I WANT TO PAINT THE TOWN BLACK SO YOU CAN SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT CAN BE. BLACK BUT NOT DARK THIS TOWN SHINES FOR ALL TO SEE.
I WANT TO PAINT THE TOWN BLACK, BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK BACK. BACK WHEN BEING BLACK HAD GREAT RATIOS OF GETTING YA NECK SNAPPED...OR IF YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO MASTER...YA BACK GOT WACKED UNTIL BLOOD WAS DRAWN.
I WANT TO PAINT THE TOWN BLACK, BUT I WANT YOU TO FAST FOWARD A LITTLE ACROSS THOSE PAST TIMES...TO A MANY OF TIMES WHEN BEING BLACK WITH AN OPINION AND VOICING IT...GOT BRICKS THREW YOUR WINDOW, HOUSE FIRE BOMBED. A TIME WHEN YOU TURNED TO THE LORD FOR GUIDENCE CARRIED THE PRICE OF GETTING THE CHURCH BURNED DOWN. THEN CAME THOSE WHO ADVANCED THIS TOWN..OF A MANY DIFFERENT SHADES OF BROWN. IT'S UPON THEIR HEADS I'LL PLACE A CROWN.
I WANT TO PAINT THE TOWN BLACK, BUT I WANT YOU TO PLAYBACK THE CURRENT TIMES WHERE IN SOME TOWNS BEING BLACK IS A CRIME...BUT NOT MINES. I'M PAINTING THE TOWN BLACK WITH KNOWLEDGE SO WE CAN SHINE. PRODUCING DOCTORS, SCIENTIST PROFESSORS TO EDUCATE THE BLACK MANS MIND. A WORD TO THE WISE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO KEEP IN MIND FROM ME TO YOU THE WORLD IS OURS AND NOT ONLY MINES.
I WANT TO PAINT THE TOWN BLACK SO YOU CAN SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT CAN BE ...BLACK BUT NOT DARK THIS TOWN SHINES LIGHT FOR ALL TO SEE.