Black man gotta lot a problems

But they don't mind throwing a brick

White people go to school

Where they teach you how to be thick

An' everybody's doing

An' nobody wants

All the power's in the hands

Of people rich enough to buy it

While we walk the street

Too chicken to even try it

And everybody's doing

And nobody wants

Are you takin' over

Or are you takin' orders?

Are you goin' backwards

Or are you goin' forwards?