bm]eyes[G]
[D]But if I told you that God [A]was black
What would you [Bm]think [G]of that
[D]I bet you wouldn't
believe [A]it[D][E][F#]

[Verse 2]
There's a [Bm]self made [F#]prophet
living right next [Bm]to me[G]
He said the [D]Black Messiah's gonna [F#]come
and set the whole world [Bm]free[G]
[D]He looked at me with his [A]evil
eye and [Bm]prophesied[G]
[D]And he really bel[A]ieved it[D][E]
[F#]He said a Black

[Verse 3]
Messi[Bm]ah is
[F#]gonna set the world on [Bm]fire
And [D]he's no li[A]ar,
''cause he has truly heard the [D]word
Everybody [F#]talking about racial
equal[Bm]ity[G]
But I'm the [D]only honky [F#]living
on an all black [Bm]street[G]
[D]They knock me down ''cause [A]they
brown [Bm]and I w[G]hite[A]

[Verse 4]
Everybody got [E]the right to speak their mind
[G]So don't shoot me for saying min[D]e[F#][Bm]
[G][D][F#][Bm][G][D]
[F#]Everyobody talking about
racial equal[Bm]ity[G]
[D]You hear everybody tal[F#]king
about equal [Bm]right[G]s
[D]But white's white,
[A]black's black and [Bm]that's [G]that
[D]And that's the way
you should leave [A]it[D][E]
[Fdim]Don't want no[F#]

[Verse 5]
Black Messi[Bm]ah to
[F#]come and set the world on [Bm]fire
[D]A Black Messi[A]ah is gonna
come and [F#]rule [A]the world
[D]Everybody got to sho[F#]w
a little give [Bm]and take[G]
[D]Everybody got to liv[F#]e
with a little less [Bm]hate[G]
[D]Everybody gotta wor[A]k it out,
we gotta [Bm]sort [G]it out[A]
Everbody got [E]the right to speak their mind
[G]So don't shoot me for saying mine

[Outro 1]
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