Story Behind the Song
My ex-fiancee' Mickey was the source of the angst - her parents were against us from the beginning, though her dad treated me kindly on the set of the 1986 Country Music Awards. It made no sense.
Lyrics
Excuse me for a moment, I'd like to rant and rave about something really stupid,
you, I'm talking to you, I hope you're not guilty of
something really stupid
I love this girl and she loves me
it's not a crime I know
because I'm black, we cannot date
her parents just said "NO!"
CHORUS
I wanna scream so God can hear me
I'm on a burn, don't even come near me
they're justified in a tiny mind
you wanna be a bigot, there's lots of your kind
I wanna scream so God can hear me
I'm on a burn, don't even come near me
Good God, I thought it was over
don't people ever change because
we still judge the nation
we worked so hard for where we are
did Martin Luther King die in vain?
because we still judge the nation
you try to pawn it off on personal stuff
but you just can't ignore
so don't hide it away, get a sign that says
"NO NIGGERS!" and put it on your door!
CHORUS
I wanna scream so God can hear me
I'm on a burn, don't even come near me
they're justified in a tiny mind
you wanna be a bigot, there's lots of your kind
I wanna scream so God can hear me
I'm on a burn, don't even come near me
I sit in front of the bus
I've got white friends
I don't even like rap music
I CAN'T PLAY BASKETBALL
you smile at the blacks who sell you cars
you pay them to bring you water
because you get what you want
but you discriminate, you bloody hypocrite
because I wanna date your daughter
and that's not what you want
I'll live with it, they tell me so
I guess I'll have to try
but God don't honor bigotry
think of that before you die
CHORUS
I wanna scream so God can hear me
I'm on a burn, don't even come near me
they're justified in a tiny mind
you wanna be a bigot, there's lots of your kind
I wanna scream so God can hear me
I'm on a burn, don't even come near me
why don't you just go and join the KKK or something?
but you just wait 'till the day of reckoning
© Copyright 1988 Fajita Musik
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