Black Flowers

Black flowers grow in the concrete ground

And wingtipped shoes try to crush them down

Some rare white roses from the ghetto understand

And it don't change

Brotha in the name of hood love

You're fallin into the drug filled mud

But your mind is weak and you dont understand that

It don't change

Paint the flowers on your face

Throw a peace sign in the air

Flowers on your face and love everywhere

Green collard greens and black eyed peas

Hot buttered corn bread don't necessarily

Make the only black folks you ever did see

And that won't change

Now let me break it down so you can comprehend

I know some folks say that they understand

I know you say you're only getting ends

And soulfood was just the only thing they had and

That won't change

Paint the flowers on your face

Throw a peace sign in the air

(Jelly - at same time as thy)

Eeny meeny gipsaleeny ooh ah kinda meeny

Atcha katchy liberache I love u

Said shirley temple thank she cute

All she c' wear is a bathin suit

She c' wibble she c' wobble she c' do the splits

But I betcha $5 she can't do

Jelly on 1 foot 1 foot 1 foot

Jelly on 2 foot 2 foot 2 foot

Jelly on 3 foot 3 foot 3 foot

Jelly on out

(Thy at same time as jelly)

Black flowers grow in the concrete ground

And wing tipped shoes try to crush them down

But we ain't gonna stop and we won't be robbed

The lack of recognition only makes us stand hard

Like an impenetrable door with a dead bolt latch

Exploding in your face like a hand grenade, catch

Some rare white roses from the ghotto understand

And to educate the people you gotta tell it to em

Man, so to them that shout

Jelly on out