Battleground Lyrics - Singles - Joe Jackson

Black nigga white nigga standing in the dark 

Listen to the rhythm of the bass boom 

Black nigga takes a hit sending up a spark 

In the dark heat 

Swaying a little to the bass beat 

White nigga takes a hit takes money out 

Says this is what it's all about 

Rots your brain-who cares 

Black nigga stares 

White nigga sighs 

I like your music 

I like your style 

I crack a joke so why don't you smile 

White nigga dancing out on the floor tonight 

The band's not good but the beat seems right 

The band's all black and the floor's all white 

Clenching fists unite and fight 

Rock Against Racism rules tonight 

But in the real world 

No-one rules 

But fists are clenched all right 

Down in the Underground 

Out in the playground 

The common ground 

is a Battleground 

Now you don't have to be black to be a nigga no more 

The writing's on the wall 

Say-black is power 

White is flower 

Diveded we fall 

And behind the wall 

behind the door 

In the dark heat 

In the rhythm of the bass beat 

Something is wrong 

And no-one is taking the blame