[Intro]
Where is Public Enemy?
What's the deal?
What's your latest hit, brother?
Fear of a Black Planet
Fear of a
Fear of a

[Verse 1]
Man, don't you worry 'bout a thing
'Bout your daughter, nope, she's not my type
But suppose she said she loved me
Are you afraid of the mix of Black and white?
Livin' in a land where the law say
Mixing of race makes the blood impure
She's a woman, I'm a man
Look at your face, I see you can't stand it

[Interlude]
Uh, get down
Oh, no, come on now
Fear of a Black Planet
Black man, Black woman, Black baby
White man, white woman, white baby
White man, Black woman, Black baby
Black man, white woman, Black baby
[Verse 2]
Man, you need to calm down, don't get mad, I don't need your sister
But suppose she said she loved me, would you still love her or would you dismiss her? (Hey)
What is pure? Who is pure?
Is it European? I ain't sure
If the whole world was to come through peace and love
Then what would we be made of?

[Chorus]
Excuse us for the news, you might not be amused
But did you know white comes from Black? No need to be confused
Excuse us for the news, I question those accused
Why is this fear of Black from white influence who you choose?

[Verse 3]
Man, I don't want your wife
Stop screamin', it's not the end of your life
But suppose she said she loved me
What's wrong with some color in your family tree? (Yeah)
I don't know, hey, I'm just a rhyme sayer
Skins protected 'gainst the ozone layers
Breakdown, 2001
Might be best to be Black or just Brown, countdown

[Interlude]
Uh, yeah
Yo, bring it on down
Fear of a Black Planet
Black man, Black woman, Black baby
White man, white woman, white baby
Black man, white woman, Black baby
White man, Black woman, Black baby
[Verse 4]
Check it out, I've been wonderin' why people livin' in fear of my shade
Or my high-top fade
I'm not the one that's runnin', but they got me on the run
Treat me like I had a gun
All I got is genes and chromosomes
Consider me Black to the bone
All I want is peace and love on this planet
Ain't how that God planned it?

[Chorus]
Excuse us for the news, you might not be amused
But did you know white comes from Black? No need to be confused
Excuse us for the news, I question those accused
Why is this fear of Black from white influence who you choose?

[Outro]
Fear of
Fear of a
Fear of a
Fear of a
Fear of
Fear of a Black planet