“Every Nigger Is a Star” is the titular song of the soundtrack to the 1973 Jamaican movie of the same name. The soundtrack was composed and performed by Jamaican musician Boris Gardiner.

The song has been… Read More [Intro]

Every nigga is a star

[Verse 1]

I'm not sure anymore

Just how it happened before

The places that I knew

Were sunny and blue

I can feel it deep inside

This black nigga's pride

I have no fear when I say

And I say it every day

[Chorus]

Every nigga is a star

Every nigga is a star

Who will deny that you and I

And every nigga is a star?

[Verse 2]

I have walked the streets alone

Twenty years I've been on my own

To be hated and despised (Poor nigga)

No one to sympathize (Poor nigga)

But there's one great thing I know

You can say "I told you so"

We've got a bright place in the sun

Where there's love for everyone, and

[Chorus]

Every nigga is a star

Every nigga is a star

Who will deny that you and I

And every nigga is a star?

[Post-Chorus]

(Bright shining star) Every nigga's a star

(Bright shining star) Every nigga's a star

(Bright shining star) Every nigga's a star

Every nigga's a star, every nigga's a star

(Yeah, yeah, yeah!)

[Bridge]

We've got a bright place in the sun

Where there's love for everyone, and

[Chorus]

Every nigga is a star

Every nigga is a star

Who will deny that you and I

And every nigga is a star?

[Refrain]

(Bright shining star) Every nigga's a star

(Bright shining star) Yes, every nigga is a star

(Bright shining star) Every nigga's a star

(Bright shining star) Yes, every nigga is a star

(Bright shining star) Every nigga's a star

(Bright shining star)