To a white girl — текст песни (Furnaceface)

(Words written by Elridge Cleaver, from his book Soul on Ice)

[Too black, too strong.]
Somehow I arrived at the conclusion that, as a matter of principle,
it was of paramount importance for me to have an antagonistic,
ruthless attitude towards white women. The term `outlaw` appealed
to me, and at the time my parole date was drawing near, I considered
myself to be mentally free. I was an outlaw. I had stepped outside
the white man`s law, which I had repudiated and scorned in self-satisfaction.
I became a law unto myself. My own legislature, my own Supreme
Court, my own executive. At the moment I walked out of the prison
gate, my feelings towards white women in general could be summed
up in the following lines:

I love you because you`re white
Not because you`re charming or bright
Your whiteness is a silky thread
Snaking through my thoughts in red-hot patterns of lust and desire

I hate you because you`re white
Your white meat is nightmare food
White is the skin of evil
You`re my Moby Dick, white witch

You`re my Moby Dick, white witch
Symbol of the rope and hanging tree, of the burning cross
Loving you thus, and hating you so
My heart is torn in two, crucified

I love you because you`re white
Not because you`re charming or bright