Once upon a time, a little girl fell in love, oh oh With a boy whose eyes were brown, her eyes were blue Could've had a good love affair but his skin was brown too And that is something little white girls never do Because it makes her parents blue Once upon a time, an orange bus drove through the morning dew And in the bus were children of a**orted hue Being shipped from the ghetto to a fine white school But you know the people wouldn't let them through We don't want no n******gs in our school And my God, ooh, is color blind Blue, black or white, you can be a friend of mine And don't ever judge another man by his race or creed We are all different colors But if I cut you, you'll bleed Once upon a time was Martin, Malcolm, John and Bobby Ooh ooh They used to travel the country giving hope to a few And if we band together, they said, there was much we could do But some people didn't appreciate what they knew And off the brothers heads they blew Ooh, my God, ooh, is color blind Blue, black or white, in your heart just be kind Yeah, and don't ever judge another man by his race or creed We are all different colors But if I cut you, you'll bleed Once upon a time, the clock stopped ticking, ooh And the bird in the clock, he said his last cuckoo Because the Lord was coming to take His chosen few I know that I am going, baby, how 'bout you? You see what ignorance can do My God, ooh, is color blind Blue, black or white, you can be a friend of mine And don't ever judge another man by his race or creed We are all different colors But if I cut you, you'll bleed