What are the rules?
What are the rules?

When you've just turned black
And you can't switch back
Well, you got to go and find out the rules

What are the rules?
(What are the rules?)
What are the rules?
(What are the rules?)

When you just turned black
And you can't switch back
Well, you got to go and find out the rules

What are the rules?
What are the rules?

When your race has changed
Life can be real strange
When you're try to figure out all the rules

What are the rules?
(What are the rules?)
What are the rules?
(What are the rules?)

When you've kept your brain
But the world's insane
How the hell you gonna find out the rules?

What are the rules?
Of being black in America
What are the rules?
Of leaping from your body

What are the rules?
Who can say the n-word?
What are the rules?
I really wanna say the n-word

What are the rules?
What are the rules?

Well, I think we just found out a new rule