We set up a jade of color   For the darker shade of skin   Set us up to never win      But we stifling one another, slamming doors   Pushin' and shovin' each other   Ooh, ooh , ooh      Black diamonds and blue pearls   Small bits of sand, made by the hand   That bruised the world      Oh oh oh, black diamonds and blue pearls   Molded of clay, taught just to pray   And to be proud of      Black diamonds and blue pearls   Small bits of sand, made by the hand   That bruised the world      Yes we are, black diamonds and blue pearls   Molded of clay, taught just to pray   And to be proud of, yeah      Black diamonds and blue pearls   Small bits of sand, made by the hand   That bruised the world      Yes we are, black diamonds and blue pearls