Skins - Mutabaruka

Black is the color of my skin

But there is more of me to see within

Skins have played many tricks on me

Skins, yes, skins is what they see

But I am made with bones and skin like you

Doin' hopin' for the same things you do

For justice, peace and a place on earth

For life existence and what it’s worth

So stop playin' your skin tricks on me

If my skin ain’t free neither will we be

Stop playin' your skin tricks I say

Tomorrow is a brand new day

For every skin that’s here on earth

Came to existence through a child’s birth

The blood that molds is always red

Life continues even when skin is dead

Skin for you, skins for me

When skins are black and in slavery

No skin can truly say it’s free

So stop playin' your skin tricks on me

There is much more of me to see

Stop playin' that skin trick I say

Tomorrow is a brand new day

Open your eyes and be wise

Take you awake and realize

Life is blood we all possess

Blood is where life existence rest

The blood that molds is always red

Life continues even when skin is dead

Skin is black, skin is white

We live through the day

We live through the night

Skin is black, skin is white

The color of skin is not the right to might

So stop playin' that skin trick on me

There is much more of me to see

Stop playin' that skin trick I say

Tomorrow is a brand new day