Black Wish - The Last Poets

Black day is coming

Black day is here

I am a black wish

I am the thought of all things

Thinking or wishing for something to come true

I am the wish in the wishbone

That white people break for good luck

And the next day one of them falls and breaks their neck

I am the wish that makes Walt Disney

Wish upon a star

A star shining like the light of truth

In the darkest night

Wish upon my star, Walt Disney

For I am truth

I am the wish

That makes the white faggot wish

That the he’s eating for lunch will follow him home for dinner

I am the wish

That makes the old lady wish

She had the body of Cleopatra

The voice of Billie Holiday

The sexiness of Eartha Kitt

And the of Abbey Lincoln

For then she would be truly beautiful

And her hairdresser would have to wish if she knew for sure

I am the wish that makes George Wallace wish

He can make love to Lola Falana

I am the wish that makes all niggers and negroes

Wish for alligator shoes, white thighs, El Dorados

And wish that they didn’t run out of wishes

I am the wish that makes Nina Simone

Wish she knew how it felt to be free

I am the wish all black people are wishing for

I am the wish of freedom

Yes, I am the wish of black freedom

And I wish, and I wish, and I wish

And I wish I know, and I know I wish

And I wish I know, and I know I wish

And I wish and I know and I know and I know

That that wish will come true