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== Key Lyrics ==
 
== Key Lyrics ==
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''Everybody got the right to speak their mind''
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''So don't shoot me for saying mine''
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''Everybody talking about racial equality''
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'''Cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes''
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''But if I told you that God was black''
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''What would you think of that''
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''I bet you wouldn't believe it''
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''He said the Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire''
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''And he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word''
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''Everybody talking about racial equality''
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''But I'm the only honky living on an all black street''
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''They knock me down 'cos they brown and I white''
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''Like you wouldn't believe it''
  
 
== Interpretation ==
 
== Interpretation ==

Revision as of 13:38, 30 January 2021

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Black Messiah" is the third track from The Kinks' album Misfits that was released on 19 May 1978. It was written by Ray Davies.[1]

Key Lyrics

Everybody got the right to speak their mind

So don't shoot me for saying mine

Everybody talking about racial equality

'Cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes

But if I told you that God was black

What would you think of that

I bet you wouldn't believe it


He said the Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire

And he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word

Everybody talking about racial equality

But I'm the only honky living on an all black street

They knock me down 'cos they brown and I white

Like you wouldn't believe it

Interpretation

Reception

Reference

  1. Black Messiah. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 30, 2021.