Tom: D minor
Verse 1
Am
G#
Am
Dm
Am
We love the children
Em
Am
G
of Africa
Dm
Am
Teaching the children
Gsus4
Dm
Oh na na na na
C
Am
Verse 2
Em
Am
Black eye, black hair, black skin
Black queen stand majestic
with the black king
Em
Today I'll sing you a black song
Am
You need to hear about beautiful
black things 'cause
Em
Most time we hear about black,
Gsus4
G
Dm
we hear about black magic and black witches
Am
C
Black list, black book, black market
Em
Am
ya spend off your black riches
Em
G
I've never seen a doctor in black nor seen
Dm
Em
a black pill fi cure no black people
Am
Em
But I've seen bush doctors like Tosh and Mar
G
C
Dm
Am
ley resurrect like a real black beatle
Em
Malcom, Marcus, Martin
G
Dm
When you see Walter Rodney ask him
Am
C
How you nuh hear about Howell often
Am
Em
So when the little offspring asking,
Verse 3
Em
Gsus4
They never told us
G
Dm
Am
that black is beautiful
Gsus4
C
Dm
black is beauty
Am
Em
Gsus4
They never told us
Dm
Am
that black is beautiful
Am
Em
Dm
they never told us black is beautiful
Em
Dm
Verse 4
Am
Em
You ah behave and ah gwaan like you
G
Dm
never spend 500 years pon a farm
Am
Em
The same chain you ah wear and a gwaan is
G
Em
another black life in Sierra Leone
Am
Em
Dem find out mama earth got gold then
G
Dm
Dem mine out mama earth black soul then
Am
C
You work hard just fi get ah black card
Am
Same card weh you swipe buy back
your black gold then
Gsus4
Hol' on, I see nuff faces long
Dm
Am
But this is not a racist song
Gsus4
This is a song for the children who was never
G
Dm
Am
told about where their race is from
Em
Am
They never hear it in de
Dm
Everybody calm, ah say slavery's done
Am
What a go gwaan when the babies come
Em
Am
And start read 'bout things like
Em
Dogons,black Kemet and Kush
Gsus4
Dm
Black kings, black sen ates and books
Am
Em
Weh teach 'bout pyramids and put
G
Am
Em
Real significance to we physical looks
Am
Em
So every word weh mi say black
Am
Dm
In my world everything black
Am
C
Black white, white black right back
Am
So don't be surprised when
Verse 5
Em
Gsus4
told us
Dm
that black is beautiful
Am
Em
C
Dm
They never told us, black is beauty
Am
Em
Gsus4
They never told us
Dm
Am
that black is beautiful
C
Am
They never told us, they never told us black is beautiful
Interlude 1
Em
Gsus4
Dm
Am
Em
Gsus4
G
Dm
Am
Em
Gsus4
Dm
Am
C
Am
Verse 6
Am
Preacher is preaching, good God,
Dm
things that he preaches
Am
I wonder who taught him to
Gsus4
G
preach
Am
Em
Teacher is teaching,
Gsus4
G
Dm
where did he get his degree?
Am
C
Now it is no mystery,
Am
Em
who taught us black history
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