mom always told me
black is black
white is white
and we are we.
i wish you hadn't said that.
and are we defined by colors in this world?
shades of dark and light, screaming
lighter, lighter! crooning
sun is good, tan is great
but only when you start out pale.
see, i wish you hadn't said that.
i wish you hadn't said that.
i don't want to talk about this,
this government and that government,
and this hero and that villain.
i don't want to talk about this,
this hunger and that pain, pain,
and this rape and that injustice.
see, i wish you hadn't said that.
i wish you hadn't said that.
black power,
girl power,
flower power
and wind power.
oh, and nuclear power.
oh high heavens,
oh my god,
weapons of mass
of mass destruction.
money. give us the money. give
the money to us so we can help
help them, help them.
money. give us the money, now!
give us the money, down on your knees!
give us the money, down on your knees!
see, i wish you hadn't done that.
i wish you hadn't done that.
so, look at me. what do you think i am?
chinese?
japanese?
korean?
chinese?
japanese?
korean?
see, i wish you didn't do that.
i wish you didn't do that.
ching chong ching chong
the little boy said to me.
i think he was russian,
eastern european.
not exactly friend,
not exactly foe.
ching chong ching chong
the little boy said to me.
see, i wish you hadn't said that.
i wish you hadn't said that.
blacks bad.
whites okay.
asians best.
he doesn't know it
but dad is
ethnocentricity at its finest,
racism at its worst.
see, i wish you wouldn't think that.
i wish you wouldn't think that.
said what?
you said what?
motherfucker, you did not just say that.
you son of a bitch, you son of a bitch, you bitch
you ching chong slanty-eyed devil negro nazi jew
you and your allah allah
you and your money
your power
your history books and dirty looks
you dirty gooks
danger, danger on a stick.
see, i wish we hadn't said that.
i wish we wouldn't do that.
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