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Black or White

Michael Jackson · 1991

Black or White by Michael Jackson (1991) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • But, if you're thinkin' about my baby
  • It don't matter if you're black or white
  • I'm tired of this devil
  • I'm tired of this stuff

Echo the hook

  • Alright, alright (ooh, ooh)
  • Alright (yeah, yeah, yeah now)
  • Alright, alright (ooh, ooh)
  • Shamone (yeah, yeah, yeah now)
it'syou'reblack

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

(No, this is, Ilisten to it okay?)

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And ahas happened tonight

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And it's true,you're wrong or you're right

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I ain'tof your brother

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Causingin human relations

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm not gonnamy life being a color

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I took my baby on a Saturday bang

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're one and the same

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But if you're thinking about my baby

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They print my message in the Saturday Sun

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But, if you're thinkin' about my baby

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Turn it off (dad, this is the ? part)

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Boy, is that ? with you?

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And it's ? either you're wrong or you're right

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ain't ? of nobody

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm not gonna ? my life being a color

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "you're" in the whole song?

"you're"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • But, if you're thinkin' about my baby
  • See, it's not about races
  • Turn it off (no)

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • I ain't scare of nobody
  • It don't matter if you're black or white
  • It's too late for this, turn it off

Exercise 26

If you could ask Michael Jackson one question about "Black or White", what would it be and why?

it'syou'reblackwhite

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Black or White" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

it'syou'reblackwhite

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Black or White" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

it'syou'reblackwhite

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • wanna→
  • we're→
  • you're→
  • don't→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Black or White" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

it'syou'reblackwhite