Woman is the nigger of
the world
Yes she is...think about it
Woman is the nigger of
the world
Think about it...do
something about it
We make her paint her
face and dance
If she won't be slave ,we
say that she don't love us
If she's real, we say she's
trying to be a man
While putting her down we
pretend that she is above us
Woman is the nigger of
the world...yes she is
If you don't believe me take a
look to the one you're with
Woman is the slaves of
the slaves
Ah yeah...better scream
about it
We make her bear and raise
our children
And then we leave her flat for
being a fat old mother hen
We tell her home is the only
place she would be
Then we complain that she's
too unworldly to be our friend
Woman is the nigger of
the world...yes she is
If you don't believe me take a
look to the one you're with
Woman is the slaves of
the slaves
Yeah (think about it)
We insult her everyday on TV
And wonder why she has no
guts or confidence
When she's young we kill her
will to be free
While telling her not to be so
smart we put her down for being so dumb
Woman is the nigger of
the world...yes she is
If you don't believe me take a
look to the one you're with
Woman is the slaves of
the slaves
Yes she is...if you believe me,
you better scream about it.
Repeat:
We make her paint her
face and dance
We make her paint her
face and dance We make her paint her
face and dance
"Woman is the Nigger of the World" was a 1972 song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The phrase was originally coined by Ono during a magazine interview in 1967. Lennon later said during his Live in New York City album that it took him until 1970 to "dig it". He was hoping to show how women were and still are being treated.
The song lambastes the perceived traditional role of woman's subservience to man across all cultures. It was banned from radio airplay because of the word 'nigger' although many prominent blacks, including black comedian Dick Gregory, spoke out in defense of the song. Interestingly, many people tended to take "Woman is the Nigger" as a statement on face-value, and agree with it. So an element of black humor was also involved.
