Rock N Roll Nigger lyrics

Baby was a black sheep. Baby was a whore

Baby got big and baby get bigger

Baby get something. Baby get more

Baby, baby, baby was a rock-and-roll nigg​er

Oh, look around you, all around you

Riding on a copper wave

Do you like the world around you?

Are you ready to behave?

Outside of society, they're waitin' for me

Outside of society, that's where I want to be

(Lenny!)

Baby was a black sheep. Baby was a whore

You know she got big. Well, she's gonna get bigger

Baby got a hand; got a finger on the trigger

Baby, baby, baby is a rock-and-roll nigg​er

Outside of society, that's where I want to be

Outside of society, they're waitin' for me

(those who have suffered, understand suffering

And thereby extend their hand

The storm that brings harm

Also makes fertile

Blessed is the grass

And herb and the true thorn and light)

I was lost in a valley of pleasure

I was lost in the infinite sea

I was lost, and measure for measure

Love spewed from the heart of me

I was lost, and the cost

And the cost didn't matter to me

I was lost, and the cost

Was to be outside society

Jimi Hendrix was a nigg​er

Jesus Christ and Grandma, too

Jackson Pollock was a nigg​er

Nigg​er, nigg​er, nigg​er, nigg​er

Nigg​er, nigg​er, nigg​er

Outside of society, they're waitin' for me

Outside of society, if you're looking

That's where you'll find me

Outside of society, they're waitin' for me

Outside of society

• Artist:Patti Smith
• Album:Easter (1978)