He was born in 1890, on the Gulf of Mexico

Fought his way around the world with hand, and heart, and soul

So trot out all your Great White Hopes

But they'd better bring a gun

Jack Johnson's made of iron he's all counter punch and run

Yonder comes Jack Johnson

Like he owns the town

There's a lot of white American's

Like to see that man fall down

Like to see a black man drown

Jack stood on the Titanic pier with a thousand dollar roll

But the captain said

"Sorry, Boy, we ain't haulin' coal"

So Jack danced the Eagle Rock in a tavern on the shore

While the captain danced his final dance on the Atlantic Ocean floor

Yonder comes Jack Johnson

Like he owns the town

There's a lot of white American's

Like to see that man fall down

Like to see a black man drown

Jack Johnson beat Jim Jeffries, till there weren't nothin' left

And every time he'd throw a punch he'd say

"Package for Mr. Jeff!"

The he ran off with some white girl, man that made 'em mad

All agreed and all decreed, that Black Man was bad

Yonder comes Jack Johnson Like he owns the town

There's a lot of white American's

Like to see that man fall down

Like to see a black man drown

Well, I stole a line from Lead Belly

I don't think he'd mind 'Cause Lead Belly and Jack

They were cut from the same vine