Everyone needs to be black for a day br To hear all the insults that white people say, br And to learn of the hardships and problems they face br The world then would be a much friendlier place. br br Everyone needs to be black for a day br To know what they go through and price that they pay, br To see how they suffer, to see their despair br To see how life treats them for it's so unfair. br br Everyone needs to be black for a day br And to live in a ghetto of damp and decay, br Forgotten, unwanted and branded with blame br And to learn underneath that we are all the same.