They say the darkest hour is just before the dawn

In chess, without exception, white moves the first pawn

They called it "Black Tuesday" when the stock market crashed

A fix in 1919 turned the White Sox to Black

Black balled, black magic, executioner's hood

White hatted, white horsed, champion of good

Black knight of Dark Ages on the darkest night

The Pope walks in truth, head to toe in white



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Who started all this bullshit - were they looking for a fight?

You didn't have to be there to know that they were white

But when you're talking skin tone, let's not fuck around

Cause no one's really black or white, we're all just shades of brown



Black hearted, black beard on the briney deep

Or the family outcast you call the black sheep

Days of black plague - draw your final breath