MICHAEL BLUES
(Gennaro Carrillo)

I don't know why
people are so dissatisfied,
every man wanna be another man :
white wanna be black
black wanna be white ,
take tour time,
black wanna be white ,
white wanna be black ,
it's all so mad .

Black people say :
"I want forget any chain "
(but) without roots ,
they they think to earn more goods ,
(so) white wanna be black
black wanna be white ,
"Be more wise" ,
black wanna be white ,
white wanna be black ,
"Don't be sad".

You got to tell me Michael
why don't you like your skin
I love boogie woogie
I want to know
How B.B. pays Lucille …

White people say
Black men are made to dance,
to play basket
and make always sex
(so)
white wanna be black
black wanna be white ,
take tour time,
black wanna be white ,
white wanna be black ,
it's all so mad .

You got to tell me people
why don't you like your voice
you like Pavarotti
I dream to be the best voice in Illinois

Muddy Waters , Enrico Caruso
Spike Lee , Federico Fellini,
Sidney Poitiers , Marcello Mastroianni ,
Martin Luther King , Gandhi ,
Malcom X , Carlo Marx ,
Ella Fitzgerald , Maria Callas ,
Naomi Campbell , Marylin Monroe ,
Whoopy Woldberg , Anna Magnani ,
Michael Jordan , Roberto Baggio…

black wanna be white ,
white wanna be black ,
it's so mad ,
white wanna be black
black wanna be white ,
I don't know why.