Somber sister   This is a strange and bitter fruit   Because you taught me to sing    And the rhythm in my heart   And the rhythm in my feet is -      Why are the rainbows    Stolen from the sky   And locked up in boxes   Yellow, black, red and white   Like birds in their cages   Beating their wings on the bars   And there's a song that they're singing   It's a word in the world   It's a word in their hearts      A part hate   I heard a man say   Tear apart hate   And I saw hope in his face    A part hate   Where the color of love   Slips away      Why are the children   Carrying guns, not books   Drug dealing, not learning   The golden rule   And the idea of freedom   Not just the same   Castle in the sky   Haunted by white-sheeted ghouls   Filled with hate me   And hate you   And proud of it too      A part hate    Heard a woman saying   Tear apart hate   And I saw hope in her face   A part hate   Where the color of love    Slips away      Why are the people   Running down the block   Rock throwing, not knowing   What else to do   But I'm just a spectator   And I can never know the pain   But when I hear   That whip cracking   I cry out tears of anger   I cry out tears of shame      A part hate   I heard myself say    Tear apart hate   And I saw hope in my face   A part hate   Where the color of love    Slips away...      Tear apart hate tear apart hate   Tear apart hate tear apart hate   Tear apart hate tear apart hate...