Wild in the Streets

I Was Afraid of Malcolm

Music and Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

From the album Don't Call Me Buckwheat (1992)

 

I was afraid of Malcolm

Just like any white man

Between the powder of the talcum

And the color of a black man

Fee fie fo fum

I was afraid of Malcolm

And the afro picks in the sand

Just like any white man

 

Now I see I was dumb

I bought the whole big shebang

White man afraid of Malcolm

Hit me like a boomerang

From the fire to the frying pan

I did the ostrich too

Cassius was the better man

But I took the white man’s cue

 

I was afraid of Malcolm

Just like any white man

Between the powder of the talcum

And the color of the man tan

Fee fie fo fum

I was afraid of Malcolm

And the afro picks in the sand

Just like any white man

 

Things got better each day

I landed on my own backbone

And when I think of all the hearsay

I’m standin’ in my own skin tone

Pictured as a man of distortion

Painted as a monster in monster proportion

Changing up with every bit of information

Painting like a master in God’s creation

Where each and every one and every body is equal

Where you don’t have to wait until

You see the sequel

 

I was afraid of Malcolm

Just like any white man

Between the powder of the talcum

And the color of a black man

Fee fie fo fum

I was afraid of Malcolm

And the afro picks in the sand

Just like any white man

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