I Wanna Be Black Lyrics

Lyric discussion by splitmyselfin2 

Cover art for I Wanna Be Black lyrics by Lou Reed

Those who are posting on this obviously haven't actually heard the song, and just read the lyrics. The whole song is said tounge-in-cheek, and he has a group of black females doing blacking vocals and is done in a southern jazz/blues style. He even says "I never said I was tasteful" when he sang it. This is really a hilarious, boundry-pushing song. You guys who can't understand that is meant to be ironic are idiots