Dem Niggers Ain’t Playing

(Girl & man)
Look at dem' flames lightin' up the sky
Ain't never seen fire shootin' up so high
Look at dem' flames lightin' up the sky
(Call guy) Look at dem' flames lightin' up the sky
(Girl & man: Ain't never seen fire shootin' up so high)
I ain't never seen fire shootin' up so high

(Call guy)
Are you listenin' people to what I'm sayin'?
'Cause it sho' looks to me like dem' niggers ain't playing (Girl: dem' niggers ain't playing; teen: dem' niggers ain't playing; man: dem' niggers ain't playing)

(Call guy)
Ever since they passed in Civil Rights
Those fires have been lighting up the nights
And this ain't gonna stop 'till we all have equal rights
Looks to me like, dem' niggers ain't playing (Girl: dem' niggers ain't playing; teen: dem' niggers ain't playing; man: dem' niggers ain't playing)

(Call guy)
Looks like they developed the new black pride
It even show in the way they now stride
You better look around, y'all, can't you see what I'm sayin' ?
Sho' looks to me like dem' niggers ain't playing (Girl: dem niggers ain't playing; teen: They sho' ain't! man: They sho' ain't playing!)

(Call guy)
I think they tryna get somethin' started (Girl: Oh yeah!)
I'm talking about snicking us or the Black Panther Party (Teen: yeah!)
Is anyone listening to what I'm sayin' ? (Man: Oh yeah!)
'Cause it sho' looks to me like dem' niggers ain't playing (Girl: dem' niggers ain't playing; teen: dem' niggers ain't playing; man: dem' niggers ain't playing)

(Call guy)
18 billion so far is the claim, of damage done by looting and flame
Yet look around, ain't nothin' change (Girl: Nothing's changed; Man, simultaneously: not a damn thang!)
I'm sho' up somebody's listening to what I'm sayin'
'Cause it sho' looks to me like dem' niggers ain't playing (Girl: dem' niggers ain't playing; teen: dem' niggers ain't playing; man: dem' niggers sho' ain't playing)

(Call guy)
The biggots and the purchase they just can't see
This now black generation is gonna be free
Just you try and stop 'em and fo' sho' you'll see what I'm sayin'
Sho' looks to me like dem' niggers ain't playing (Girl: dem' niggers ain't playing; teen: dem' niggers ain't playing; man: dem' niggers ain't playing)

(Call guy)
Now where the black is going is anybody's guess
With his natural hair and his afro dress (Girl: But you can believe one thing and forget the rest:)

(all)
We know fo' sho', dem' niggers ain't playin'
And we ain't either !!