Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)

Come to my door, baby Face is clean and shining black as night My mother went to answer You know that you looked so fine Now, I could understand your tears and your shame She called you 'Boy' instead of your name When she wouldn't let you inside When she turned and said, "But honey, he's not our kind" She says I can't see you any more, baby Can't see you anymore Walk me down to school, baby Everybody's acting deaf and blind Until they turn and say Why don't you stick to your own kind My teachers all laugh, they smirk and stare Cuttin' deep down in our affair Preachers of equality, think they believe it Then why won't they just let us be? They say I can't see you anymore, baby Can't see you anymore One of these days I'm gonna stop my listenin' Gonna raise my head up high One of these days I'm gonna raise my glistenin' Wings and fly But that day will have to wait for awhile Baby, I'm only a society's child When we're older things may change But for now this is the way they must remain I say, I can't see you any more, baby Can't see you anymore No, I don't wanna see you any more, baby