Black Like Me - Mickey Guyton

Little kid in a small town

I did my best just to fit in

Broke my heart on the playground, mm

When they said I was different

Oh, now

Now, I’m all grown up and nothin' has changed

Yeah, it’s still the same

It’s a hard life on easy street

Just white painted picket fences far as you can see

If you think we live in the land of the free

You should try to be black like me

My daddy worked day and night

For an old house and a used car

Just to live that good life, mm

It shouldn’t be twice as hard

Oh, now

Now, I’m all grown up and nothin' has changed

Yeah, it’s still the same

It’s a hard life on easy street

Just white painted picket fences far as you can see

If you think we live in the land of the free

You should try to be, oh, black like me

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh, I know

I’m not

The only one

Oh, yeah

Who feels

Like I

I don’t belong

It’s a hard life on easy street

Just white painted picket fences far as you can see

And if you think we live in the land of the free

You should try to be, oh, black like me

Oh, and some day we’ll all be free

And I’m proud to be, oh, black like me

And I’m proud to be black like me

I’m proud to be black like me

Black like me