Melvin: Yes, my skin is black,

But that's no reason to hold me back

Eddie: Why don't you think about it,

Think about it, think about it, think about it,

Think about it...

I have wants and desires,

Just like you

So move on the side

'Cause I'm comin' through, oh!



Temptations: No matter how hard you try

You can't stop me now

Eddie and Temptations: No matter how hard you try

You can't stop me now, oooh...



Melvin: Yes, your skin is white...

Does that make you right?

Eddie: Why don't you think about it,

Think about it, think about it, think about it,

Think about it...

This is a message

A message to y'all,

Together we stand,

Divided we fall, oh!



Dennis: Black is a color

Just like white,

Tell me how can a color determine whether

You're wrong or right,

We all have our faults...

Yes we do



Eddie: So look in your mirror

Temptations: Look in the mirror

Eddie: What do you see?

Temptations: What do you see?

Eddie: Two eyes,

Temptations: Two eyes,

Eddie: A nose, and a mouth just like me, oh!



Eddie: Your eyes are open

But you refuse to see,

The laws of society

Were made for both you and me,

Because of my color,

I struggle to be free

Sticks and stones,

May break my bones

But in the end,

You're gonna' see my friend, oh!



Temptations: No matter how hard you try

You can't stop me now

(chorus repeated several times through music, or "the bridge")



(after a few minutes, above chorus is repeated

as song nears end, and then...)



Temptations: Say it loud!

No matter how hard you try

You can't stop me now



Temptations: Say it loud!

No matter how hard you try

You can't stop me now



Temptations: Say it!

No matter how hard you try

You can't stop me now



Temptations: Say it loud!

No matter how hard you try

You can't stop me now



Temptations: Say it loud!

Dennis: I'm black and I'm proud!

Temptations: No matter how hard you try

You can't stop me now



Temptations: Say it loud!

Dennis: I'm black and I'm proud!

Temptations: No matter how hard you try

You can't stop me now



fade to end