I went to see la lola to tell her what I'd done

The things inside my head were far away from gone

What happens to a kid, la lola, when he grows up brown?

She said "Sit down and let me tell you if you wanna stick around

Pour some coffee in a cup made of Mexican clay

Sit down right here in a chair and listen to what I say

Richer men, poorer men, dumber men, surer men

Who would ever think that they're all made the same?"

I lay down on the sofa and fell asleep just yesterday

And in my sleep a guy in white came up to me to say

"Don't you wonder why everybody else gets all the breaks

While your mama and your papa and your sister's turning gray?

I made a cup of something hot that's kinda Hindu brew

Listen to me good, 'cause this is all I have for you

No matter who you are, this side or that side of the fence

Or you got a pile of money, or you can barely pay the rent

When you die and they take you and they put you in the ground

No matter who or what you are, you end up looking brown

You end up looking brown

You end up looking brown

You end up looking brown

You end up looking brown

You end up looking brown