Well if I'm crying inside about a thing I'm trying to hide And you don't understand And it gets all out of hand So I turn away but that only makes you say, "I wanna talk about it now. These words won't wait." I got some feelings inside me that are screaming to get out And these are some emotions you don't hear, so I will shout: WELL IT'S A LONG WAY FROM FLORIDA OR OHIO! But the feeling is the same and it only goes to show Time to say it LOUD Time to say it PROUD I don't like what I see And if I'm talking too LOUD I'm using secondary vision and an OLD WHITE CLOUD It's been floating through my future and my past is spinning 'round I wanna TALK about it NOW About the RACIST IN THE CROWD 'Cuz I'm BLACK AND I'M WHITE AND I'M BLUE AND I'M PROUD We gotta talk about it NOW about the COMMON-LAW SHROUD For an ordinary man and an extraordinary girl To come together and apart and then together in this world.