I'd Like To Live To

In Florida I Was Illiterate, Boxing Authority Didn't Want Me, Then They Had A Special Psychiatrist To Come To Kentucky, They Checked And They Didn't Want Me. But As Soon As My Name Was Mohammed Ali, As Soon As I Announced I Was A Muslim, Then All Of A Sudden I Became Smart.

The Whites Have Always Had The Say In America. White People Made Jesus White, Angels White, The Last Supper White. If I Threaten You, I'm Blackmailing You. A Black Cat Is Bad Luck. If You're Put Out Of A Club, You're Blackballed. Angel's-food Cake Is White; Devil's-food Cake Is Black. Good Guys In Cowboy Movies Wear White Hats. The Bad Guys Always Wore Black Hats.

The Same People That Are With Me For Not Going To Vietnam Because I Saved Them And Their Children.the Same People Will Give Me Hell If I Turn To Them And Say, 'let's Free My People Now'.they're With Me On One Part Of My Beliefs About The War, That's All. Not For My Freedom.

So Now I'm Going To Forget The 400 Years Of Lynching And Killing Raping And Depriving My People Feeding Of Justice And Equality And The Lowest Of Low Last Respect And I'm Going To Look At Two Or Three White People Who Are Trying To Do Right And Don't See The Other Million Who Are Trying To Kill Me? I'm Not That Big Of A Fool.

If You Even Dream Of Beating Me You'd Better Wake Up And Apologize.