White & Black Songtext
von Eric Bibb

Mm, mm
Mm, mm

When you pass me on the street
Do you paint a picture of who I am, what I do?
I try not to, but I do
I paint a picture of you
Am I a saint in your mind, or surely a sinner?

Is that some loser I see, or a winner?
What makes me picture you that way
What makes you picture me like that
Must be something we learned about white and black

Centuries of crooked thinking
White is good, black is bad
It′s writing, all those lies
Trying to justify our history, so cruel and sad
Imposing in our children, holding 'em back


Is that some loser I see, or a winner?
What makes me picture you that way
What makes you picture me like that
Must be something we learned about white and black

Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh

When you pass me on the street
Do you paint a picture of who I am and what I do?
What makes you picture me that way?
What makes me picture you like that?
Must be something we learned about
Let′s start facing the facts about
Must be something we learned about
White and black (oh)

Let's start facing the facts about (oh)
Let's start teaching the truth about white and black (oh)
Let′s start facing the facts about (oh)
Let′s start teaching the truth about


Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh
White and black
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
White and black