Lyrics Black Man - Carroll Thompson , U-Roy

Say, you could never ever keep a good man down
So black man, plant your feet on a solid ground, y'all
Talk to you

No, you can't keep a black man down (Never, never, never)
His destiny is in his heart and in his hands (No, you could-a never)
Neither can you keep the sea from the shore
Neither can you keep the king returning to his throne

When I say, black man be wise, you got to realize
Stand firm down in a Babylon, stand firm, y'all
Plant your feet on solid ground, as I would say, black man
You gotta be ready 'cause time soon come (Be ready)

No, you'll never keep a black man down (No, you could-a never)
His destiny is in his heart and in his hands (No matter how them try)
Neither can you keep the sea from the shore (Yeah, yeah)
Neither can you keep the king returning to his throne

You gotta rise up (Black man, put your
Feet on solid ground, I tell you)
And you will always be around
When I say, stand your feet on solid ground, as I would say
You gotta be ready 'cause time soon
Come (Stand firm down in a Babylon)

No, you can't keep a black man down (No, you can't)
His destiny is in his heart and in his hands (Talk what all you want)
Neither can you keep the sea from the shore
Neither can you keep the king from his throne

You got to rise up (But I say, good will overpower evil)
Black man, you got to shake it off (Yes
Good will stand firm over bad, y'all)
Black man
Say, if you dash 'round the bad and take
Up the good, like I would say, tell you

Gotta be ready 'cause time soon come (Stand firm
Plant your feet on solid ground, stick around)
No, you can't keep a black man down
His destiny is in his heart and in his hands
Neither can you keep the sea from the shore
You can't keep the king returning to his throne
You can't keep the king returning to his
Throne (You can't keep a good man down)
No, you could never ever keep a good man down

Put your feet, as I would say, upon solid ground, y'all
And black man, you will always be around
Yeah, from the beginning to the end, as I would say (Black man)
Black people (Talking to you, black man)
From the start to the finish (Talking to you, black man)
A black people (Talking to you, black man)
A black people (Talking to you, black man)